Photograph of a vintage car going over new the new highway 25. Car is a Dominion Automobile Association. There is an elderly man driving it, and another younger man standing off to the side. Highway not yet paved.
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 vintage car going over new the new highway 25. Car is a Dominion Automobile Association. There is an elderly man driving it, and another younger man standing off to the side. Highway not yet paved.
Photograph of cars coming through the new highway 25. They are crossing over a bridge over possibly Hirsch Creek. There are people standing on the road in front of the bridge. Forest in the background.
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 cars coming through the new highway 25. They are crossing over a bridge over possibly Hirsch Creek. There are people standing on the road in front of the bridge. Forest in the background.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways at the Hirsch Creek section, during construction of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. View is looking towards Terrace.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways at the Hirsch Creek section, during construction of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. View is looking towards Terrace.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Photograph appeared in the Northern Sentinel, August 24, 1956. Northern Sentinel Press Collection No. 2005.8.695.
Photo showing - NSP Article - Eleven Miles Out. Now almost eleven miles from the end of Haisla Boulevard, the Kitimat-Terrace highway has stretched to within six miles of the Kitimat river bridge. This part of the roadbed is still very much in the making, but several miles of roadway nearer to the Kitimat townsite are at finished grade and surface. Workmen driving over the highway report the finished part "a pleasure to travel."
Photo showing - NSP Article - Eleven Miles Out. Now almost eleven miles from the end of Haisla Boulevard, the Kitimat-Terrace highway has stretched to within six miles of the Kitimat river bridge. This part of the roadbed is still very much in the making, but several miles of roadway nearer to the Kitimat townsite are at finished grade and surface. Workmen driving over the highway report the finished part "a pleasure to travel."
