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Settling In: Highlighting 50 Years of Kitimat's History

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/exhibitsettlingin
Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Settling In: Highlighting 50 Years of Kitimat's History Exhibition, was shown at the Kitimat Museum and Archives in 2003. "To the youngsters, Kitimat presents a pleasing blend of modern, urban, recreational facilities in a wild-west, wilderness setting. To the adults, it offers physical grandeur, unexcelled hunting and fishing, neighbourliness, dependence, and the genuine friendships of a new community." Canadian Geographical Journal 1959 What makes a town? What makes Kitimat unique? In the final analysis, Kitimat citizens have made the community. This exhibition attempts to show the public face of Kitimat.
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Material Type
Virtual Exhibit
Description
Settling In: Highlighting 50 Years of Kitimat's History Exhibition, was shown at the Kitimat Museum and Archives in 2003. "To the youngsters, Kitimat presents a pleasing blend of modern, urban, recreational facilities in a wild-west, wilderness setting. To the adults, it offers physical grandeur, unexcelled hunting and fishing, neighbourliness, dependence, and the genuine friendships of a new community." Canadian Geographical Journal 1959 What makes a town? What makes Kitimat unique? In the final analysis, Kitimat citizens have made the community. This exhibition attempts to show the public face of Kitimat.
Images
Websites / Virtual Exhibits
Object Type
Promotional Pin
Material
metal
Accession Number
2015.103.3
Description
Pin featuring picture of Delta King
Object Type
Promotional Pin
Description
Pin featuring picture of Delta King
Physical Condition
good
Material
metal
Length
2 cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat Centennial Museum, 30 Years, 1969-1999
Accession Number
2015.103.3
Subject Access
Delta King
Category
Advertising Media
Location
Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 1
Date Range
ca. 1994
Object Type
Promotional Pin
Material
metal
Accession Number
2011.22.1
Description
Silver metal tie tack (pin), face of pin has blue background, "40th Anniversary Kitimat-Kemano, Alcan" with the Alcan logo.
Title
40th Anniversary Alcan
Object Type
Promotional Pin
Description
Silver metal tie tack (pin), face of pin has blue background, "40th Anniversary Kitimat-Kemano, Alcan" with the Alcan logo.
Physical Condition
good
Material
metal
Diameter
1.7 cm
Date Range
ca. 1994
Accession Number
2011.22.1
Subject Access
Alcan
Category
Advertising Media
Location
Rolling Storage Shelf 2 Box 1

District of Kitimat Civil Defecnce Plan Book

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/artifact8754
Date Range
1973
GMD
Documentary Objects
Object Type
Book
Material
paper
Accession Number
997.2.57
Description
A black book about how to protect Kitimat from a nuclear attack
Title
District of Kitimat Civil Defence Plan
GMD
Documentary Objects
Object Type
Book
Description
A black book about how to protect Kitimat from a nuclear attack
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Pages are yellowing, text is fading
Width
22.5 cm
Length
29 cm
Date Range
1973
Accession Number
997.2.57
Category
Communication Objects
Location
Bay 2 Top Shelf Box 1
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.
  1 image     1 website  
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