Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of digging bitto and pipe used by hydraulic dredge at Kitimat.
Slide showing front end loader digging. Two shirtless men are on it. One is operating, and the other is standing while holding onto the machine in the front. Behind, construction is visible.
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 front end loader digging. Two shirtless men are on it. One is operating, and the other is standing while holding onto the machine in the front. Behind, construction is visible.
Photograph of a group of men at middle standing by crane, man at left standing by crane touching equipment, and man inside crane. Kemano Tunnel Collection.
Photograph of a group of men at middle standing by crane, man at left standing by crane touching equipment, and man inside crane. Kemano Tunnel Collection.
Photograph of Secretary-Treasurer Georges Carrier (Arvida), Mr. Roch Fortin (Arvida Chamber of Commerce), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville de Soules), Mr. Adrien Plourde (President - National Syndicate of Alcan Employment), Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Emile Frigon (Catholic School Commission - Arvida), Mayor Marcel D'Amour (Hull), and Alderman Georges Potvin (Arvida).
Photograph of Secretary-Treasurer Georges Carrier (Arvida), Mr. Roch Fortin (Arvida Chamber of Commerce), Mayor Romain Langlois (Ville de Soules), Mr. Adrien Plourde (President - National Syndicate of Alcan Employment), Mr. Kenneth Guy (Protestant School Board - Arvida), Mr. Emile Frigon (Catholic School Commission - Arvida), Mayor Marcel D'Amour (Hull), and Alderman Georges Potvin (Arvida).
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 Bill Moore Alcan Engineer, ?, Basil Baxter (1st council), Stanley Dalton (Basil's father-in-law) holding a trophy.
Possible farewell to someone. Man in white cap and naval suit carring a mock suitcase. Percy Radley (with pipe?), in doorway, Dale Madill and Jack Kendrick. Fellow in profile - Cronk, first postmaster
Possible farewell to someone. Man in white cap and naval suit carring a mock suitcase. Percy Radley (with pipe?), in doorway, Dale Madill and Jack Kendrick. Fellow in profile - Cronk, first postmaster
Photo of twelve men arranged for group photo, smiling. Some sitting, some standing. Behind them is shelf with books/documents with labels reading Euclid, Cummins, GMC, White, Willys, Dodge, Ford, IHC, etc.
Photo of twelve men arranged for group photo, smiling. Some sitting, some standing. Behind them is shelf with books/documents with labels reading Euclid, Cummins, GMC, White, Willys, Dodge, Ford, IHC, etc.
