Photo showing Kitimat Players' "The Ugly Duckling" wins Skeena Festival. Back row: Pat Gowen, Guy Morgan, Bill Dyer. Middle row: Margaret Mitchell, Jim Fitzsimmons, Priscilla Young. Front row: Al Smith, Jo Rewers, June Goddard.
Photo showing Kitimat Players' "The Ugly Duckling" wins Skeena Festival. Back row: Pat Gowen, Guy Morgan, Bill Dyer. Middle row: Margaret Mitchell, Jim Fitzsimmons, Priscilla Young. Front row: Al Smith, Jo Rewers, June Goddard.
Photo showing Kitimat Players' production of "The Tender Trap". On couch are: Fran Woodley, Ian MacDonald, Pippa Douglas-Tourner. Standing, from left: Roy Berry, Dee Desrochers, Warner Woodley, Jo Rewers, Priscilla Young.
Photo showing Kitimat Players' production of "The Tender Trap". On couch are: Fran Woodley, Ian MacDonald, Pippa Douglas-Tourner. Standing, from left: Roy Berry, Dee Desrochers, Warner Woodley, Jo Rewers, Priscilla Young.
"A whale of an idea" was Ransome Holmes comment to winning this killer whale scultpure by Sammy Robinson of Kiamaat Viallage. Carved by Sammy earlier in the year for the Kitimat Band Parents' Association fund raising efforts toward the high school band's trip to England, the carving was finally raffled off at the high school choir sing Dec 17
"A whale of an idea" was Ransome Holmes comment to winning this killer whale scultpure by Sammy Robinson of Kiamaat Viallage. Carved by Sammy earlier in the year for the Kitimat Band Parents' Association fund raising efforts toward the high school band's trip to England, the carving was finally raffled off at the high school choir sing Dec 17
Photograph of an aerial of the Kitimat River estuary. Edge of plane visible on the left. Beyond the estuary the Alcan smelter site is visible. Smoke is coming off the smelter operations. Snowy mountains in 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 an aerial of the Kitimat River estuary. Edge of plane visible on the left. Beyond the estuary the Alcan smelter site is visible. Smoke is coming off the smelter operations. Snowy mountains in background.