Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) District of Kitimat (a) Town Planning (i) Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass, New York (ii) Resident Planning Engineer
Scope and Content
Photo showing Julian Whittlesey (New York, Firm of Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass), town planner.
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) DIstrict of Kitimat (a) Town Planning (i) Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass, New York (ii) Resident Planning Engineer
Scope and Content
Photo showing Julian Whittlesey, town planner, with wife and daughter.
Photo showing Julian Whittlesey standing, left arm lifted slightly, outdoors in City Centre with building materials and Kildala neighbourhood in the background.
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) District of Kitimat (a) Town Planning (i) Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass, New York (ii) Resident Planning Engineer
Scope and Content
Photo showing Julian Whittlesey standing, left arm lifted slightly, outdoors in City Centre with building materials and Kildala neighbourhood in the background.
Notes
Northern Sentinel caption - "Visions and plans become reality for town planner Julian Whittlesey last weekend when he stood and surveyed what was dense wilderness when he arrived with early parties in 1951. He was "thrilled and excited" by what he saw and has more plans for the future."
Photographs of McClure Lake Cub Camp Boy Scouts.
a- Anglican Cubs group photo. Camp McLure Lake. Leaders: ? Aiken, Peg Rewers, Joan Nyeste, Doris Morton, Wilf Thiebes. Sept 1960.
b- Scouts in front of building door and wearing aprons. Boy on left holding a tub, and boy on right holding a broom. Sept 1960.
c- Anglican Cub Pak Camp at McClure Lake, 1959 or 60 (includes origianl and 2 duplicates)
d- Group of Scout Leaders. L-R: Max Archer, Doris Morton, Wilf Thiebes, Peg Rewers, Joan Nyeste. Sept 60.
e- Scouts standing in a circle with arms up close to heads. Doing Taps. Sept 1960.
f- Boy Scouts with some leaders in background. At right: Bruce Nyeste, Barry Hoover, Tom Barrett. Sept 1960.
g- Group of Scouts standing in front of building. Gordon Montidore, Tom Barrett, --, Peter Dimitrov, Kim Tourner, Gordon Rogers, David Greening. Sept 1960.
6 photographs print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
3 photographs print : colour ; 9 x 13 cm
History / Biographical
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Photographs of McClure Lake Cub Camp Boy Scouts.
a- Anglican Cubs group photo. Camp McLure Lake. Leaders: ? Aiken, Peg Rewers, Joan Nyeste, Doris Morton, Wilf Thiebes. Sept 1960.
b- Scouts in front of building door and wearing aprons. Boy on left holding a tub, and boy on right holding a broom. Sept 1960.
c- Anglican Cub Pak Camp at McClure Lake, 1959 or 60 (includes origianl and 2 duplicates)
d- Group of Scout Leaders. L-R: Max Archer, Doris Morton, Wilf Thiebes, Peg Rewers, Joan Nyeste. Sept 60.
e- Scouts standing in a circle with arms up close to heads. Doing Taps. Sept 1960.
f- Boy Scouts with some leaders in background. At right: Bruce Nyeste, Barry Hoover, Tom Barrett. Sept 1960.
g- Group of Scouts standing in front of building. Gordon Montidore, Tom Barrett, --, Peter Dimitrov, Kim Tourner, Gordon Rogers, David Greening. Sept 1960.
Photo showing aerial view of the Townsite - Flat Tops, Riverlodge Area includes Post Office, Cafeteria, Bunkhouses, etc., also single houses on the left.
Photo showing aerial view of the Townsite - Flat Tops, Riverlodge Area includes Post Office, Cafeteria, Bunkhouses, etc., also single houses on the left.
Photo showing an aerial view of the construction site of the proposed Smeltersite. Aerials were taken on a regular basis, monitoring the project process.
Photo showing an aerial view of the construction site of the proposed Smeltersite. Aerials were taken on a regular basis, monitoring the project process.