Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a foreman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a child in City Centre parking lot. Likely Alice or Claudia Dicker. Many Cars parked behind her. Kitimat General Hospital in background.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
1 photo album containing various photos from Kitimat Chinese Association events. Photos include-
Children and adults in traditional Chinese clothes
Traditional dances
Groups and children at the First Baptist Church
A meeting in a classroom
Radley Park picnic
Events at Frank Melanson Memorial Hall
Christmas events
New Years event 1997 (year of the ox)
Potluck Dinners
Flyer for Multicultural Festival Potluck Dinner and Performance 1997