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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.
  1 image     1 website  
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
Date Range
c. 1960's
GMD
Status Symbols
Material
polyester
Accession Number
2004.7.11
Description
Rectangular white polyester patch; light blue embroidery, letters read 'ALCAN'; image depicts Alcan logo
Title
Alcan
GMD
Status Symbols
Description
Rectangular white polyester patch; light blue embroidery, letters read 'ALCAN'; image depicts Alcan logo
Physical Condition
fair
Material
polyester
Condition Remarks
Background is dirty; on back the adhesive is patchy
Height
5cm
Length
7cm
Date Range
c. 1960's
Accession Number
2004.7.11
Subject Access
Alcan
Crest
Category
Personal Symbols
Location
Bay 5
Date Range
1984
GMD
Status Symbols
Material
polyester
Accession Number
2004.7.9
Description
White polyester patch, green silkscreen; letters read 'FIRST AID COMPETITION EUROCAN 1984'
Title
First Aid Competition, Eurocan 1984
GMD
Status Symbols
Description
White polyester patch, green silkscreen; letters read 'FIRST AID COMPETITION EUROCAN 1984'
Physical Condition
good
Material
polyester
Height
9.5cm
Width
9.5cm
Date Range
1984
Accession Number
2004.7.9
Subject Access
First Aid
Eurocan
Crest
Category
Personal Symbols
Location
Bay 5
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