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 mountain with narrow waterfall flowing down from snowmelt into Douglas Channel. Possibly Gardner Canal.
Photograph of a mountain of mail that dwarfs the postal workers pictured above has kept the staff and the main post office and Neckako postal station going full tilt over and past week. "Incoming mails has started to stacken off now"{ said post master Fred Emmerson. "It appears that this year the mail will be as heavy as in past years."
Photograph of a mountain of mail that dwarfs the postal workers pictured above has kept the staff and the main post office and Neckako postal station going full tilt over and past week. "Incoming mails has started to stacken off now"{ said post master Fred Emmerson. "It appears that this year the mail will be as heavy as in past years."