Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.287-290

Scope and Content

Photograph of panoramas of smeltersite area.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.15.327-330

Scope and Content

Photographs of view of smeltersite construction.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.331-338

Scope and Content

Photographs of 2 panoramas of smeltersite. Taken from sandhill and married quarters.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.15.374

Scope and Content

Photographs of machinery in cleared area at smeltersite.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.15.377

Scope and Content

Photographs of crane working at smeltersite clearing.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2002.15.343-350

Scope and Content

Photographs of smeltersite panoramas. First panoramas ever taken of the area.

Part Of

Anglican Church Fonds

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2004.21.9

Scope and Content

Photograph of the smeltersite rectory.

Part Of

June Coultan Collection

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

999.5.27-34

Scope and Content

Photographs of car in ditch at smeltersite, and it being towed out. Last photo is man standing next to new car.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

2002.15.320-326

Scope and Content

Photographs of panorama of smeltersite and hydraulic fill. Last 3 images are of snow. Last one shows a man.

Part Of

Fred DeLory fonds

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.15.375

Scope and Content

Photographs of cleared area and pond at smeltersite.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

2005

Scope and Content

Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

8 Aug 1980 - 31 Jul 1985

Accession Number

2004.16

Scope and Content

Negatives showing Max Patzelt holding a camera outside of a helicopter as well as various other images of unknown people.

Part Of

Bernard Dakin Collection

Description Level

Series

Date Range

[ca. 1950's]

Accession Number

2013.3

Scope and Content

Two black binders of progress photographs - Kitimat Project - from the early 1950's. Four booklets.

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Series

Date Range

1954 - 1957

Accession Number

2009.1.50-56

Scope and Content

Series consists of Alcan promotional booklets and annual reports.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

8 Aug 1980

Accession Number

2004.16

Scope and Content

Negatives showing locations on the shores of the Kitimat Arm such as M.K Bay Marina and the Northland Navigation dock

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

17 Aug 1983 - 23 Jul 1984

Accession Number

2004.16

Scope and Content

Images showing mountainous scenery along the Douglas Channel.

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.2

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

Museum Material, "Haisla" Binder (hand-written)

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.30

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

"The Sagimat" notes (hand-written, 35 pages)

1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)

The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)

Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)

Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)

Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)

The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)

Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)

Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)

Part Of

Patricia Robertson Fonds

Description Level

Series

Accession Number

995.8.31

Scope and Content

Folder containing research material.

the Story of Helicopters in Canada by Les Edwards, in the Canadian Geographic Journal (hand-written)

George Woodcock, Ravens and Prophits. Allan Wingate, London 1952 (hand-written)

Kitimat George B. Barbour (5 pages)

Albert W. Whitaker, Aluminum Trail. Edited by T.L. Brock. Alcan and Archives, Alcan Press. Montreal, 1974 (hand-written, 9 pages)

Pierre Berton McLean's Article, Return to BC (3 pages)

Kitimat Men grasped Nature's clenched fist and wrenched open her bountiful hand. Oblate Missions Kitimat (3 pages)

At Kitimat, Men Juggle Geography (2 pages)

Pioneering With a Modern Touch. Kitimat housewives have electric gadgets like their city sisters by Clare Hucal

Big Alcan Project Nears Completion. News Herald Oct 9, 1953

Gigantic Caissons Floated To Kitimat Dock Positions. Colonist July 19, 1953

Hardware Magazine Spring 1953 with article Project British Columbia (8 pages)

The Star Weekly, Kitimat Close-up by James Y. Nicol

Kitimat's Not Northern BC by D.A. McGregor

Kitimat - Aluminum Bonanza, Five huge projects will create an industrial empire in north BC by Cecil Hotson (2 pages)

Stakes and Steaks in BC Wilds, There's big money and luscious meals for the workers on the Aluminum project at Kemano rd. by Pat Denton

World's Biggest Hydro Project Now Under Way in BC by A. Sahonovitch (5 pages)

RMS Dogteam - Kitimat to Hazelton by M.W. Boss (4 pages)

Business Directory

Kitimat Favored as Aluminum Site, Power for Proposed Plant Would Come From Tweedsmuir Park Area. The Vancouver Sun, March 23 1950

Aluminum Co. Kitimat Dock with photo. The Vancouver Province, July 11 1953

Permanent Dock Site with photo. Vancouver News Herald July 13, 1953

World's Greatest Aluminum Plant Transforms BC Village Into City; Kitimat Will Have 50000 People. Kamloops Sentinel, June 12, 1953

Giant Powerhouse in Mountain's Bowel. Oct 9, 1953 (2 pages)

The Alcan Story article

Alcan Smelter Changes the Scenery at Kitimat. The Vancouver Sun, Oct 10, 1953

Kildala Pass Challenge Won By Kitimat Crews article

Kitimat Production Expected in Eight Months. Colonist On-the-Spot Report. Oct 10, 1953

Eventual 12 Kitimat Potlines Bigger Than Downtown Victoria. Colonist Oct 11, 1953

Model City Being Hewn from Kitimat Wilderness. Colonist Oct 14, 1953

Story of Kitimat Aluminum Site Goes Back 300 Years. Powell River News Aug 25, 1954

Kitimat articles from The Illustrated London News, March 12, 1955

Rocks, Mud Gave Birth to Baby of BC - Now Planners Run Kitimat. The Vancouver Province May 29, 1954

Bonus Helps Kitimat Folk Build Own Homes. The Vancouver Province, June 2, 1954

Builders Pioneers Find Life Together Not Too Easy at First. The Vancouver Province, June 4 1954

Steaks are big-and you can have two, The Kitchen at Kitimat is Tops by Ed Moyer

Kitimat Now His Home, Wanderer Birk Settles Down by Ed Moyer

Kitimat's Stll Rough, Tough But Big Aluminum Town Miracle in the Wilds. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954

Tough Aluminum Town's Getting Domesticated. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954

Town in Forest Grows up Fast at Kitimat Homes Isolated But Not for Long. Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1954

$30000 Bet in One Night, Friendly Game Played Nightly at Kitimat by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1954

Kitimat's Huge Heart Beats Inside Mountain by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun July 9, 1954

New Oportunities Open, completion at Kitimat presages large future development year-round ice-free port is rapidly becoming operational by Harry Chapin Plummer. From Canadian Shipping + Marine Engineering News, March 1954

The Superintendant Visits Kemano and Kitimat at Eastertide. The LOG. March, April, May 1952 (2 pages)

A Master Plan For The Town of Kitimat. Vancouver Public Library, Sep 22 1953

A Tale of Two Cities by N.H. Richardson. Published in "Plan: the Town Planning Institute of Canada". Vol. 4 No. 3, 1963 (hand-written, 10 pages)

Alcan Ingot, 1949 (hand-written, 2 pages)

Kitimat Townsite Report. Feb 29

Booklets - Aluminum in Breif, Kitimat Works BC, Alcan in canada, Alcan facts 1975

Part Of

Museum Collection

Description Level

Series

Date Range

[?]

Accession Number

78.36

Scope and Content

Photographs of the retail stores and the Hotel in Service Center , and Alcan Construction