Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.41

Scope and Content

Photograph of excavation and framework for the company's guest houses on Albatross Avenue. Other houses and apartment construction visible behind.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.66

Scope and Content

Photograph of #1 Guest House showing amdeck roofing in place. Two men are working on the roof, and two men are working on another structure on the left. Building material is laid on the ground around.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.73

Scope and Content

Photograph of showing the framing almost completed in Guest House No.2. Two men are visible working on it. Apartments visible behind, and townsite camp is to the left.

Part Of

Whitty Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1980 May 12

Accession Number

1980.53.01

Scope and Content

Photograph of Scenery ; Douglas Channel ; Eurocan Dock, Fire ; Business ; Industrial Site

Part Of

Ocelot Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1981 Mar 05

Accession Number

1981.23.03

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Ocelot Methanol Construction Site ; Industrial Site ; Ocelot Methanol

Part Of

District of Kitimat fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1979

Accession Number

2002.016.07

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Alcan Potlines - 1979

Part Of

Victor Young fonds

Description Level

Fonds

Accession Number

2007.18

Scope and Content

Fond consists of 4 photographs of Kitimat construction.

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1964 Jun 08

Accession Number

982.33.4

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Smelter ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Smeltersite ; Recreation and Sport ; Yacht Club Basin ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1960 Jun

Accession Number

982.33.34

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Smelter ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Kitimat River; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1960 Jun

Accession Number

982.33.35

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Kitimat River ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Alcan Industrial Site ; Alcan Road ; Rail - Line ; Sandhill ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada ; Kitimat Liquid Air

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1967 Jul 26

Accession Number

982.33.46

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Industrial Site ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Alcan Road ; Liquid Air Plant ; Railroad Line ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1964 Jun 08

Accession Number

982.33.3

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Smelter ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminun Company of Canada

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1960 Jun

Accession Number

982.33.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Smelter ; Smeltersite ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Recreation and Sports ; Yacht Club Basin ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada

Material Type

Virtual Exhibit

Description

Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.

Part Of

James Tirrul-Jones Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 & Apr 1972]

Accession Number

984.61

Scope and Content

Photographs of Sumgas (Apr 1972) & pouring floor slabs for 1st houses in townsite (1953).

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1957 Sept

Accession Number

982.33.15

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Industrial Site ; Anderson Creek Camp ; Kitimat River ; Railroad Line ; Alcan Road ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada

Part Of

Neville Anthony Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1949

Accession Number

1981.27.35

Scope and Content

Photograph of Gov't and Services ; Prov. ; Land Survey ; Scenery ; McMinn Survey 1949 ; Kitimat Estuary

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 2 June 1966]

Accession Number

1998.1.8147

Scope and Content

An aerial photo of City Center and downtown Kitimat in color.

Part Of

McLoughlin Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1960 Jun

Accession Number

982.33.33

Scope and Content

Photograph of Aerial View of Alcan Smelter ; (Lines 1 and 2) Yacht Club ; Smeltersite ; Business ; Industrial ; Aluminum Co. of Canada ; Recreation and Sports ; Yacht Club Basin

Part Of

Lillianne Sands Collection

Description Level

Fonds

Accession Number

2003.22

Scope and Content

Photographs of Kemano and Kitimat