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 aerial of the Kitimat sandhill. Highway and sandhill operation structures below sandhill. Smoke visible on top left of sandhill.
Photograph of the Kitimat sandhill by the Kitimat River. Kitimat River is in front, with machinery and sandhill behind. Sandhill is carved away into a sand wall.
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kitimat sandhill by the Kitimat River. Kitimat River is in front, with machinery and sandhill behind. Sandhill is carved away into a sand wall.
Aerial photo of the Kitimat river estuary showing Kitimat River, Kitimat Harbor, Minette Bay, and the Alcan company smelter site taken from the southwest looking northeast towards the Kitimat City Centre.
Aerial photo of the Kitimat river estuary showing Kitimat River, Kitimat Harbor, Minette Bay, and the Alcan company smelter site taken from the southwest looking northeast towards the Kitimat City Centre.
Photograph of Aerial View of Sandhill ; Service Centre ; Haisla Bridge ; Kitimat River ; Kitimat Liquid Air ; Bowbyes Cake ; Parks and Campgrounds ; Municipal ; Radley Park
Photograph of Aerial View of Sandhill ; Service Centre ; Haisla Bridge ; Kitimat River ; Kitimat Liquid Air ; Bowbyes Cake ; Parks and Campgrounds ; Municipal ; Radley Park
Photograph of the Kitimat River. Some men can be seen standing in the river from the left shoreline, possibly fishing. The right shore is all forest. Kitimat River bridge visible at the back left.
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 the Kitimat River. Some men can be seen standing in the river from the left shoreline, possibly fishing. The right shore is all forest. Kitimat River bridge visible at the back left.