Photograph of group of people sitting in chairs. Jean Chow is holding box of Pot of Gold Excellence. Other people include Kwan Tran, Jean Chow, and Mrs. Tam. For Year of the Rat Chinese New Year Celebration. Event held at Riverlodge.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of people sitting in chairs. Jean Chow is holding box of Pot of Gold Excellence. Other people include Kwan Tran, Jean Chow, and Mrs. Tam. For Year of the Rat Chinese New Year Celebration. Event held at Riverlodge.
Photograph of children sitting at tables with colouring pages on table in front of them. Malcolm third from the left in back row. Two adult women standing behind them. Smeltersite school?
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of children sitting at tables with colouring pages on table in front of them. Malcolm third from the left in back row. Two adult women standing behind them. Smeltersite school?
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Basil Baxter sitting at a desk in paperwork and holding a pipe.
Photograph of an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of an elderly man sitting at a table with a cup infront of him. He has thin light hair and is wearing glasses. the elderly man is wearing a black blazer with a black thin shirt underneath.
Photograph of a man sitting on a couch that has a flower pattern all over it. He has light straight hair and is wearing a black white collared shirt along with some wide legged jeans.
Photograph of a man sitting on a couch that has a flower pattern all over it. He has light straight hair and is wearing a black white collared shirt along with some wide legged jeans.
Photograph of a man sitting on a log in the snow. He is making an open mouthed expression and holding something in his hands. There is a red jacket on the log next to him on the right. A bag and lunchbox? are on the ground in the foreground. A slope and trees are behind him.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man sitting on a log in the snow. He is making an open mouthed expression and holding something in his hands. There is a red jacket on the log next to him on the right. A bag and lunchbox? are on the ground in the foreground. A slope and trees are behind him.
Photograph of a group of people sitting on a sandy beach. Two girls are in the foreground. One is more at the front with only the back of her head showing. The other is in the centre and wearing a purple swim suit. Both have brown hair. There are three men behind them, two with visibly dark hair. Two are leaning down, and one is standing. One of the leaning down men is shirtless and holding a cup. More cups are on the ground on there left. There is also a wooden palette on the left behind the cups.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people sitting on a sandy beach. Two girls are in the foreground. One is more at the front with only the back of her head showing. The other is in the centre and wearing a purple swim suit. Both have brown hair. There are three men behind them, two with visibly dark hair. Two are leaning down, and one is standing. One of the leaning down men is shirtless and holding a cup. More cups are on the ground on there left. There is also a wooden palette on the left behind the cups.
Photograph of a man sitting on the edge of a motorboat. He has his foot in the water. Shoreline behind him has a lot of stumps and tree debris on it. Forest beyond it. Image has a pink tint.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man sitting on the edge of a motorboat. He has his foot in the water. Shoreline behind him has a lot of stumps and tree debris on it. Forest beyond it. Image has a pink tint.
Photograph showing two boys sitting on a log in the water with their underwear on. They look extremely similar and bother short hair. They're looking and smiling at the camera. It looks like they are in a river. In the background is a bunch of rocks and a few sticks.
Photograph showing two boys sitting on a log in the water with their underwear on. They look extremely similar and bother short hair. They're looking and smiling at the camera. It looks like they are in a river. In the background is a bunch of rocks and a few sticks.