Slide showing a men playing a game of baseball at smeltersite. Large crowd of people are watching them. Behind them is a cleared out slope with some buildings. Mountains beyond.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing a men playing a game of baseball at smeltersite. Large crowd of people are watching them. Behind them is a cleared out slope with some buildings. Mountains beyond.
Photo showing Baseball at Smeltersite Park, in the background are Bunkhouses, Homes, from left is the Steam Plant Operation for the whole of Smeltersite.
Photo showing Baseball at Smeltersite Park, in the background are Bunkhouses, Homes, from left is the Steam Plant Operation for the whole of Smeltersite.
Photo showing Baseball at Smeltersite - Bunkhouses, Home, Whitehall (Girls Dorm), in the background. Baseball score Monador's 8 vs Bay 3. All baseball personnel would be construction people
Photo showing Baseball at Smeltersite - Bunkhouses, Home, Whitehall (Girls Dorm), in the background. Baseball score Monador's 8 vs Bay 3. All baseball personnel would be construction people
Photo showing Cdn.Comstock - Sagimat Construction won 8-4. Kitimat Works played Baseball on the only available space (Smeltersite) gravel field south of Potline One.
Photo showing Cdn.Comstock - Sagimat Construction won 8-4. Kitimat Works played Baseball on the only available space (Smeltersite) gravel field south of Potline One.
Photo showing Kitimat Express Baseball Team. Centre front - Ken Robinson. Back Row L/R Doug Armstrong, Gary Reinstern, Barrie Grant, Hank Campbell, Steve Head, Danny Newton. Front Row L/R David Tolhurst, Wayne Minifie, Doug Craig, Bobby Francouer, David Edwinds, Pat Kinnear, Johnny Fortier, Gavin Cooper, Larry Burnett - bat boy.
Photo showing Kitimat Express Baseball Team. Centre front - Ken Robinson. Back Row L/R Doug Armstrong, Gary Reinstern, Barrie Grant, Hank Campbell, Steve Head, Danny Newton. Front Row L/R David Tolhurst, Wayne Minifie, Doug Craig, Bobby Francouer, David Edwinds, Pat Kinnear, Johnny Fortier, Gavin Cooper, Larry Burnett - bat boy.
Photo showing "Kitimat Pony League Champs." Three Home Runs by Ray Trudeau put Montadors top of the Pony League tournament which was a one-day draw for a challenge cup presented by Anderson Creek Clothiers. Picture of the winning team, taken after game on Sunday, shows, seated from L/R Berry Grant, Svend Lystrup, Jimmy Ditomassi, Ken Robinson, Bill Langdon, Wayne Smeader, Lynn Craig. Standing at back are Buddie Powell (coach), Terry Hales, Larry Larson, Bill Hanna (captain), batboy. Ray Trudeau and Terry Shupe are not in picture.
Photo showing "Kitimat Pony League Champs." Three Home Runs by Ray Trudeau put Montadors top of the Pony League tournament which was a one-day draw for a challenge cup presented by Anderson Creek Clothiers. Picture of the winning team, taken after game on Sunday, shows, seated from L/R Berry Grant, Svend Lystrup, Jimmy Ditomassi, Ken Robinson, Bill Langdon, Wayne Smeader, Lynn Craig. Standing at back are Buddie Powell (coach), Terry Hales, Larry Larson, Bill Hanna (captain), batboy. Ray Trudeau and Terry Shupe are not in picture.
Photo showing heavy machine work on permanent softball field by volunteer labour: George Barnes, Val McFadden, Peter Worbets, Fraser McQuarrie, Bill Weir, Les Godfrey. Second Row: Gordon Leslie, Ken Barnes, Harry McKee, Craig Ulledahl, acting-Reeve Ron Freeman. Above: Don Elmer
Current: 1960s
-Sports
-League Play
-Baseball and Softball
Scope and Content
Photo showing heavy machine work on permanent softball field by volunteer labour: George Barnes, Val McFadden, Peter Worbets, Fraser McQuarrie, Bill Weir, Les Godfrey. Second Row: Gordon Leslie, Ken Barnes, Harry McKee, Craig Ulledahl, acting-Reeve Ron Freeman. Above: Don Elmer
