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Temporary buildings B and C, Service Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description212
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1956
Accession Number
76.66.312
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the completed shopping centre in temporary buildings "B" and "C" in Service Centre. The Bank of Montreal sign is visible.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
206
Accession Number
76.66.312
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the completed shopping centre in temporary buildings "B" and "C" in Service Centre. The Bank of Montreal sign is visible.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-312. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Services
Business
Images

Anderson Hill Camp buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description220
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
999.4.4
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
214
Accession Number
999.4.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. John Manders Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Service Organization - Lions Club

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description9108
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 June 1959
Accession Number
2005.8.831
Scope and Content
Photo showing Lions Club Wading Pool. L/R Darrell Howard, Archie Beyerstein, Frank Gulpers, Keith Douglas, Jim Ditomassi, Bill Patton.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.831
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
19 June 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7.5" x 5.5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel: Box #2: (A) Historical
Scope and Content
Photo showing Lions Club Wading Pool. L/R Darrell Howard, Archie Beyerstein, Frank Gulpers, Keith Douglas, Jim Ditomassi, Bill Patton.
Name Access
Howard, Darrell
Beyerstein, Archie
Gulpers, Frank
Douglas, Keith
Ditomassi, Jim
Patton, Bill
Subject Access
Wading pool
Service Org. - Lions Club
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Hilite Electric Services building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description2580
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[4 Apr 1964]
Accession Number
1998.1.5392
Scope and Content
Exterior of building exposing the various signs that Hilite repairs.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.5392
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[4 Apr 1964]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 10.5 cm 1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Exterior of building exposing the various signs that Hilite repairs.
Subject Access
commerce
Hilite Electric Services
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

Toastmasters at the service group sign post

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description273
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 1964
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the adding of the Nechako Toastmasters Club sign to the sign post.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
267
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 1964
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the adding of the Nechako Toastmasters Club sign to the sign post.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Images

Alcan Project management

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description12
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
6
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-780. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Madsen, M.K.
DuBose, McNeely
DuBose, Mrs. McNeely
Radley, Percy E.
Reed, R.E.
Roestad, K.
Subject Access
Kemano
Images
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.16
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Kemano
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

View of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description106
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
100
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 2KR-298. -- Permanent housing construction began in 1957. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Camps
Images

Alcan Commercial Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14317
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 May 1955
Accession Number
2005.8.3122
Scope and Content
Photo showing Alcan Commercial Building, City Centre Mall
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3122
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 May 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 12" x 8"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing Alcan Commercial Building, City Centre Mall
Subject Access
commerce
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

First air mail via PWA

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description204
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Notes
Title based on content of photograph.
Subject Access
Services
Kemano
Airplanes
Images

Alcan Project humorous reprieve certificate

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19
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
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Physical Description
1 digital image : col.
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.
Notes
Title based on contents of text. Ernie Archer Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Images

Opening Public Safety Building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description247
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 07, 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Percy E. Radley, B.C. Project Manager for Alcan, speaking at the opening of the Public Safety Building on Labour Day.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
241
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 07, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Percy E. Radley, B.C. Project Manager for Alcan, speaking at the opening of the Public Safety Building on Labour Day.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Name Access
Radley, Percy E.
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Ceremonies
Images

Proposed City Centre commercial building

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description254
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 05, 1955
Scope and Content
Illustration of the commercial building proposed by Alcan's architects for Kitimat's City Centre shopping area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Semmens & Simpson, Architects
Description Level
Item
Item Number
248
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan
Date Range
May 05, 1955
Physical Description
1 illustration : b&w
Scope and Content
Illustration of the commercial building proposed by Alcan's architects for Kitimat's City Centre shopping area.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Royal Bank of Canada building exterior, Kemano

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description105
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 27, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Kemano Branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in the former time-keeping building, Camp No. 5, Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
99
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 27, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Kemano Branch of the Royal Bank of Canada in the former time-keeping building, Camp No. 5, Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 5793. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Deep excavation for the alumina storage building, smelter site

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description150
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 30, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers excavating for the construction of the alumina storage building.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
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
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Change of shift at the smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19935
Part Of
Karsh Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Accession Number
2002.43.7
Scope and Content
Photograph showing change of shift; men leaving work at the Alcan smelter between lines 1 and 2, Medical inside line 2. This was 'B' Gate
Part Of
Karsh Collection
Creator
Malak Karsh
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.43.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 Photograph print : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing change of shift; men leaving work at the Alcan smelter between lines 1 and 2, Medical inside line 2. This was 'B' Gate
Name Access
Karsh, Malak
Subject Access
Kitimat
Images
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.
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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.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 24 Oct 1966]
Accession Number
1998.1.8216
Scope and Content
A man fishing inside the Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.8216
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 24 Oct 1966]
Physical Description
1 photograph and 1 negative: b&w
Scope and Content
A man fishing inside the Kitimat Hotel.
Notes
Patzelt #3061
Name Access
Kitimat Hotel
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat Flood
Flood
Hotel
Images

District of Kitimat contest for Medallion design

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14311
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3118
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1 November 1962
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing contest for Medallion design, District of Kitimat
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 December 1968
Accession Number
2005.8.3120
Scope and Content
Photo showing Jim Whelan, Municipal sub-foreman; snow clearing equipment
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.3120
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 December 1968
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 6"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing Jim Whelan, Municipal sub-foreman; snow clearing equipment
Name Access
Whelan, Jim
Subject Access
District of Kitimat
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

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