Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca.1952

Scope and Content

Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

unknown

Accession Number

2005.8.6490

Scope and Content

A button titled " I Support K.M.P" (Kemano Completion Project)

Material Type

Virtual Exhibit

Description

Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

15 March 1956

Accession Number

2005.8.945

Scope and Content

Photo showing 'Kitmano' docked at Kemano, B.C. (part of the Alcan Project). L/R Bob Ashmore, Dan Hayes (Supt. Wharf Alcan: Kitimat Works); Arv Sestrap (Insurance, Charter Business); Canada Life, Resident, District Rep. Kitimat

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 9 or 12 Sept 1961]

Accession Number

1998.1.8270

Scope and Content

Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.

Part Of

Chester Steele fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Date Range

1950-1953

Accession Number

2000.32.

Scope and Content

18 photographs of Kemano.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.14

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mayor Richard Wozney speaking at Kemano Plaque unveiling at Kemano Park

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.15

Scope and Content

Photograph of group of people at opening of Kemano Park.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.16

Scope and Content

Photograph of group of people at opening of Kemano Park

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.17

Scope and Content

Photograph of Colleen Nyce speaking at the opening of the Kemano Park.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.18

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l-r) Bev Whitcher, Faye-Ellen McFarlane, Karen and James Anderson and sons, Merle Archer, Barb Haun, Walter McFarlane Jr., Simon Cammish, Colleen Nyce, Ernie Archer, Connie Craig.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.19

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l-r) James Anderson, Karen Anderson, ? Anderson, ? Anderson, standing beside wooden muck car with 'Kemano, 1954 - 1994, Partners in Nature' wooden plaque

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2007.15.20

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mayor Richard Wozney removing red fabric from plaque.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.21

Scope and Content

Photograph of Faye-Ellen MacFarlane, ?, ?, seated at Park dedication.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.22

Scope and Content

Photograph of (l-r) Colleen Nyce, Merle Archer, Mario Feldhoff, Joanne Monaghan, Mayor Richard Wozney, Ernie Archer, unknown, Leif Larsen, Bob Corless

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2005.15.23

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mayor Richard Wozney removing red fabric from palque. Joe Iannarelli in background.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2005]

Accession Number

2007.15.24

Scope and Content

Photographs of (l-r) Colleen Nyce, Ernie Archer, Merle Archer posing with the Kemano plaque.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1967

Accession Number

2005.8.3028

Scope and Content

Photo showing Generator #8, Kemano

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

20 September 1951

Accession Number

73.3.9.3

Scope and Content

Photo showing camp number 5 from 1600'

Part Of

Christine Del Duca Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954]

Accession Number

2011.3.6

Scope and Content

Photograph of men lined up in front of the Kemano Post Office. Royal Bank of Canada in background.