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Prime Minister John Diefenbaker meets potline workers

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Item
GMD
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Date Range
1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Prime Minister John Diefenbaker standing with potline workers at the smelter during his visit to Kitimat.
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Item
Item Number
235
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Prime Minister John Diefenbaker standing with potline workers at the smelter during his visit to Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
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Diefenbaker, Prime Minister John
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Deep excavation for the alumina storage building, smelter site

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GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 30, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
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Alcan
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Item
Item Number
144
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 30, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-451. -- Sloping sides avoided cave-ins. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.267
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East Tahtsa camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
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Item
Item Number
22
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-880. Alcan Collection
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Sikorsky helicopter at East Tahtsa camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter landing at East Tahtsa camp. View is looking west.
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Item Number
23
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter landing at East Tahtsa camp. View is looking west.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-881. Alcan Collection
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Barge breaking through channel to East Tahtsa

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GMD
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Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge breaking through the ice on the reservoir from the west, six miles from East Tahtsa.
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Item Number
24
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Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge breaking through the ice on the reservoir from the west, six miles from East Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-878. Alcan Collection
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Barge unloading at West Tahtsa

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GMD
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Date Range
November 17, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge being unloaded at the cement warehouse at West Tahtsa.
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Item Number
25
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graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 17, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge being unloaded at the cement warehouse at West Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1464. Alcan Collection
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West Tastsa Lake School

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Item
GMD
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Date Range
November 24, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts students sitting at their desks in class at West Tahtsa Lake School. Smaller students join the teacher at the chalkboard. A cat beside them is peering out the window.
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Item Number
29
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graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 24, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts students sitting at their desks in class at West Tahtsa Lake School. Smaller students join the teacher at the chalkboard. A cat beside them is peering out the window.
Notes
Alcan Collection
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Hangar & helicopter West Tahtsa

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
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Item Number
31
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 17, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a Sikorsky helicopter outside a hangar at West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Men are gathered around a smaller helicopter to the left of the hangar.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-788. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Okanagan Helicopters
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West Tahtsa Lake camp and intake

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
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Item Number
27
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Notes
Alcan Collection
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West Tahtsa Lake tent camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
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Item
Item Number
28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-26. Alcan Collection
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Supply Junker at West Tahtsa Lake Camp

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
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Item
Item Number
30
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 26, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-128. Alcan Collection
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Tunnels
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Kitimat

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GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Scope and Content
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
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Item
Item Number
228
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graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan
Date Range
[ca. 1966]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Public relations photograph of Kitimat. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
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Welcome to Kitimat sign

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
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Alcan
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Item
Item Number
131
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
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Kitimat planning conference

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2005.8.1405
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
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Item
Item Number
176
Accession Number
2005.8.1405
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Name Access
Dudley, James
Mayer, Albert
Whittlesey, Julian
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Planning
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Kitimat Kitty and crew

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kay Pentecost, better known as "Kitimat Kitty". KMA# 2014.14.46
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Item
Item Number
193
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kay Pentecost, better known as "Kitimat Kitty". KMA# 2014.14.46
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Name Access
Pentecost, Kay
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Kitimat Yacht Club

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside a boat on the beach at the Kitimat Yacht Club. The Alcan aluminum smelter can be seen in the background.
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Item
Item Number
239
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside a boat on the beach at the Kitimat Yacht Club. The Alcan aluminum smelter can be seen in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 65-00619. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
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Kitimat-Gordon Hotel

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Scope and Content
Exterior of the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel at the corner of 5th Street and Enterprise Avenue.
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Item Number
247
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Exterior of the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel at the corner of 5th Street and Enterprise Avenue.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.5
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Kitimat Public Library

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Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1961
Scope and Content
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
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Item Number
257
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Malak Karsh
Date Range
ca. 1961
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
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Kitimat Pipe Band

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Item
GMD
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Date Range
January 23, 1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Kitimat Pipe Band performing at Kitimat's new indoor rink.
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Item
Item Number
280
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 23, 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Kitimat Pipe Band performing at Kitimat's new indoor rink.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.34
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Aerial view of Kitimat

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Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 13, 1962
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
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Item Number
173
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Max Patzelt.
Date Range
June 13, 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Max Patzelt Collection - 1998.1.8351
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