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Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2018.2
Scope and Content
Collection of slides, photos, and documents from John McLachlan regarding early smelter and Kitimat. Slides - Three Kodak Carousels - colour 10 8 x 10 photos colour & b&w Photocopies - Offer of Employment Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, Job Description, three colour photographs and paper framed b&w photograph
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2018.2
Date Range
1950s
History / Biographical
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 as a 23-year-old immigrant and went on to work at Alcan's Property Engineering Department for almost 40 years. He started out as a land surveyor and cartographer in the town's early years and ended his career as a Senior Legal Draftsmen.
Custodial History
Jean Lunny
Scope and Content
Collection of slides, photos, and documents from John McLachlan regarding early smelter and Kitimat. Slides - Three Kodak Carousels - colour 10 8 x 10 photos colour & b&w Photocopies - Offer of Employment Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, Job Description, three colour photographs and paper framed b&w photograph
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Smelter
Part Of
Molly Zimmerman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1950
Accession Number
2003.37.1-20
Scope and Content
Collection of photos consisting of Alcan, Smeltersite, Delta King, the sandhill, Kitimat River, Hirsch Creek bridge, Douglas Channel, and the wharf
Part Of
Molly Zimmerman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2003.37.1-20
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
20 photographs print : colour ; 4 x 2.5
History / Biographical
Molly worked + lived in Kitimat (1954-55). Worked at Alcan Pryde Machine Shop, last girl on Kitimat Constructors payroll. Liver at hospital, Smeltersite.
Scope and Content
Collection of photos consisting of Alcan, Smeltersite, Delta King, the sandhill, Kitimat River, Hirsch Creek bridge, Douglas Channel, and the wharf
Notes
Photos were most likely colour origianlly, but have degraded into a pink tone
Name Access
Zimmerman, Molly
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Smeltersite
Delta King
Sandhill
Kitimat River
Hirsch Creek Bridge
Douglas Channel
Wharf

Machine shop site, clearing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description20036
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.7
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 28.1 x 20.3 cm 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east.
Notes
BC-2-28
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Clearing Operation
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
78.11.8
Scope and Content
Sawmill and burner, looking north-east towards smelter and town sites.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.8
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20.5 cm 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 12.6 cm 2 photographs : b&w ; 12.7 x 8.8 cm
Scope and Content
Sawmill and burner, looking north-east towards smelter and town sites.
Notes
BC-2-31
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Sawmill
Structure
Aerial
Geographic Access
Smelter site
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.3.33
Scope and Content
Photo showing alumina storage bin base
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.33
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 10"
Scope and Content
Photo showing alumina storage bin base
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.3.35
Scope and Content
Photo showing Morrison-Knudsen Camp
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.35
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 10"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Morrison-Knudsen Camp
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
78.11.25
Scope and Content
Photo showing Smelter Area
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.25
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Smelter Area
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Smeltersite School Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description15396
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
78.11.26
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.26
Standard number
Photo showing smelter site
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 9 cm
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Kitimat-Kemano Project

Aerial View of Alcan Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16702
Part Of
Rough Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
986.21.14
Scope and Content
Photo showing the aerial view of the construction of the Alcan Project including the channel, and highway.
Part Of
Rough Collection
Creator
Florence Rough
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
986.21.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
2 photographs : b&w ; 6 x 7.3 cm 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing the aerial view of the construction of the Alcan Project including the channel, and highway.
Subject Access
Smelter
Smeltersite
Aerial
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Geographic Access
Alcan Smelter
Smelter site
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 February 1953
Accession Number
985.65.157
Scope and Content
Photo showing service building roofs of building 156, 155 and 154, looking south east over potline 2, showing temporary covers over passageway buildings and alumina bin foundations.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.157
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
18 February 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing service building roofs of building 156, 155 and 154, looking south east over potline 2, showing temporary covers over passageway buildings and alumina bin foundations.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
28 May 1953
Accession Number
985.65.226
Scope and Content
Photo showing service buildings, looking north-east, roofers completing work on building 153, pre-cast conrete yard in foreground.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.226
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
28 May 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing service buildings, looking north-east, roofers completing work on building 153, pre-cast conrete yard in foreground.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 June 1953
Accession Number
985.65.252
Scope and Content
Photo showing connections to lighting panel in service buildings, screwing wire into place, completed job.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.252
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 June 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing connections to lighting panel in service buildings, screwing wire into place, completed job.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Service Building Connections

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16927
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 June 1953
Accession Number
985.65.253
Scope and Content
Photo showing connections to lighting panel in service buildings, pressing on terminal log on aluminum wire.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.253
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
25 June 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing connections to lighting panel in service buildings, pressing on terminal log on aluminum wire.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.

Kitimat River Valley looking north

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29680
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
27 Aug 1953
Accession Number
78.11.47
Scope and Content
General aerial view of the Kitimat River Valley looking north, showing the plant site at lower left.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.47
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
27 Aug 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
General aerial view of the Kitimat River Valley looking north, showing the plant site at lower left.
Subject Access
Kitimat
Aerial
Geographic Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat
Alcan Highway
Alcan Smelter
Storage Location
photograph storage

John Constantine Photo Album

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description12039
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Accession Number
999.7
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Creator
John Constantine
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
999.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Physical Description
1 photograph album
History / Biographical
John Constantine was a civil engineer involved in housing construction in Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by daughter, Judy Bachynsky
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
Name Access
Morris, Niki
Bachynsky, Judy
Constantine, John
Stretton Jim
Kennedy, Ian
MacNaughton, Dan
Molyneax, John
Hamilton, Ian
Cosco, Nick
Bergstrom, Ray
Gotteslig, P
Greenall, J
Subject Access
Hullah Construction
Minette Bay
Haisla Bridge
Anderson Creek
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Kitimat
Streets
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 41

Aerial view Kitimat Valley

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27258
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
78.11.78
Scope and Content
General aerial view of the Kitimat Valley looking South from an elevation of about 11 000 feet
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.78
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
General aerial view of the Kitimat Valley looking South from an elevation of about 11 000 feet
Notes
[Alcan # BC-2-960]
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Aerial

Aerial View of Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27259
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
78.11.79
Scope and Content
General aerial view of Kitimat looking South with the Townsite clearing in the foreground
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.79
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
General aerial view of Kitimat looking South with the Townsite clearing in the foreground
Notes
[Alcan # BC-2-961]
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Aerial

Nechako and Service Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description18084
Part Of
Heritage Conservation Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Accession Number
984.32.1
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Nechako Neighbourhood, Service Centre, kitimat River, Hirsch Creek and Sanhill.
Part Of
Heritage Conservation Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
984.32.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 23 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing aerial view of Nechako Neighbourhood, Service Centre, kitimat River, Hirsch Creek and Sanhill.
Subject Access
Aerial

Aerial view of Kitimat River Estuary

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27257
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 8 1954
Accession Number
78.11.77
Scope and Content
Aerial View--Railway Right-of Way from Moore Creek to Anderson Creek
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.77
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
May 8 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Aerial View--Railway Right-of Way from Moore Creek to Anderson Creek
Notes
[Alcan # BC-2-959]
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Aerial

Aerial view of Service Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27262
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 13 1954
Accession Number
78.11.90
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Service Centre and Sandhill areas, looking South.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.90
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
July 13 1954
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 27x21
Scope and Content
Aerial view of Service Centre and Sandhill areas, looking South.
Notes
(Alcan #BC-2-1081)
Subject Access
Aerial
Sandhill
service centre

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