View of Kitimat looking northeast towards Mount Elizabeth, with the Kitimat General Hospital and ski hill in the foreground, and the Nechako neighbourhood and Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School in the middle distance.
Digital copy only; made from a scan of the original framed photograph which was then discarded. Damage to the original photograph (cracks across surface, especially in the upper right quadrant; yellowing varnish over surface) is highly visible in the scan.
Custodial History
Donated to the Museum in July 2023.
Scope and Content
View of Kitimat looking northeast towards Mount Elizabeth, with the Kitimat General Hospital and ski hill in the foreground, and the Nechako neighbourhood and Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School in the middle distance.
Notes
Digital copy only.
Conservation
Original was scanned and then discarded due to deteriorating quality.
Report of the Proposed Kitimat Community Centre. Ussner, Urquart & International Power & Engineering Consoltants. Joint Architects & Engineers, Vancouver, B.C.
Report of the Proposed Kitimat Community Centre. Ussner, Urquart & International Power & Engineering Consoltants. Joint Architects & Engineers, Vancouver, B.C.
Thank-you card to donors of the first Aluminum City Telethon, 1980. Front cover has an b&w image of a man and two women standing on stage with an ACT donation bucket and the text "We did it! Thanks to you..." Inside has signatures from ACT commitee members. Card is unfolded.
Thank-you card to donors of the first Aluminum City Telethon, 1980. Front cover has an b&w image of a man and two women standing on stage with an ACT donation bucket and the text "We did it! Thanks to you..." Inside has signatures from ACT commitee members. Card is unfolded.
Three thank-you cards to donors of the first Aluminum City Telethon, 1980. Exterior is silver, with a b&w picture of women dancing on stage above the word "THANKS..." Inside has signatures from ACT commitee members (two cards have all 5 signatures while one only has 2). Cards are unfolded.
Three thank-you cards to donors of the first Aluminum City Telethon, 1980. Exterior is silver, with a b&w picture of women dancing on stage above the word "THANKS..." Inside has signatures from ACT commitee members (two cards have all 5 signatures while one only has 2). Cards are unfolded.
Souvenir of the Organization Meeting of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce in Kitimat B.C. Contains signatures of founding members and businesses. Cover features a photo by Gordon Lee of Alcan's First Stage Smelter development.
Souvenir of the Organization Meeting of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce in Kitimat B.C. Contains signatures of founding members and businesses. Cover features a photo by Gordon Lee of Alcan's First Stage Smelter development.
Kitimat/Kemano school assignment from 1954 by Sheila Helsel. Cover has Kitimat and Kemano written in green text, with an image of a power tower. Contents include Introduction, Aluminum, Location, Construction, Uses of Aluminum, and The Kitimat Project and What It Means to Canada. There is both written report pages, and illustartions and maps inside.
Sheila Helsel (Marsh) was from Moose Jaw, Sask. She moved to Kitimat in 1973.
Scope and Content
Kitimat/Kemano school assignment from 1954 by Sheila Helsel. Cover has Kitimat and Kemano written in green text, with an image of a power tower. Contents include Introduction, Aluminum, Location, Construction, Uses of Aluminum, and The Kitimat Project and What It Means to Canada. There is both written report pages, and illustartions and maps inside.
Photocopy of The Plan That Shaped the Town: Kitimat, British Columbia - Implications for Resource Frontier Towns. Gives an overview of the modern (1950s onward) history of Kitimat, the planning, development, and creation of the town, and issues facing the community as of the mid-1970s. Includes introductory correspondence between Wiesman and the University of British Columbia.
Written by Brahm Wiesman of Vancouver and two graduate students, Marie Lauzier and Robert Friesen, after having spent the summer of 1974 living in and researching Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Maria Knight.
Scope and Content
Photocopy of The Plan That Shaped the Town: Kitimat, British Columbia - Implications for Resource Frontier Towns. Gives an overview of the modern (1950s onward) history of Kitimat, the planning, development, and creation of the town, and issues facing the community as of the mid-1970s. Includes introductory correspondence between Wiesman and the University of British Columbia.
