Mini aluminum tri-lock ingot 'Alcan' embossed on top twice. Engraved on bottom - - Alcan - -Kitimat - Safety Award to - F.W. Knop of Electrical Maintenance Dept 547 Days ending 25 Sept 1961 Without a lost time case.
Mini aluminum tri-lock ingot 'Alcan' embossed on top twice. Engraved on bottom - - Alcan - -Kitimat - Safety Award to - F.W. Knop of Electrical Maintenance Dept 547 Days ending 25 Sept 1961 Without a lost time case.
RAFFLE! RAFFLE! for the Oweekeno Children's school trip. FIRST PRIZE - a carved mask The Wild Man of the Woods carved by Frank Hanuse. Winner to be announced on Friday June 4, 1982.
Cracks, looks like it has been broken and repaired
Height
26.5 cm
Width
5 cm
Length
5.3 cm
Accession Number
2010.13.6
Biographical Notes
John Moore is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Moore (nee Donough) who settled in the Kitimat Valley (1900-1919). Aubrey Wood is the husband of Elizabeth's niece.
Small black argillite totem pole. Sticker on back, reads "Haida Moore."
Physical Condition
poor
Material
argillite
Culture
Haida
Condition Remarks
Very cracked, glued together
Height
28 cm
Width
8 cm
Length
7 cm
Accession Number
2010.13.7
Biographical Notes
John Moore is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Moore (nee Donough) who settled in the Kitimat Valley (1900-1919). Aubrey Wood is the husband of Elizabeth's niece.
Miniature aluminum ingot – prior to the tri-lock design – presented to delegates on the Vancouver Board of Trade Goodwill Tour in 1960. The Vancouver Board of Trade also sent a 220-member industrial tour party in 1955 to visit the new towns of Kitimat and Kemano.
Commemorative miniature aluminum ingot - regular-grade aluminum, unpolished with "KITIMAT" in raised letters across the top. Made by the men in casting at the time of the opening of the smelter, 1954.
Commemorative miniature aluminum ingot - regular-grade aluminum, unpolished with "KITIMAT" in raised letters across the top. Made by the men in casting at the time of the opening of the smelter, 1954.
Commemorative miniature aluminum ingot - higher-grade aluminum?, polished with "ALCAN" in raised letters accross the top. Made by the company for those attending the opening of the smelter, 1954.
Commemorative miniature aluminum ingot - higher-grade aluminum?, polished with "ALCAN" in raised letters accross the top. Made by the company for those attending the opening of the smelter, 1954.
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.