Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (right) receiving a mounted ingot as a retirement gift after having worked for 19 years as a saw centre operator at Alcan.
Mr. Nykolaishen, originally from Manitoba, came to Kitimat from Saskatchewan circa 1956. He worked for Alcan for nearly two decades before retiring and moving down south with his wife.
Custodial History
Donated by Barb Campbell in 2022.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (right) receiving a mounted ingot as a retirement gift after having worked for 19 years as a saw centre operator at Alcan.
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
Art Coghlin was Paymaster for Kitimat Constructors in 1951. He left the company to open Coghlins Hardware in 1954.
Custodial History
Terry Voitchovsky
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
Photograph of three men - Frank (surname unknown; left), Michael Nykolaishen (centre), and Martin Notheisz (right) standing outside. Nykolaishen was a worker for Alcan; it is possible that the other two were as well.
Photograph of three men - Frank (surname unknown; left), Michael Nykolaishen (centre), and Martin Notheisz (right) standing outside. Nykolaishen was a worker for Alcan; it is possible that the other two were as well.
Mr. Nykolaishen, originally from Manitoba, came to Kitimat from Saskatchewan circa 1956. He worked as a saw centre operator for Alcan for 19 years before retiring and moving down south with his wife.
Custodial History
Donated by Barb Campbell in 2022.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Michael Nykolaishen (centre) shaking hands with another man at his retirement party, with a crowd of people around them.