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Clearing transmission line right-of-way

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description133
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers clearing the transmission line right-of-way. The smelter site preparation and smoke from the townsite clearing are in the distance.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
127
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers clearing the transmission line right-of-way. The smelter site preparation and smoke from the townsite clearing are in the distance.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection Accession no. 73.3.10.1
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Car heading up Lahakas Boulevard

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description162
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a car heading up Lahakas Boulevard. A large washout has occurred to the right.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
156
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a car heading up Lahakas Boulevard. A large washout has occurred to the right.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Judy Bachynsky Collection 2002.14
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Sewer and water line construction at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description213
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
207
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 04, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a BE 22 trench hoe digging the trench for the sewer and water lines to the married quarters. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-151. Alcan Collection 78.11.23
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Images

First air mail envelope

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description205
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Accession Number
985.65.2
Scope and Content
Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
199
Accession Number
985.65.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 printed envelope
Scope and Content
Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- First air mail service was introduced by Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1952. Previously, mail was carried by the CP steamship Princess Norah. Queen Charlotte Airlines was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines in 1955. Hal Whiting Collection
Subject Access
Services
Post offices
Images

Stringing Falcon conductors for transmission line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description117
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
111
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 25, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers stringing Falcon conductors between towers No. 25 and 26 in the Kemano Valley. View is looking north.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-649. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description151
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
987.10.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
145
Accession Number
987.10.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph taken in the summer. District of Kitimat Collection
Subject Access
Industry
Images

Men and machines Copco drill set-up

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description41
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
35
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
March 18, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-789. -- The lowest platform folds to allow the passage of muck cars. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Images

General view along transmission line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description132
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 29, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view along the transmission line. A shovel is excavating sand for the backfill, in the vicinity of Tower No. 352. Kitimat Bay and Valley are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
126
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 29, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view along the transmission line. A shovel is excavating sand for the backfill, in the vicinity of Tower No. 352. Kitimat Bay and Valley are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-962. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Erecting truss for transmission line tower

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description108
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
102
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 16, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a truss being erected for the transmission line tower in the switchyard. Powell Peak is in the background. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1334. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Water supply line installed

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description161
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 29, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the townsite water supply line being installed along the main road east of the Kitimat River Bridge. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
155
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
March 29, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the townsite water supply line being installed along the main road east of the Kitimat River Bridge. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-891. Alcan Collection 73.3.5.3
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Elks' Frontier Day Celebration

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10353
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 1954
Accession Number
2005.8.1326
Scope and Content
Photos showing Elks' Frontier Day Celebration, Smeltersite. Featuring: Geo and Mrs. Mary Pierce; Frank Grogan; Murray Evans; Bill Martenuk; Geo Birch; John Grey.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
Northern Sentinel
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1326
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Northern Sentinel
Date Range
August 1954
Physical Description
5 photographs: b&w; 8" x 7"
Custodial History
Envelopes #1 & #2 Northern Sentinel: Box #3: (A) Historical (1) Dominion Day (a) Frontier Day
Scope and Content
Photos showing Elks' Frontier Day Celebration, Smeltersite. Featuring: Geo and Mrs. Mary Pierce; Frank Grogan; Murray Evans; Bill Martenuk; Geo Birch; John Grey.
Name Access
Piercey, George
Grogan, Frank
Evans, Murray
Martinuk, Bill
Birch, George
Grey, John
Piercey, Mary
Subject Access
Dominion Day
Service Organizations
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

First air mail via PWA

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description204
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
198
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Notes
Title based on content of photograph.
Subject Access
Services
Kemano
Airplanes
Images

First train over the Kitimat to Terrace CNR rail line

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description236
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the first train over the Kitimat to Terrace line. From left is Fireman Tony Glanzer and Engineer Bob McKenzie.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
230
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by Catton's Portrait Studio of Terrace, B.C.
Date Range
January 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the first train over the Kitimat to Terrace line. From left is Fireman Tony Glanzer and Engineer Bob McKenzie.
Notes
Photograph appears in the Northern Sentinel, January 20, 1955. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Name Access
Glanzer, Tony
McKenzie, Bob
Subject Access
Transportation
Canadian National Railway
Images

