Inside 'Smeltersite' Kitimat. 10:00 a.m. every Friday! These guys worked 60-50 for Alcan & the Construction Co. (Kitimat Constructors, probably.) Most of them were D.P.'s (Displaced Persons - inappropriate language for these days) from Italy & Portugal. Kitimat at this time had virtually no women (1%). Alcan & RCMP approved and supervised 8-10 huge poker tents (15-20 tables each) at this time (mid 1956). The railway from terrace came through - no road out until 1958. Only way in to Kitimat was Union Steamship or sea plane.
Inside 'Smeltersite' Kitimat. 10:00 a.m. every Friday! These guys worked 60-50 for Alcan & the Construction Co. (Kitimat Constructors, probably.) Most of them were D.P.'s (Displaced Persons - inappropriate language for these days) from Italy & Portugal. Kitimat at this time had virtually no women (1%). Alcan & RCMP approved and supervised 8-10 huge poker tents (15-20 tables each) at this time (mid 1956). The railway from terrace came through - no road out until 1958. Only way in to Kitimat was Union Steamship or sea plane.
