Slide showing the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
Photograph of fire Chief Aubrey Creed, memeber of the Institute of Fire Engineers of London, England caught by The Sentinel camera outside the new town site temporary firehall at the corner of Kingfisher Ave and Haisla Boulevard. His prompt action with the jeep truck extingushed a small fire in Johnson-Crooks camp.
Photograph of fire Chief Aubrey Creed, memeber of the Institute of Fire Engineers of London, England caught by The Sentinel camera outside the new town site temporary firehall at the corner of Kingfisher Ave and Haisla Boulevard. His prompt action with the jeep truck extingushed a small fire in Johnson-Crooks camp.
Photo showing Kitimat First-aid team places 2nd in Province, from left: Max Patzelt, Aubrey Creed, Sam Lindsay, Larry Saretsky, Warren Banks, Frank Grogan, Norman Harris.
Current: 1960s
-District of Kitimat
-St. John Ambulance
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kitimat First-aid team places 2nd in Province, from left: Max Patzelt, Aubrey Creed, Sam Lindsay, Larry Saretsky, Warren Banks, Frank Grogan, Norman Harris.
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Photograph of Kitimat's first baby of 1966 wasn't very interested in photographer Max Patzelt's lens when this photo was taken but dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Marleau of 54 Little Wedeene, weren't trying to conceal their pride. Michele Denise, born at 1:50 a.m. January 1 and weighing six pounds four ounces, joins three brothers and one sister into the Marleau family.
Photograph of Kitimat's first baby of 1966 wasn't very interested in photographer Max Patzelt's lens when this photo was taken but dad and mom, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Marleau of 54 Little Wedeene, weren't trying to conceal their pride. Michele Denise, born at 1:50 a.m. January 1 and weighing six pounds four ounces, joins three brothers and one sister into the Marleau family.
