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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
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Image depicts two bulldozers involved in full-scale clearing of the townsite in the background, with a survey level on a tripod in the foreground.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
151
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Image depicts two bulldozers involved in full-scale clearing of the townsite in the background, with a survey level on a tripod in the foreground.
Notes
Alcan had over 300 people on their survey team. -- Title based on content of slide. Mike Kinnear Collection
Subject Access
Towns
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
215
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Willard Stewart Collection 983.52.23
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Kitimat homes and gardens

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description301
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 09, 1961
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Johnson-Crooks homes and their backyard gardens.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
295
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 09, 1961
Physical Description
1 digital image : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Johnson-Crooks homes and their backyard gardens.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- No. 444
Subject Access
Houses
Images

Kitimat homes and gardens

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28716
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 09, 1961
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Johnson-Crooks homes and their backyard gardens.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
295
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 09, 1961
Physical Description
1 digital image : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Johnson-Crooks homes and their backyard gardens.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- No. 444
Subject Access
Houses
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

Clive Erwin's Commissary, Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description211
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 19, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men shopping at Clive Erwin's Commissary in the Townsite Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
205
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 19, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men shopping at Clive Erwin's Commissary in the Townsite Camp.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 73.3.2.24b
Subject Access
Stores
Images
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
2 January 1964
Accession Number
2005.8.1587
Scope and Content
Photo showing District snow blower.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Photographer: Max Patzelt
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1587
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
2 January 1964
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 4"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #4 - (A) Current (1) 1960s (a) District of Kitimat (b) Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing District snow blower.
Notes
P00244 on Kitimat Website Collection
Subject Access
Snow
District of Kitimat
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Townsite land clearing with 4-ton steel ball

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description166
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 11, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a townsite land clearing showing the 4-ton steel ball on the right being used west of P.S. along Road C-3 now known as Haisla Boulevard.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
160
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 11, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a townsite land clearing showing the 4-ton steel ball on the right being used west of P.S. along Road C-3 now known as Haisla Boulevard.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-203. Alcan Collection 73.3.3.26
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Anderson Creek Bowling Alley construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description191
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
185
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 04, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Anderson Creek Bowling Alley under construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Images

Construction - Paving - Heritage Files

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description9679
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
24 May 1956
Accession Number
2005.8.960
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Photographer: Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.960
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Mike Kinnear
Date Range
24 May 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 4"
Custodial History
#2 Northern Sentinel: Box #2: Heritage - Construction - Paving
Scope and Content
Photo showing paving (probably Osprey, Oriole Streets).
Notes
P00178 on Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Subject Access
Construction
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
15
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a unidentified man sitting on the Nechako River bank watching the the activities of construction of the dam at the canyon. Right bank stripping and left bank tunnel haul road shown.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Images

Kenney Dam Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description22
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. District of Kitimat Collection Accession no. 987.10.2
Subject Access
Construction
Dams
Images

Pan-Abode house construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description192
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 07, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of a Pan-Abode house on the beach at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
186
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 07, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of a Pan-Abode house on the beach at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-349. Hal Whiting Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Pan-Abode House Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description193
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts the completed and occupied Pan-Abode home on the beach at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
187
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 13, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph depicts the completed and occupied Pan-Abode home on the beach at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-474. Hal Whiting Collection. P00187
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Sewer and water line construction at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description213
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
207
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-151. Alcan Collection 78.11.23
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Accession Number
76.66.324
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
210
Accession Number
76.66.324
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 23, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the 10-man bunkhouses recently constructed on the old Trailer Camp site. 72-man bunkhouses are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-324. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
213
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955 or 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts White Hall, the women's residence at Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Evelyn Harris Collection Accession # 70.30.1
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

Tent with flat-top house assembly

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description222
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Bill Frahler
Description Level
Item
Item Number
216
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1956
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 03, 1956
Scope and Content
The framework of the building with a crane lowering the last ceiling glue-lam beam into position while workers look on.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
245
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 03, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
The framework of the building with a crane lowering the last ceiling glue-lam beam into position while workers look on.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The Y.M.C.A. opened its doors in 1957. This lounge structure under construction is now the Community Room for the District of Kitimat Recreation Riverlodge facility. Alcan Collection 73.3.7.6
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

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