Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.2

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

Museum Material, "Haisla" Binder (hand-written)

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.30

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

"The Sagimat" notes (hand-written, 35 pages)

1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)

Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)

Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)

Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)

The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)

Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)

Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.31

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

the Story of Helicopters in Canada by Les Edwards, in the Canadian Geographic Journal (hand-written)

George Woodcock, Ravens and Prophits. Allan Wingate, London 1952 (hand-written)

Kitimat George B. Barbour (5 pages)

Albert W. Whitaker, Aluminum Trail. Edited by T.L. Brock. Alcan and Archives, Alcan Press. Montreal, 1974 (hand-written, 9 pages)

Pierre Berton McLean's Article, Return to BC (3 pages)

Kitimat Men grasped Nature's clenched fist and wrenched open her bountiful hand. Oblate Missions Kitimat (3 pages)

At Kitimat, Men Juggle Geography (2 pages)

Pioneering With a Modern Touch. Kitimat housewives have electric gadgets like their city sisters by Clare Hucal

Big Alcan Project Nears Completion. News Herald Oct 9, 1953

Gigantic Caissons Floated To Kitimat Dock Positions. Colonist July 19, 1953

Hardware Magazine Spring 1953 with article Project British Columbia (8 pages)

The Star Weekly, Kitimat Close-up by James Y. Nicol

Kitimat's Not Northern BC by D.A. McGregor

Kitimat - Aluminum Bonanza, Five huge projects will create an industrial empire in north BC by Cecil Hotson (2 pages)

Stakes and Steaks in BC Wilds, There's big money and luscious meals for the workers on the Aluminum project at Kemano rd. by Pat Denton

World's Biggest Hydro Project Now Under Way in BC by A. Sahonovitch (5 pages)

RMS Dogteam - Kitimat to Hazelton by M.W. Boss (4 pages)

Business Directory

Kitimat Favored as Aluminum Site, Power for Proposed Plant Would Come From Tweedsmuir Park Area. The Vancouver Sun, March 23 1950

Aluminum Co. Kitimat Dock with photo. The Vancouver Province, July 11 1953

Permanent Dock Site with photo. Vancouver News Herald July 13, 1953

World's Greatest Aluminum Plant Transforms BC Village Into City; Kitimat Will Have 50000 People. Kamloops Sentinel, June 12, 1953

Giant Powerhouse in Mountain's Bowel. Oct 9, 1953 (2 pages)

The Alcan Story article

Alcan Smelter Changes the Scenery at Kitimat. The Vancouver Sun, Oct 10, 1953

Kildala Pass Challenge Won By Kitimat Crews article

Kitimat Production Expected in Eight Months. Colonist On-the-Spot Report. Oct 10, 1953

Eventual 12 Kitimat Potlines Bigger Than Downtown Victoria. Colonist Oct 11, 1953

Model City Being Hewn from Kitimat Wilderness. Colonist Oct 14, 1953

Story of Kitimat Aluminum Site Goes Back 300 Years. Powell River News Aug 25, 1954

Kitimat articles from The Illustrated London News, March 12, 1955

Rocks, Mud Gave Birth to Baby of BC - Now Planners Run Kitimat. The Vancouver Province May 29, 1954

Bonus Helps Kitimat Folk Build Own Homes. The Vancouver Province, June 2, 1954

Builders Pioneers Find Life Together Not Too Easy at First. The Vancouver Province, June 4 1954

Steaks are big-and you can have two, The Kitchen at Kitimat is Tops by Ed Moyer

Kitimat Now His Home, Wanderer Birk Settles Down by Ed Moyer

Kitimat's Stll Rough, Tough But Big Aluminum Town Miracle in the Wilds. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954

Tough Aluminum Town's Getting Domesticated. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954

Town in Forest Grows up Fast at Kitimat Homes Isolated But Not for Long. Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1954

$30000 Bet in One Night, Friendly Game Played Nightly at Kitimat by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1954

Kitimat's Huge Heart Beats Inside Mountain by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun July 9, 1954

New Oportunities Open, completion at Kitimat presages large future development year-round ice-free port is rapidly becoming operational by Harry Chapin Plummer. From Canadian Shipping + Marine Engineering News, March 1954

The Superintendant Visits Kemano and Kitimat at Eastertide. The LOG. March, April, May 1952 (2 pages)

A Master Plan For The Town of Kitimat. Vancouver Public Library, Sep 22 1953

A Tale of Two Cities by N.H. Richardson. Published in "Plan: the Town Planning Institute of Canada". Vol. 4 No. 3, 1963 (hand-written, 10 pages)

Alcan Ingot, 1949 (hand-written, 2 pages)

Kitimat Townsite Report. Feb 29

Booklets - Aluminum in Breif, Kitimat Works BC, Alcan in canada, Alcan facts 1975

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.63

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

Kitimat Property (Aquisition) Records - Index by Lot Numbers - Freehold - Range Five (3 pages)

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.230-242

Scope and Content

Photograph of shovel trucks and placing material for hydraulic fill at smeltersite.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.243-249

Scope and Content

Photograph of hydraulic fill area & burning white truck.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.250-260

Scope and Content

Photograph of drill rigs for site exploration for wharf. + a few others including people, trucks, and buildings.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.268-278

Scope and Content

Photograph of work on the hydrofill area for smeltersite.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.279-286

Scope and Content

Photograph of panoramas from sawmill and watertower.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.287-290

Scope and Content

Photograph of panoramas of smeltersite area.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.291-292

Scope and Content

Photograph of girls in skirts next to large trees

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.293-296

Scope and Content

Photograph of caissons flaoting in water.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.297-304

Scope and Content

Photograph of panoramas taken from water tower and sandhill.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.305-312

Scope and Content

Photographs of the SS Aorangi in dock and approaching dock as well as various images of the SS Princess Norah, inclusing seagulls on the ship.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.313-319

Scope and Content

Photographs of coming north on the SS Norah. Last 2 images caisson construction.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.320-326

Scope and Content

Photographs of panorama of smeltersite and hydraulic fill. Last 3 images are of snow. Last one shows a man.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.15.327-330

Scope and Content

Photographs of view of smeltersite construction.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.331-338

Scope and Content

Photographs of 2 panoramas of smeltersite. Taken from sandhill and married quarters.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.339-342

Scope and Content

Photographs of panorama of smeltersite from water tower. 1 - not quite to pole. 2 - pole to small pole. right hand corner. 3 - some pole at 2 to left one of 2 doubles. 4 - Just beyond. Left of double.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.343-350

Scope and Content

Photographs of smeltersite panoramas. First panoramas ever taken of the area.