A photograph of 'student ambassadors' from B.C. high schools that were guests of the Kitimat Rotary Club. They were on a province-wide exchange program involving the visit of four local students. Left to right: unknown, Nancy Wilson, unknown, Richard Breaks, unknown, Richard Seto, unknown and David Lick
A photograph of 'student ambassadors' from B.C. high schools that were guests of the Kitimat Rotary Club. They were on a province-wide exchange program involving the visit of four local students. Left to right: unknown, Nancy Wilson, unknown, Richard Breaks, unknown, Richard Seto, unknown and David Lick
A photograph of four "student ambassadors" from other B.C. highschools that were guests of the Kitimat Rotary Club. They are on a province wide exchange program. Left to right : Richard Breaks, Nancy Wilson, Gerry Seto and David Lick
A photograph of four "student ambassadors" from other B.C. highschools that were guests of the Kitimat Rotary Club. They are on a province wide exchange program. Left to right : Richard Breaks, Nancy Wilson, Gerry Seto and David Lick
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 opening to the Kitimat Yacht Club basin. Sailboats and the Alcan dock in the distance.
