Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some creases in postcard, especially at upper and lower right-hand corners. All corners have been worn down. Back of the card is yellowed and has some smudges and stains on it, including a brown teardrop-shaped stain below the "Put Stamp Here" label.
Width
8.5 cm
Length
13.7 cm
Inscriptions
"THE TOWNSITE" BIRDS EYE VIEW Kitimat, B.C., Canada
P9733
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Plastichrome (R) by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Date Range
[1955]
Accession Number
2014.13.39
Biographical Notes
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom was born in Kitimat in 1957 to Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak, who lived in the town during its early days.
Postcard featuring aerial view of Nechako neighbourhood, with focus on Petrel, Plover, Partridge, and Pintail streets. Houses and neighbourhoods still under construction.
Postcard featuring aerial view of Nechako neighbourhood, with focus on Petrel, Plover, Partridge, and Pintail streets. Houses and neighbourhoods still under construction.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
8.3 cm
Length
13.8 cm
Inscriptions
"The Townsite" Birds Eye View
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Postcard featuring aerial view of Alcan smeltersite and potlines.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
8.9 cm
Length
13.8 cm
Inscriptions
Aerial View of Aluminum Company of Canada's Smelter Site
Kitimat, B.C., Canada
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Postcard featuring a man fishing in Humphrey Creek.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Edges slightly worn
Height
9 cm
Length
14 cm
Inscriptions
Greetings from Kitimat, B.C.
The Aluminum City
If the Earth's surface is three-fourths water - then a man should be allowed to fish three-fourths of the time.
