Photo depicts Nechako Neighbourhood, swath of land cleared for Neighbourhood "D", and Douglas Channel in the background, smelter on the right.
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Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears on the cover of the Canadian Geographical Journal, November 1959, Vol. LIX No.5. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge 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. Pat Jimenez Collection
