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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 10, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the barge Tahtsa 2, being unloaded by an overhead loader on a sandhaul.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
26
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 10, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the barge Tahtsa 2, being unloaded by an overhead loader on a sandhaul.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1170. Alcan Collection
Images

Barge unloading at West Tahtsa

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description31
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 17, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge being unloaded at the cement warehouse at West Tahtsa.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
25
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 17, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a barge being unloaded at the cement warehouse at West Tahtsa.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-1464. Alcan Collection
Images

Barges unloading housing materials

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description171
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
165
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Heel boom loading logs

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description167
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 24, 1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a heel boom loading logs in Neighberhood C-11, now known as Kildala, for delivery to Minette Bay
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
161
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 24, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a heel boom loading logs in Neighberhood C-11, now known as Kildala, for delivery to Minette Bay
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 73.3.7.3
Subject Access
Towns
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 11, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker in the planing mill section as he produces dressed lumber for forms.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
73
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
August 11, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker in the planing mill section as he produces dressed lumber for forms.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1132. -- 2" x 6" lumber was being produced when this photo was taken. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Powerhouses
Images

Eurocan Pulp & Paper Mill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description7505
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[31 July 1972]
Accession Number
1998.1.7435
Scope and Content
In the foreground are hills of sawdust, and in the middle are numerous rows of log piles. The mill is on the left side of the photograph, with trees and mountains in the background.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Patzelt, Max
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1998.1.7435
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Max Patzelt
Date Range
[31 July 1972]
Physical Description
1 photograph, 1 negative : b&w
Scope and Content
In the foreground are hills of sawdust, and in the middle are numerous rows of log piles. The mill is on the left side of the photograph, with trees and mountains in the background.
Notes
Patzelt No. 5617
Name Access
Eurocan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.
Subject Access
Industry
Images

Alcan Project management

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description12
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
6
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 9, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts six people standing on the Kemano Wharf. From left is Mr. K. Roestad; Mr. Percy E. Radley; Mr. McNeely DuBose; Mrs. McNeely DuBose; Mr. M.K. Madsen, M.K. Assistant Project Manager and Mr. R.E. Reed, M.K. Area Engineer.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-780. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Madsen, M.K.
DuBose, McNeely
DuBose, Mrs. McNeely
Radley, Percy E.
Reed, R.E.
Roestad, K.
Subject Access
Kemano
Images
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.16
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5cm
Custodial History
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan. Given to Fred Busby.
Scope and Content
Aerial photograph of Kemano. Part of Kitimat Museum Website Collection P00101
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Flonders, Bill
Subject Access
Kemano
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Images

View of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description106
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
100
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 2KR-298. -- Permanent housing construction began in 1957. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Camps
Images

First air mail via PWA

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description204
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Notes
Title based on content of photograph.
Subject Access
Services
Kemano
Airplanes
Images

Alcan Project humorous reprieve certificate

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description19
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1952
Physical Description
1 digital image : col.
Scope and Content
Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on contents of text. Ernie Archer Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Images
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.
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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.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits

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