3 letters to the Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association written in both Chinese and English.
June 4, 1985 - Association registration notice, Event Highlights (garage sale, Chinese food stand), Recreational Activities (outdoor picnic, Mah-Jong fun tournament, fishing tournament, call for member suggestions for hobbies and group activities), Member News (Mr. and Mrs. Kam Ping Chan baby birth annoucement, Mr. Andrew Lee car accident notice, Mr. and Mrs. Kam Wah Lee car accident notice). Back of letter includes member list for the association.
January 15, 1986 - Chinese New Year potluck party notice for feb 15. Includes info on entry, activities, expenses, and receipts.
New Year letter written by the association president Amy Mung thanking the members for their support and contributions, member totals, and encouraging members to get involved and support functions. Back of letter has 1985 report attached.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
3 letters to the Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association written in both Chinese and English.
June 4, 1985 - Association registration notice, Event Highlights (garage sale, Chinese food stand), Recreational Activities (outdoor picnic, Mah-Jong fun tournament, fishing tournament, call for member suggestions for hobbies and group activities), Member News (Mr. and Mrs. Kam Ping Chan baby birth annoucement, Mr. Andrew Lee car accident notice, Mr. and Mrs. Kam Wah Lee car accident notice). Back of letter includes member list for the association.
January 15, 1986 - Chinese New Year potluck party notice for feb 15. Includes info on entry, activities, expenses, and receipts.
New Year letter written by the association president Amy Mung thanking the members for their support and contributions, member totals, and encouraging members to get involved and support functions. Back of letter has 1985 report attached.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
1 photo album containing various photos from Kitimat Chinese Association events. Photos include-
Children and adults in traditional Chinese clothes
Traditional dances
Groups and children at the First Baptist Church
A meeting in a classroom
Radley Park picnic
Events at Frank Melanson Memorial Hall
Christmas events
New Years event 1997 (year of the ox)
Potluck Dinners
Flyer for Multicultural Festival Potluck Dinner and Performance 1997
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
1 photo album containing various photos from Kitimat Chinese Association events. Photos include-
Potluck events
Christmas events
Children singing in microphones
Presenenting of plaques and Mount Elizabeth photo
Members playing games (darts, limbo, popping balloons?, biting apples on a string)
Members holding new born babies
A wedding photo
Well Done Certificate congratualtions to Chinese Canadian Association from the Mayor of Kitimat
Multi-cultural Day Food Fair
Radley Park picnics
tug-of-war at Radley Park
1991 Canada Day Food Fair stand
Northern Sentinel Article about $500 cheque donation from Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association
Northern Sentinel Article about Kwan and Lew Wing Hoy returning to Kitimat with their son Edward
Kids playing at Radly Park playground
Hirsch Creek Park picnic
Face photo board pictures
Children wearing Halloween costumes
Children and adults in traditional Chinese clothes
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
4 VHS tapes from the Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association.
Cascade Village Tai Chi Group Chinese New Year Party
Tai Chi Workshop - Kitimat/Terrace Apr. 16+17/95 2 1/2 hr
Tai Chi Chuan & Modern Lifestyle June 8/9 1996 sifu T Choung
Chinese Cultural Centre (text description in Chinese)
Album containing photos and clippings of the Kitimat Youth Soccer Association Fields development. Official Sod Turning Ceremony was Thurs. July 1, 1993 (Phase 1), Clearing/Grading July 1995 (phase 2), and Full Field Soccer completed Spring 1997.
Album containing photos and clippings of the Kitimat Youth Soccer Association Fields development. Official Sod Turning Ceremony was Thurs. July 1, 1993 (Phase 1), Clearing/Grading July 1995 (phase 2), and Full Field Soccer completed Spring 1997.
Notes
Album dismantled and contents sorted into envelopes for safer archival storage. Album used an adhesive which was not ideal for the preservation of the photos. Album pages copied and put into archival storage.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Large Brown Envelope to The Boy Scouts Association Training Department. From the Canadian General Council Boy Scouts Association.
Negatives showing aerial images of the different neighborhoods & areas in the town of Kitimat. There are aerials of the Cablecar area & of the Service Centre area included.
Negatives showing aerial images of the different neighborhoods & areas in the town of Kitimat. There are aerials of the Cablecar area & of the Service Centre area included.
Photographs of Elks/Kitimat Lodge celebratory event. Cake photo reads Congratulations Dedication October 2, 1982. Kitimat Lodge 383, O.O.R.P Lodge 192. Photos show Elk members and other guests greeting, interacting, enjoying a meal, dancing, and observing a ceremony.
Photographs of Elks/Kitimat Lodge celebratory event. Cake photo reads Congratulations Dedication October 2, 1982. Kitimat Lodge 383, O.O.R.P Lodge 192. Photos show Elk members and other guests greeting, interacting, enjoying a meal, dancing, and observing a ceremony.
Notes
Envelope photos were in had name Bob Hunter written on it.
Collection of photographs pertaining to the 1993 BC Winter Games in Kitimat. Photo content includes speakers, performances, Scouts, cake, children, Kit the Fox, signs, Mayor Rick Wozney, various other unidentified people, and possibly the opening ceremony. Photos are all attached to together in various sections. There is also one photo mounted on a blue backed mini poster. Photo is of a group of men in suits. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
Donated by Laurie Graham from the City Centre Mall Office.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs pertaining to the 1993 BC Winter Games in Kitimat. Photo content includes speakers, performances, Scouts, cake, children, Kit the Fox, signs, Mayor Rick Wozney, various other unidentified people, and possibly the opening ceremony. Photos are all attached to together in various sections. There is also one photo mounted on a blue backed mini poster. Photo is of a group of men in suits. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
Subdivision plan of part of district lots 6038, 6039 and part of block 29, plan 3435 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4228. November 5, 1961.
Plan of subdivision of parts of D.L. 6046 & west half of D.L. 6045, and parcel. "X" (former block 78 and adjoining road plan 3549) range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4639. August 27, 1963.
Plan of portions of block 29 map 3435 district lots 6038, 6039, 6042 & 6043 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 3743. November 4, 1957.
Donated by Rick Wozney. Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited (Registered Owner).
Scope and Content
District of Kitimat lot and block plans.
Subdivision plan of part of district lots 6038, 6039 and part of block 29, plan 3435 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4228. November 5, 1961.
Plan of subdivision of parts of D.L. 6046 & west half of D.L. 6045, and parcel. "X" (former block 78 and adjoining road plan 3549) range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 4639. August 27, 1963.
Plan of portions of block 29 map 3435 district lots 6038, 6039, 6042 & 6043 range 5, Coast District. District Municipality of Kitimat. Plan 3743. November 4, 1957.
