Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
The Kitimat Valley Naturalists are a non-profit organization with the goal of learning about and enjoying the natural history of the Kitimat Valley. They were founded in 1996 and are still active as of 2023. Their projects include an annual Christmas bird count, construction of bat condos, monitoring amphibian numbers, and mapping eelgrass beds in the Douglas Channel.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Susan and Walter Thorne, longtime members of the Kitimat Valley Naturalists, on February 16th 2023. The fonds was arranged and described by Museum staff in April 2023.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
Notes
Three reports collected by the KVN - "An Assessment of the Kitimat Iron Oxbow Proposed Wildlife Viewing Area," "Blue Carbon - The Case for the Conservation and Enhancement of Estuarine Processes and Sediments in BC," and "Coastal Wetlands Habitat Assessment and Classification for Northwestern British Columbia" - have been added to the Museum's Reference Library.
Conservation
Removed from original duotang/folders. Staples removed.
Storage Location
Box 29
Arrangement
F1) has been left in original order, apart from ephemera which was removed from the inside cover of the duotang.
F2) has been arranged in roughly chronological order.
Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
Photograph of students holding baby chicks. Handle with care. Holding baby chicks are Grade One pupils, Cindy Ryan, Michaela Palaniak and Cindy Johnson of Nechako Elementary School-Miss Chambers, their teacher had the chicks shipped in by plane from Lower Mainland to illustrate part of class study of farm life.
Photograph of Cormorant Elementary School Division 2 Grade 5/6 class. Back L to R: Shelley Rowatt, Andrea Szametz, Chris Deane Florea, Shawna Anweiler, Susan Allen, Leslie Austin, Dona Egami, Rosemary Mason. 2nd row: George Teves, Gordon Birch, Don Butterworth, Mike Neskit, Hans Kaufeld, Richard Bode, Brian Donaldson, Mervyn Mosher, Terry Kozakewich, Gordon Burnett. Front: Chris Bode, Veronika Beck, Eva Tooth, Hilary Knight, Irene Godfrey, Sylvia Bors, Caroline Southcott, Peter Theocharis.
Photograph of Cormorant Elementary School Division 2 Grade 5/6 class. Back L to R: Shelley Rowatt, Andrea Szametz, Chris Deane Florea, Shawna Anweiler, Susan Allen, Leslie Austin, Dona Egami, Rosemary Mason. 2nd row: George Teves, Gordon Birch, Don Butterworth, Mike Neskit, Hans Kaufeld, Richard Bode, Brian Donaldson, Mervyn Mosher, Terry Kozakewich, Gordon Burnett. Front: Chris Bode, Veronika Beck, Eva Tooth, Hilary Knight, Irene Godfrey, Sylvia Bors, Caroline Southcott, Peter Theocharis.
The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newspaper clippings of the Kitimat Centennial Committee.
1- Minutes. – 1965-1967. – 1 cm of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of the Kitimat Centennial Committee.
2- Correspondence. – 1964-1970. – 1 cm of textual records.
Series consists of correspondence of the Committee.
3- Newspaper Clippings. – 1965-1967. – 0.5 cm of textual records.
Series consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the activities of the Committee. Index to clippings written on original file folder.
The Kitimat Centennial Committee was formed in 1964. The purpose of the Committee was to coordinate local activities during the celebration of Canadian confederation in 1967. The Committee organized local celebrations and, after an initial project could not be completed, raised funds for the construction of the Kitimat Centennial Museum building, completed in 1969.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of minutes of meetings, correspondence, and newspaper clippings of the Kitimat Centennial Committee.
1- Minutes. – 1965-1967. – 1 cm of textual records.
Series consists of minutes of the Kitimat Centennial Committee.
2- Correspondence. – 1964-1970. – 1 cm of textual records.
Series consists of correspondence of the Committee.
3- Newspaper Clippings. – 1965-1967. – 0.5 cm of textual records.
Series consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the activities of the Committee. Index to clippings written on original file folder.
photograph showing Finland's Military Attache, Col. V.O. Mielonen and Sweden's Military Attache, Col. A. Wahlgren standing on the bridge of the HMSC Fortune as they arrive to Kitimat
photograph showing Finland's Military Attache, Col. V.O. Mielonen and Sweden's Military Attache, Col. A. Wahlgren standing on the bridge of the HMSC Fortune as they arrive to Kitimat
Photograph showing Lt. Col. F. Lutz from the Netherlands and Commander G.E. Thaeter from Germany standing on the bridge of the HMCS Cowichan as they arrive to Kitimat.
Photograph showing Lt. Col. F. Lutz from the Netherlands and Commander G.E. Thaeter from Germany standing on the bridge of the HMCS Cowichan as they arrive to Kitimat.