Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

78.11.19

Scope and Content

Photo showing Alcan smeltersite

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

78.11.20

Scope and Content

"S.W. Delta King" beached south of E/W mole. View looking south. Note dredge and pipe lines in background.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

78.11.16

Scope and Content

Looking north from sandhill (elev. 640 +) to site of permanent bridge center left, Townsite camp center right edge of photo, and Townsite ridge left to right.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

22 May 1953

Accession Number

987.30.1

Scope and Content

Photo showing temporary residences and structures, caissons moored in ship's channel, and Delta King docked for the Alcan Project.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

78.11.40

Scope and Content

Photograph of south view along permanent wharf, showing caissons #1 and #2 in position, and caisson #3 being careened.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

78.11.45

Scope and Content

Smelter Site looking east from above sawmill. Note construction of Cedar Storage Shed in right foreground.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

78.11.58

Scope and Content

View looking north from the top of the sandhill showing CNR right of way and Service Centre clearing at left, and Kitimat River Bridge at right.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1954

Accession Number

78.11.101

Scope and Content

Photo depicts a group of Quebec employees at the Kitimat wharf, having just arrived to work on the startup of Potline No. 1.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

November 4 1954

Accession Number

78.11.107

Scope and Content

View looking West toward the Service Centre from a point on the highway at the West end of the Kitimat River Bridge

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.33

Scope and Content

Photograph of view looking northeast across the west end of neighbourhood C-1. Please note the new eleven-man bunkhouses at the back of the motel site.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.39

Scope and Content

Photograph of view looking northwest across the temporary housing units being constructed in neighbourhood C-1. Crane and other machinery visible working.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.51

Scope and Content

Photograph of the temporary housing site in neighbourhood C-1. Note the sections of the 210 units arriving in the building area. Crane at work on left.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.52

Scope and Content

Photograph of looking scross the north east corner of neighbourhood C-1 towards the City Centre. Note the temporary decked logs in the foreground and the permanently decked logs along the edge of the City Centre. Man and machine visible on far right.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.55

Scope and Content

Photograph of view from the back of the motel site looking south across the temporary housing units in the west end of neighbourhood C-1.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

73.3.6.11

Scope and Content

Photo taken shortly after 2:00 pm when flood conditions from Kitimat River topped the Neighbourhood C Dyke at Station 32/00

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.66

Scope and Content

Photograph of #1 Guest House showing amdeck roofing in place. Two men are working on the roof, and two men are working on another structure on the left. Building material is laid on the ground around.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Accession Number

2022.25.114

Scope and Content

Photograph of executive house #1 on Albatross Avenue as ceiling joists were being installed. Four men visible working on the roof. A completed house is behind.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

November 2 1955

Accession Number

73.3.6.8

Scope and Content

View of City Centre from Albatross Blvd. Note temporary cemetary enclosure below hill.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2022.25.22

Scope and Content

Photograph of entrance hall in guest house no. 1. On right there is a table and chair. Table has a phone and book on it. A curtain covers a doorway near it. Behind, there is a staircase going up on the right, and a stone wall in the centre that is part of the fireplace for the room at the left.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2022.25.28

Scope and Content

Photograph of inside of lounge of the Alcan Guest House No.1 on Albatross Avenue. Visible inside the lounge is a stone fireplace, chairs, tables, and a lamp. In the back on the right there are stairs leading up.