Morrison-Knudsen Company administration office exterior

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description94
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company administration offices in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
88
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
June 06, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Morrison-Knudsen Company administration offices in Kemano.
Notes
Alcan ID No. 5793. -- The office is a quonset hut. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Camps
Images

Canadian National Railway Terrace to Kitimat line Last Spike Ceremony

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description235
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 08, 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Last Spike Ceremony for the Canadian National Railway Terrace to Kitimat line. From left is Duncan K. Kerr, Vice President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.C.; S.F. Dingle, Vice President of C.N.R, seen here driving in the aluminum spike.; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, C.N.R. Western Region; and Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
229
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 08, 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Last Spike Ceremony for the Canadian National Railway Terrace to Kitimat line. From left is Duncan K. Kerr, Vice President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.C.; S.F. Dingle, Vice President of C.N.R, seen here driving in the aluminum spike.; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, C.N.R. Western Region; and Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Collection No. 2005.8.229, 1982.46.20
Name Access
Dingle, S.F.
Kerr, Duncan
Radley, Percy E.
Charles, Major J.L.
Subject Access
Transportation
Canadian National Railway
Ceremonies
Images

Line up at the Bank of Montreal

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description207
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2001.30.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
201
Accession Number
2001.30.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Lorne & Sharon Earle Collection
Subject Access
Bank of Montreal
Images

Temporary buildings B and C, Service Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description212
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1956
Accession Number
76.66.312
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the completed shopping centre in temporary buildings "B" and "C" in Service Centre. The Bank of Montreal sign is visible.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
206
Accession Number
76.66.312
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the completed shopping centre in temporary buildings "B" and "C" in Service Centre. The Bank of Montreal sign is visible.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-312. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Services
Business
Images

Night School English Class

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description269
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Scope and Content
Photo depicts night school English class held at Nechako Elementary School. From left is Frida Meuser from Germany, Jacob Hadland from Norway, Frank Ginur from Austria, and Crista Mais from Portugal.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
263
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts night school English class held at Nechako Elementary School. From left is Frida Meuser from Germany, Jacob Hadland from Norway, Frank Ginur from Austria, and Crista Mais from Portugal.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection 983.42.8
Name Access
Ginur, Frank
Hadland, Jacob
Mais, Crista
Meuser, Frida
Subject Access
Services
Schools
Images

Installing Red Cross Sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description10856
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1957
Accession Number
2005.8.1621
Scope and Content
Photo showing Red Cross sign mounted on the corner of Haisla and Enterprise.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1621
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
8 March 1957
Physical Description
1 b&w: 7"x5"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3- (A) Historical (1) Canadian Red Cross
Scope and Content
Photo showing Red Cross sign mounted on the corner of Haisla and Enterprise.
Name Access
Red Cross
Subject Access
Service Organization
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

Four hour job to count these coins

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description11065
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 November 1957
Accession Number
2005.8.1840
Scope and Content
Photo showing "Four-hour job to count these coins". Coins in pennies, nickles, dines, quarters and half-dollars weighing about 100 pounds, and bundles of dollar bills totalling approximately $1,700 took members of the Canadian Legion Kitimat branch four hours to count. Money came from sale of poppies on Rememberance Day. Ron Fairclough, Legion secretary said total is almost double the last year's amount. Counting the money which will go to the poppy fund are from left Legionaires Bill Patton, Art Fisher, Pat Wright and Tom Gibson.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.1840
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 November 1957
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 8"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1)Service Club (a)Royal Canadian Legion Kitimat Branch #250
Scope and Content
Photo showing "Four-hour job to count these coins". Coins in pennies, nickles, dines, quarters and half-dollars weighing about 100 pounds, and bundles of dollar bills totalling approximately $1,700 took members of the Canadian Legion Kitimat branch four hours to count. Money came from sale of poppies on Rememberance Day. Ron Fairclough, Legion secretary said total is almost double the last year's amount. Counting the money which will go to the poppy fund are from left Legionaires Bill Patton, Art Fisher, Pat Wright and Tom Gibson.
Name Access
Fairclough, Ron
Patton, Bill
Fisher, Art
Wright, Pat
Gibson, Tom
Subject Access
Service Organization
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

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