Photo showing view looking north eat, Kitimat River bridge showing east abutment forms in place and west span falsework. East abutment fill and piled river in left center.
Photo showing view looking north eat, Kitimat River bridge showing east abutment forms in place and west span falsework. East abutment fill and piled river in left center.
Photo showing view of Kitimat River Bridge looking west, east pier in foreground showing whalers in place with sheet piling driven to grade, in center: pier, and on right: two bearing piles driven to required bearing. On left, sixty foot pile in place for splicing, temporary bridge crew completing placing rock in pier.
Photo showing view of Kitimat River Bridge looking west, east pier in foreground showing whalers in place with sheet piling driven to grade, in center: pier, and on right: two bearing piles driven to required bearing. On left, sixty foot pile in place for splicing, temporary bridge crew completing placing rock in pier.
Photo showing sign Welcome to Kitimat BC, Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smeltersite Project, and all eight companies, greeting all people coming into the Kitimat project as they came off boats.
1 photograph: b&w; 25 x 21.5 cm
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 6 in
Scope and Content
Photo showing sign Welcome to Kitimat BC, Aluminum Company of Canada LTD. Smeltersite Project, and all eight companies, greeting all people coming into the Kitimat project as they came off boats.
Notes
photograph marked with white pen C6054. Photo 9 x 6 in in red album
Comprehensive collection of dried plants with names and info collected from Kitimat and surrounding area. Includes black binder with lists of the collected plants, as well as some additional samples.
The Kitimat Flora Collection was assembled by Gisela Mendel during her tenure as the Museum's first curator (1969-1981). Gisela had a lifelong interest in nature and the outdoors and knew the medicinal properties of many plants from working as a pharmacist in Germany. During her early years in Kitimat, she collected botanical specimens to send to the Royal BC Museum in Victoria and documented a new species of fern. As Curator, she identified natural history as a key area of focus for the new Kitimat Centennial Museum. The Northern Sentinel reported in 1972 that she gathered new floral specimens each weekend to replenish displays at the Museum. One of her largest projects was the creation of an ethno-botanical dictionary with the help of Haisla elders from Kitamaat Village, identifying the Haisla names and traditional uses for various local plants.
Custodial History
Collected by Gisela Mendel.
Scope and Content
Comprehensive collection of dried plants with names and info collected from Kitimat and surrounding area. Includes black binder with lists of the collected plants, as well as some additional samples.