Photo depicts an International crawler hauling one of the temporary living quarters at Camp No. 5 in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The International Harvester Company were manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.77
Photograph shows 5 totem poles some topped with various figures others not. 2 houses stand behind them a short distance with a wide view of the mountains behind them.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.7 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 12.6 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows 5 totem poles some topped with various figures others not. 2 houses stand behind them a short distance with a wide view of the mountains behind them.
Photo depicts a 5-ton steel ball measuring 8 feet in diameter, strung on a cable and pulled through the forest between two tractors. An unsuccessful experiment.
1 photograph : b&w
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a 5-ton steel ball measuring 8 feet in diameter, strung on a cable and pulled through the forest between two tractors. An unsuccessful experiment.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Experimental area is being cleared with use of two TD-119 Allis-Chalmers tractors. Alcan Collection 73.3.3.23
Slide showing a camp surrounded by trees. There is a bit of a hill in the foreground and someone is standing there. Working in other construction? In the background a cleared out line can be seen (transmission line?)
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing a camp surrounded by trees. There is a bit of a hill in the foreground and someone is standing there. Working in other construction? In the background a cleared out line can be seen (transmission line?)
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing edge of smeltersite near Douglas Channel. Trailer camp visible in foreground. Dredger visible on far right.
