Slide showing the smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
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 the smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
Slide showing Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
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 Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
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.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
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.
Photograph of the B.C. Telephone Exchange under construction on Kingfisher Ave. Exterior appears complete. Lots of dirt piles around. Three men are visible out front.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the B.C. Telephone Exchange under construction on Kingfisher Ave. Exterior appears complete. Lots of dirt piles around. Three men are visible out front.
Photograph of nearly completed B.C. Telephone Exchange building on Kingfisher Avenue. There is a ladder against the outside of the building leading to the roof. Kitimat New Telephone Exchange sign is on the ground leaning against the building. On the right is a vehicle of some sort.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of nearly completed B.C. Telephone Exchange building on Kingfisher Avenue. There is a ladder against the outside of the building leading to the roof. Kitimat New Telephone Exchange sign is on the ground leaning against the building. On the right is a vehicle of some sort.
Photo showing B.C. Telephone Exhibit held at the YMCA gym. L/R Hon. R.W. Bonner, QC., Attorney General and Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce. Fred Moonen, news supervisor for B.C. Telephone Co.
Photo showing B.C. Telephone Exhibit held at the YMCA gym. L/R Hon. R.W. Bonner, QC., Attorney General and Minister of Industrial Development, Trade and Commerce. Fred Moonen, news supervisor for B.C. Telephone Co.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photo of C.J (Chuck) Finch B.C Telephone Company district & commercial & traffic manager, gives the signal starting the "cutover" of the terrace telephone system to automatic operation, before 11 pm on Sunday. With Forman Frank Brow.
Photograph of the Terrace telephone swtich to automatic operation. Douglas Gordon pulling off blocking tools; removal of hundreds of small fibre insulating strips.
Photograph of the Terrace telephone swtich to automatic operation. Douglas Gordon pulling off blocking tools; removal of hundreds of small fibre insulating strips.
On the back wall is a large picture of outer space. It is labeled Space Communications. On the left side of the booth are telephones on display, and there is a television set sitting on the top right hand corner of the booth.
On the back wall is a large picture of outer space. It is labeled Space Communications. On the left side of the booth are telephones on display, and there is a television set sitting on the top right hand corner of the booth.
