Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.
Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.
Ernie Archer was a resident of Kemano from 1975-1993. Ernie stated that visitors would get off the boatand be driven to the Alcan dump to see the bears.
Custodial History
Ernie Archer
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Photograph - colour enlargment of original - two grizzly bears at Kemano, old Alcan Dump
An aerial view of Kemano. There are rows of the same type of building on the left side of the picture, and trees starting on the bottom right corner of the photograph.
An aerial view of Kemano. There are rows of the same type of building on the left side of the picture, and trees starting on the bottom right corner of the photograph.
Photograph of (l-r) Bev Whitcher, Faye-Ellen McFarlane, Karen and James Anderson and sons, Merle Archer, Barb Haun, Walter McFarlane Jr., Simon Cammish, Colleen Nyce, Ernie Archer, Connie Craig.
Photograph of (l-r) Bev Whitcher, Faye-Ellen McFarlane, Karen and James Anderson and sons, Merle Archer, Barb Haun, Walter McFarlane Jr., Simon Cammish, Colleen Nyce, Ernie Archer, Connie Craig.