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Aerial view of smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description140
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the smeltersite main camp showing married quarters, sternwheeler Delta King, hydraulic fill in progress, recreation building, hospital, power plant, sawmill and water tank.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
134
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the smeltersite main camp showing married quarters, sternwheeler Delta King, hydraulic fill in progress, recreation building, hospital, power plant, sawmill and water tank.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID Numbers BC-2-243 and ACM-24311. Alcan Collection 78.11.32
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Aerial view of Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description215
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 06, 1957
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view looking northwest of Smeltersite housing, the hospital on the beach, the school in the centre, and the seaplane landing ramp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
209
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 06, 1957
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view looking northwest of Smeltersite housing, the hospital on the beach, the school in the centre, and the seaplane landing ramp.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-43-1837. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection. KMA No. P00209.jpg
Subject Access
Aerial
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
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
Subject Access
Towns
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

Aerial view of Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description23
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Aerial
Images

Aerial view of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description107
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
101
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27 KMA website collection P00101.jpg
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Aerial view of smelter operation

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description152
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
146
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1965
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of smelter operation in Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 177-30 Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Aerial view of powerhouse switchyard and entrance

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description91
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the powerhouse switchyard and entrance up to the 1600' level. The wide clearing on the right is the tram right-of-way. The powerhouse tailrace tunnel and channel and the access tunnel portal are in the centre, and the construction camp is on the left. Alcan Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
85
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
July 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the powerhouse switchyard and entrance up to the 1600' level. The wide clearing on the right is the tram right-of-way. The powerhouse tailrace tunnel and channel and the access tunnel portal are in the centre, and the construction camp is on the left. Alcan Collection
Notes
Alcan ID No. KPO-666.
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Aerial View of City Centre and Nechako

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27323
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.125
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Kitimat General Hospital, City Centre and part of the Nechako neighbourhood
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.125
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 27x21
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Kitimat General Hospital, City Centre and part of the Nechako neighbourhood
Subject Access
Aerial
Kitimat General Hospital
Images

Aerial view of caisson construction in the graving dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description147
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
141
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 01, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of the three caissons in their graving dock nearing completion.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-323. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.191
Subject Access
Smelters
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
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
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Sikorsky helicopter at East Tahtsa camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
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
Images

Barge breaking through channel to East Tahtsa

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
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.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
24
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 barge breaking through the ice on the reservoir from the west, six miles from East Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-878. Alcan Collection
Images

Smelter site preparation

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description142
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 12, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bulldozers placing fill in the south-west corner of the storage area, to the final elevation of 28.5 ft. View is looking north-east at storage area of hydraulic fill.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
136
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 12, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bulldozers placing fill in the south-west corner of the storage area, to the final elevation of 28.5 ft. View is looking north-east at storage area of hydraulic fill.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 79.31.7
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Permanent wharf construction site

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description300
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 26, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the dredge and dragline excavating the channel from the dock to deep water, a truck dumping gravel for the foundation blanket into the bottom of a dump scow. The view looks toward the construction site for the permanent wharf from the south dike of the graving dock, crew bunkhouses of Smeltersite in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
294
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 26, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the dredge and dragline excavating the channel from the dock to deep water, a truck dumping gravel for the foundation blanket into the bottom of a dump scow. The view looks toward the construction site for the permanent wharf from the south dike of the graving dock, crew bunkhouses of Smeltersite in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-320. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.211
Subject Access
Construction
Wharves
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

Aerial of Nechako neighbourhood

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description181
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Accession Number
2002.16.29
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of a portion of the Nechako neighbourhood showing the Hullah prototype area, Pintail and Partridge streets, in the foreground.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
175
Accession Number
2002.16.29
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Fred Ryan.
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of a portion of the Nechako neighbourhood showing the Hullah prototype area, Pintail and Partridge streets, in the foreground.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. District of Kitimat Collection
Subject Access
Towns
Images

British Columbia trade and industry government advertisement

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description7
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1948
Accession Number
2000.4.2c
Scope and Content
Clipping depicts a Provincial Government advertisement on the industrial and commercial opportunities in British Columbia focusing mostly on the natural resources such as forestry, mining, agriculture, fisheries and power.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
1
Accession Number
2000.4.2c
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1948
Physical Description
1 magazine clipping
Scope and Content
Clipping depicts a Provincial Government advertisement on the industrial and commercial opportunities in British Columbia focusing mostly on the natural resources such as forestry, mining, agriculture, fisheries and power.
Notes
Clipping origin unknown. District of Kitimat Collection
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

A general view showing a section of Kemano

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description99
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 20, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village".
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
93
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village".
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-341. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

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