Photo showing history trading vessel, the S.S. Beaver with Rear Admiral M.G. Stirling, Maritime Commander (Pacific), left, and L.J. Wallace, General Chairman, Provincial Centennial Committee.
Photo showing history trading vessel, the S.S. Beaver with Rear Admiral M.G. Stirling, Maritime Commander (Pacific), left, and L.J. Wallace, General Chairman, Provincial Centennial Committee.
Photo showing the S.S. Washington Mail, the fastest commercial ship in the Pacific flying a blue broom signifying she has swept the Pacific Record. She docked in Kitimat for a short time before leaving with aluminum ingots to the Orient.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
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Photo showing the S.S. Washington Mail, the fastest commercial ship in the Pacific flying a blue broom signifying she has swept the Pacific Record. She docked in Kitimat for a short time before leaving with aluminum ingots to the Orient.
Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Transportation
(a) Ships and Boats
Scope and Content
Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
Photo showing two of many hundreds of admirers of SS Beaver in Kitimat; a replica of Hudson's Bay Company's floating trading post. Youngsters are Bruce and David Melville.
Photo showing two of many hundreds of admirers of SS Beaver in Kitimat; a replica of Hudson's Bay Company's floating trading post. Youngsters are Bruce and David Melville.
