Slide showing the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing the firehall at smeltersite. Firetruck is visible in the center, and to its left is a target on a tree. To the left is also a building and other equipment. Behind, there are other buildings and powerlines, with the forest even further back.
Photograph of ladders set up to the secondary storey window during the drill ; Dave Underdour standing ready on the left ; possibily hospital building.
Photograph of ladders set up to the secondary storey window during the drill ; Dave Underdour standing ready on the left ; possibily hospital building.
Photograph of assistand Chief Larry Leisch and Wayne Adams after the breakdown of a main 5 inch suction line ; wrenching affair at the hydrant ; fire drill.
Photograph of assistand Chief Larry Leisch and Wayne Adams after the breakdown of a main 5 inch suction line ; wrenching affair at the hydrant ; fire drill.
Photograph of fire fighers Wayne Adams and Ken MacAulay preparing the hose and equipment for connection into a hyrate for deed into the hospital's water system ; firemens drill.
Photograph of fire fighers Wayne Adams and Ken MacAulay preparing the hose and equipment for connection into a hyrate for deed into the hospital's water system ; firemens drill.
Photograph of Fire Chief , Charles Taylor and fire fighters Gay Hamburg and Assistant Cheif Larry Liesch looking over 1000 + entries in the fire prevention week poster contest.
Photograph of Fire Chief , Charles Taylor and fire fighters Gay Hamburg and Assistant Cheif Larry Liesch looking over 1000 + entries in the fire prevention week poster contest.
