Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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Slide of clearing neighbourhood A at Kitimat townsite.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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Slide of clearing fires in neighbourhood A at townsite of Kitimat.
Clearing operations, Neighbourhood A (Nechako) caterpillar tractor with boomdragging stumps and logs.
A truck fallen into a ditch can be seen in the forground flipped onto it's side.
Clearing operations, Neighbourhood A (Nechako) caterpillar tractor with boomdragging stumps and logs.
A truck fallen into a ditch can be seen in the forground flipped onto it's side.
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
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Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
Photograph showing Warren Nesbit, Erich Zeller, John Watt, Doug Gilliland and Arvid Sestrop. The men are standing in the background of a large culvert. Farther in the background is a vehicle and a forest. The men are working on an access road into ski levels on Clague Mountain for the Chamber Commerce. They are rolling a 52", 20 ft long culvert into place.
Photograph showing Warren Nesbit, Erich Zeller, John Watt, Doug Gilliland and Arvid Sestrop. The men are standing in the background of a large culvert. Farther in the background is a vehicle and a forest. The men are working on an access road into ski levels on Clague Mountain for the Chamber Commerce. They are rolling a 52", 20 ft long culvert into place.
Notes
Discussion of the Clague Mountain access road appears in the Northern Sentinel on June 4th. The section on it has the caption "Road Work Starts" One mile of tote road has been cut through from the Mountain, Warren Nesbit, said today.
Work started Monday, Mr Nesbit stated, and volunteer crews have found conditions good for the preliminary work on the road which is planned to provide access to the ski slopes at the 1700 foot level on the mountain.
"It has been mostly cat work all the way so far" Mr Nesbit said. He is the chairman of the civic affair committee of the Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the project.
Committee member Arv Sestrap has been in two or three times in a jeep. Mr Nesbit said. He added that the volunteers are attempting to get the road in shape so that trucks can haul gravel for the roadbed proper in the next few days.
George Irwin, president of the Kitimat Ski and Alpine Club is in charge of arranging crews for slashing and clearing the right of way. When the road has been built constructions of a ski-tow will be considered. Both will make the area an ideal recreation ground for Kitimat in summer and winter. All work on the project is voluntary.