Slide showing an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
Photograph of a group of youths standing next to a clown. A boy in the centre with a grey shirt and red toque is holding an act sign. Another youth is on the right with tiger face paint.
Photograph of a group of youths standing next to a clown. A boy in the centre with a grey shirt and red toque is holding an act sign. Another youth is on the right with tiger face paint.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Dorothy Cheyne is in background on left. Sign reading Thank You Kitimat is behind her.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Dorothy Cheyne is in background on left. Sign reading Thank You Kitimat is behind her.
Photograph of group of people lined up on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R are Heidi Howell, Cheryl Groves, ?, ?, Susan Eisenberger, ?, and Serena Germuth. Serena is holding a gift and card.
Photograph of group of people lined up on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. From L-R are Heidi Howell, Cheryl Groves, ?, ?, Susan Eisenberger, ?, and Serena Germuth. Serena is holding a gift and card.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of women on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Teresa Rachao is third from the right, and Joanne Mueller is fourth from the right.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of women on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Teresa Rachao is third from the right, and Joanne Mueller is fourth from the right.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. Audience and seats on the left.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of a group of youths talking with a man with a microphone at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Exit door is behind them. A girl in an orange shirt is in the centre talking into the microphone.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black and sitting at the bottom of a stairwell at the Aluminum City Telethon. One youth is holding at a can of a drink. There is a door behind them.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black and sitting at the bottom of a stairwell at the Aluminum City Telethon. One youth is holding at a can of a drink. There is a door behind them.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people in some back room at Mount Elizabeth Secondary School for the Aluminum City Telethon. Al Smith at the far right.
Photograph of a group of people somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Man on left is drinking something from a glass, and man in centre has a cigarette in his mouth.
The Aluminum City Telethon was started in 1980. The Kitimat Sports Association was approached by the board of directors of the Child Development Centre, and asked for their assistance in raising funds. The idea of a Telethon was agreed on and a committee was formed.
Each year the Telethon executive receives requests from the different non-profit organizations within our own community. They then decide on how to disburse the funds raised that year. after the letters of requests are reviewed and a brief presentation is made to the board of directors explaining how the money received will be spent.
Custodial History
Dorothy Cheyne
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people somewhere backstage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Man on left is drinking something from a glass, and man in centre has a cigarette in his mouth.
Photograph of a group of kids dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Near the left is Emily Feldhoff, and near the right is Leigh Buysse. All of them are wearing yellow shirts with text Kidz Sing Choir.
Photograph of a group of kids dancing on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. Near the left is Emily Feldhoff, and near the right is Leigh Buysse. All of them are wearing yellow shirts with text Kidz Sing Choir.
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Notes
Pan-Abode is interlocking red cedar building materials invented in 1948 in British Columbia. The builders of Kitimat chose innovative materials such as Pan-Abode for the town. Pan-Abode was used in some of the first prototype homes on Kitimat's first streets - Oriole, Pintail, and Partridge. It is also an efficient building material as a structure can be assembled very quickly. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. P00226.jpg
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of men in Overwaitea Save-on-More shirts on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. The shirts are black with Save-on-More repeated 5 times. Believe It is in white text below.
Photograph of Doug Smith with a group of men in Overwaitea Save-on-More shirts on stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. The shirts are black with Save-on-More repeated 5 times. Believe It is in white text below.
Photograph of Doug Smith talking to a group of youths and adults at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a large TV on stage next to them, and a table with red tablecloth behind.
Photograph of Doug Smith talking to a group of youths and adults at the edge of the stage at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a large TV on stage next to them, and a table with red tablecloth behind.
Photograph of a group of kids posing with an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a clown on their left making balloon swords. One child near him is holding a completed balloon sword. On the right there is a child with a tiger painted face. They are inside the smaller high school gym.
Photograph of a group of kids posing with an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a clown on their left making balloon swords. One child near him is holding a completed balloon sword. On the right there is a child with a tiger painted face. They are inside the smaller high school gym.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black in a hallway with blue lockers in the high school at the Aluminum City Telethon. A boy in the centre is holding a can of Coca-Cola.
Photograph of a group of youths wearing black in a hallway with blue lockers in the high school at the Aluminum City Telethon. A boy in the centre is holding a can of Coca-Cola.
