Photograph of the Hudson's Bay Store. There are three people visible and the photo is of the exterior and front of the store. You can see some of the dirt road in front of the store. In the distance, to the right of the store, a small white building is visible. It has a peaked roof like a house. In the background, in relation to the white building there is a very tall, white pole. Trees are visible throughout the background of the photo. There is a forest in the background.
Photograph of the Hudson's Bay Store. There are three people visible and the photo is of the exterior and front of the store. You can see some of the dirt road in front of the store. In the distance, to the right of the store, a small white building is visible. It has a peaked roof like a house. In the background, in relation to the white building there is a very tall, white pole. Trees are visible throughout the background of the photo. There is a forest in the background.
Slide showing Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
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 Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
