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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
148
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts three potline workers.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Artist Painting a Picture

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33898
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{February 6, 1958}
Accession Number
2005.8.9367
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Michel Raillard painting a picture for the Rec Hall display.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9367
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{February 6, 1958}
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Michel Raillard painting a picture for the Rec Hall display.
Name Access
Raillard, Michel

Northern Radio and Record Sales Ad

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29773
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 10, 1957]
Accession Number
2005.8.8647
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an unknown woman holding a record and standing beside a record player. This photo was used as an ad for Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8647
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 10, 1957]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b and w : 13 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an unknown woman holding a record and standing beside a record player. This photo was used as an ad for Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Subject Access
Northern Radio and Record Sales Ltd.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a newly erected conveyor to be used in transporting fill to the smelter.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
139
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a newly erected conveyor to be used in transporting fill to the smelter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. This photograph number is 2005.8.215
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Picture Winner in Competition

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33881
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{March 29, 1956}
Accession Number
2005.8.9357
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Stan Rough, Joe Swityk standing with the picture winner, Wm. F. O' Carroll, holding a Rene Richard painting.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9357
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
{March 29, 1956}
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 16 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing Stan Rough, Joe Swityk standing with the picture winner, Wm. F. O' Carroll, holding a Rene Richard painting.
Name Access
Rough, Stan
Swityk, Joe
O' Carroll, Wm. F.
Richard, Rene
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8666
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[23 November 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 21.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a new apartment building built by G. W Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

New Row of Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29813
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8667
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 20 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing a row of new apartment buildings built by G.W. Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

Interior of New Apartment Buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29814
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8668
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[November 23, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing the interior of one of the units in the new apartment buildings built by G. W, Golden Construction Ltd.
Subject Access
G. W Golden Construction Ltd.

Loading ingots at the dock

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description156
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
150
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a worker spotting the loading pallets of ingots as they are hoisted aboard a freighter at the dock at Alcan Kitimat Works.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

Archival Ephemera from Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29588
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
992.26.
Physical Description
21 photographs b&w 76 envelopes
History / Biographical
Given to museum by Rosalina Cordeiro - Editor of the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd.
Scope and Content
Newspapers, correspondence, information compiled by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd. in the creation of newspaper articles. Information compiled from Kitimat General Hospital Society, BC Centennial Committee, Kitimat Public Health, Canadian Red Cross, Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners), Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1, United Steelworkers of America, Kitamaat Village Council, District of Kitimat, Kitimat Community Council, Kitimat Chamber of Commerce, Kitimat Scholarship Association, Board of School Trusteees, Delta King photographs, Kitimat Steelworkers Union Members photographs, Miss Kitimat photographs.
Notes
Was 992.6 Photographs described at the item level.
Subject Access
Canadian Red Cross
Lehndorff (City Centre Mall owners)
Canadian Association of Smelter and Allied Workers - Local No.1
United Steelworkers of America
Kitamaat Village Council
District of Kitimat
Kitimat Community Council
Kitimat Chamber of Commerce
Kitimat Scholarship Association
Kitimat Board of School Trusteees
Delta King
Miss Kitimat
Kitimat General Hospital Society
BC Centennial Committee
Kitimat Public Health
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 8 Curator Bay 1 Shelf 1 Box 9
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
143
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the newly constructed dock, Terminal Wharf No. 1. View looking south-west from a point on the graving dock. Hydraulic fill dredge pipeline in the foreground running along at water level.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-846. -- Note progress of conveyor gallery steel, kangaroo crane and pneumatic unloading equipment. Alcan Collection 78.11.68
Subject Access
Smelters
Images
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005
Scope and Content
Alcan's 50th Anniversary Collection 1954-2004. Includes Corporate Affairs DVD "Kitimat Works 50th Anniversary 1954-2004, 1.Cynthia Carrole Message, 2.Ceremonial Ingot Pour, 3.Highlight Video
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 4

A Winter's Observation on the Summit of the Kemano-Kildala Pass

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32028
Part Of
K.E. Sommer Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1953-1954
Accession Number
2021.4
Scope and Content
Journal titled A Winter's Observation on the Summit of the Kemano-Kildala Pass December 1953 to May 1954. Contains descriptions and data on weather and working conditions at the summit, as well as a collection of photos of weather stations, and snowy conditions up on the summit.
Part Of
K.E. Sommer Collection
Creator
R.N. Estabrooks
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2021.4
Date Range
1953-1954
Physical Description
1 journal print : 33 pages
Custodial History
K.E. Sommer?
Scope and Content
Journal titled A Winter's Observation on the Summit of the Kemano-Kildala Pass December 1953 to May 1954. Contains descriptions and data on weather and working conditions at the summit, as well as a collection of photos of weather stations, and snowy conditions up on the summit.
Storage Location
Currator's Office Bay 2 Shelf 2 Box 59

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

John McLachlan's Alcan employment documents

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36727
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1953-1956
Accession Number
2018.2
Scope and Content
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Alcan
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1953-1956
Physical Description
<1 cm textual records
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
Donated by Jean Lunny, January 12th 2018
Scope and Content
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Smelter
Storage Location
Curator's office
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1956
Accession Number
2018.2
Scope and Content
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2018.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1956
Physical Description
7 sheets of photocopied paper
History / Biographical
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 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.
Scope and Content
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Lunny, Jean
Whitehead, G.W.
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Jim Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2004.10
Scope and Content
30 black & white photographs-Alcan construction, caison fill, Haisla Bridge
Part Of
Jim Freeman fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2004.10
Physical Description
30 photographs print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
30 black & white photographs-Alcan construction, caison fill, Haisla Bridge
Name Access
Freeman, Jim
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Construction
Caisson docks
Haisla Bridge
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 2
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
75.37.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
114
Accession Number
75.37.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. June Coultan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Welcome to Kitimat sign

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description137
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
131
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Subject Access
Smelters
Images

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