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 play The Night Before Christmas as presented by the pupils of Grade 1 and 2 of Kitimat School at the Kitimat School Concert in December in Kitimat Recreation Hall. Children sitting in chairs before the stage, lady taking a picture of a group of children on a raised platform and children on stage.
Photo showing play The Night Before Christmas as presented by the pupils of Grade 1 and 2 of Kitimat School at the Kitimat School Concert in December in Kitimat Recreation Hall. Children sitting in chairs before the stage, lady taking a picture of a group of children on a raised platform and children on stage.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of boy running on track. Other people on side watching. Forest in background.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of children running on track. People on side are watching. Forest in background.
Photo showing Weekend Hunters Heinz Nev and Charles Elkan with Triple-Barrelled Guns, made in Germany. Double-barrel shotguns with 30.30 Rifle barrel attached.
Photo showing Weekend Hunters Heinz Nev and Charles Elkan with Triple-Barrelled Guns, made in Germany. Double-barrel shotguns with 30.30 Rifle barrel attached.
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 Archie MacIntosh, on behalf of the Aces, received the new Sheardown Sr. Men's Basketball Trophy from Recreation Director, Stan Rough. L/R Stan Rough, Jim Sexsmith, Archie MacIntosh
Photo showing Archie MacIntosh, on behalf of the Aces, received the new Sheardown Sr. Men's Basketball Trophy from Recreation Director, Stan Rough. L/R Stan Rough, Jim Sexsmith, Archie MacIntosh
Photo showing erection crew of the bleachers at Smeltersite Park by the Kitimat Softball League. L/R back row: John Konst, Andy Maas, U. Minici; front row: B. Gunderson, John Schible, Vic Schmidt
Photo showing erection crew of the bleachers at Smeltersite Park by the Kitimat Softball League. L/R back row: John Konst, Andy Maas, U. Minici; front row: B. Gunderson, John Schible, Vic Schmidt
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 Shoe Horn Trophy Softball Championship 1955: Johnson Crooks team leaders were presented the trophy at the annual Softball Association dance in the Recreation Hall - Smeltersite. From left: Al Baldwin - vice-president of Softball League; Joe Swityk - trophy donor; "Lefty": Scott - Johnson-Crooks team captain; Stan Schmidt - Johnson-Crooks manager; George Gorlig - Johnson-Crooks sponsor; Earl Melbourne - Comstock team, most valuable player of the year; Wally Schumanski - Comstock captain. Johnson-Crooks were housebuilders on the Alcan Project; Canadian Comstock (Mtl) were major players in the Power Operations of the Alcan Project.
Photo showing Shoe Horn Trophy Softball Championship 1955: Johnson Crooks team leaders were presented the trophy at the annual Softball Association dance in the Recreation Hall - Smeltersite. From left: Al Baldwin - vice-president of Softball League; Joe Swityk - trophy donor; "Lefty": Scott - Johnson-Crooks team captain; Stan Schmidt - Johnson-Crooks manager; George Gorlig - Johnson-Crooks sponsor; Earl Melbourne - Comstock team, most valuable player of the year; Wally Schumanski - Comstock captain. Johnson-Crooks were housebuilders on the Alcan Project; Canadian Comstock (Mtl) were major players in the Power Operations of the Alcan Project.
Photo showing Baseball Banquet - Pony League Teams - winners Montadors. (held in Smeltersite Recreation Hall); L/R L. Baly, R.E. Montador, Jack Connolly with the J.P. Erwin Trophy.
Photo showing Baseball Banquet - Pony League Teams - winners Montadors. (held in Smeltersite Recreation Hall); L/R L. Baly, R.E. Montador, Jack Connolly with the J.P. Erwin Trophy.
Photo showing The Champs of the 1955 Pony League - Montador's - proudly lined up for Sunday's photograph with their sponsor and coaches. Front Row: Mike Fletcher, Johnny Fortier, Doug Hobbs, Stanley Cooper, Terry Shupe, Bill Forward. Back Row: Lloyd Smith, Ted Gofers, Kim Creed, Paul McEwen, Dennis McLellan, Paul Jefferies. Third Row: George Boston, R.E. Montador, J.I. McGowan, John Fortier. The team, some of whom were absent from Kitimat, had just been presented with their new crested sweaters.
Photo showing The Champs of the 1955 Pony League - Montador's - proudly lined up for Sunday's photograph with their sponsor and coaches. Front Row: Mike Fletcher, Johnny Fortier, Doug Hobbs, Stanley Cooper, Terry Shupe, Bill Forward. Back Row: Lloyd Smith, Ted Gofers, Kim Creed, Paul McEwen, Dennis McLellan, Paul Jefferies. Third Row: George Boston, R.E. Montador, J.I. McGowan, John Fortier. The team, some of whom were absent from Kitimat, had just been presented with their new crested sweaters.
