Photo showing Robbie Burns' Night. From left: Mr. Alex Blaikie (addressing the Haggis), Sgt. Don Morrison, Mr. Bill Barr, Mr. Jim Pettie, Mr. K. Kolterhoff; Kitimat Pipe Band Association.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Holidays
(a)Robbie Burns Day
Scope and Content
Photo showing Robbie Burns' Night. From left: Mr. Alex Blaikie (addressing the Haggis), Sgt. Don Morrison, Mr. Bill Barr, Mr. Jim Pettie, Mr. K. Kolterhoff; Kitimat Pipe Band Association.
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Ken & Joyce MacKinnon Collection
Photograph of Mrs Marie Tolhurst, Burns Lake 1956.
Others in photo are Gladys Sevick (Hanke?), Audrey Lougheed, Doris Allan (matron of Burns Lake hospital), Agnes Hammry. They are standing in front of a building. Car in background on right.
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
Photograph of Mrs Marie Tolhurst, Burns Lake 1956.
Others in photo are Gladys Sevick (Hanke?), Audrey Lougheed, Doris Allan (matron of Burns Lake hospital), Agnes Hammry. They are standing in front of a building. Car in background on right.