The Prince Rupert Daily News is a community oriented newspaper that has been in continuous print for nearly one hundred years. With a proud tradition as the paper of record for Prince Rupert, BC since 1911, the Daily News is still going strong today. The newspaper provides their community and others with the latest information on local news, sports, and cultural activities around the area and important issues concerning Prince Rupert and the North Coast.
Custodial History
Stored at the Prince Rupert Daily News until the collection was transfered, as part of a larger collection, to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. The part of the collection pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano was transfered to the Kitimat Museum & Archives in January of 2010.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs of the Alcan Smelter casting in Kitimat, power operations and residential areas in Kemano.
1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)
Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)
Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)
Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)
The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)
Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)
Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
"The Sagimat" notes (hand-written, 35 pages)
1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)
Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)
Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)
Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)
The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)
Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)
Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)
the Story of Helicopters in Canada by Les Edwards, in the Canadian Geographic Journal (hand-written)
George Woodcock, Ravens and Prophits. Allan Wingate, London 1952 (hand-written)
Kitimat George B. Barbour (5 pages)
Albert W. Whitaker, Aluminum Trail. Edited by T.L. Brock. Alcan and Archives, Alcan Press. Montreal, 1974 (hand-written, 9 pages)
Pierre Berton McLean's Article, Return to BC (3 pages)
Kitimat Men grasped Nature's clenched fist and wrenched open her bountiful hand. Oblate Missions Kitimat (3 pages)
At Kitimat, Men Juggle Geography (2 pages)
Pioneering With a Modern Touch. Kitimat housewives have electric gadgets like their city sisters by Clare Hucal
Big Alcan Project Nears Completion. News Herald Oct 9, 1953
Gigantic Caissons Floated To Kitimat Dock Positions. Colonist July 19, 1953
Hardware Magazine Spring 1953 with article Project British Columbia (8 pages)
The Star Weekly, Kitimat Close-up by James Y. Nicol
Kitimat's Not Northern BC by D.A. McGregor
Kitimat - Aluminum Bonanza, Five huge projects will create an industrial empire in north BC by Cecil Hotson (2 pages)
Stakes and Steaks in BC Wilds, There's big money and luscious meals for the workers on the Aluminum project at Kemano rd. by Pat Denton
World's Biggest Hydro Project Now Under Way in BC by A. Sahonovitch (5 pages)
RMS Dogteam - Kitimat to Hazelton by M.W. Boss (4 pages)
Business Directory
Kitimat Favored as Aluminum Site, Power for Proposed Plant Would Come From Tweedsmuir Park Area. The Vancouver Sun, March 23 1950
Aluminum Co. Kitimat Dock with photo. The Vancouver Province, July 11 1953
Permanent Dock Site with photo. Vancouver News Herald July 13, 1953
World's Greatest Aluminum Plant Transforms BC Village Into City; Kitimat Will Have 50000 People. Kamloops Sentinel, June 12, 1953
Giant Powerhouse in Mountain's Bowel. Oct 9, 1953 (2 pages)
The Alcan Story article
Alcan Smelter Changes the Scenery at Kitimat. The Vancouver Sun, Oct 10, 1953
Kildala Pass Challenge Won By Kitimat Crews article
Kitimat Production Expected in Eight Months. Colonist On-the-Spot Report. Oct 10, 1953
Eventual 12 Kitimat Potlines Bigger Than Downtown Victoria. Colonist Oct 11, 1953
Model City Being Hewn from Kitimat Wilderness. Colonist Oct 14, 1953
Story of Kitimat Aluminum Site Goes Back 300 Years. Powell River News Aug 25, 1954
Kitimat articles from The Illustrated London News, March 12, 1955
Rocks, Mud Gave Birth to Baby of BC - Now Planners Run Kitimat. The Vancouver Province May 29, 1954
Bonus Helps Kitimat Folk Build Own Homes. The Vancouver Province, June 2, 1954
Builders Pioneers Find Life Together Not Too Easy at First. The Vancouver Province, June 4 1954
Steaks are big-and you can have two, The Kitchen at Kitimat is Tops by Ed Moyer
Kitimat Now His Home, Wanderer Birk Settles Down by Ed Moyer
Kitimat's Stll Rough, Tough But Big Aluminum Town Miracle in the Wilds. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954
Tough Aluminum Town's Getting Domesticated. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954
Town in Forest Grows up Fast at Kitimat Homes Isolated But Not for Long. Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1954
$30000 Bet in One Night, Friendly Game Played Nightly at Kitimat by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1954
Kitimat's Huge Heart Beats Inside Mountain by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun July 9, 1954
New Oportunities Open, completion at Kitimat presages large future development year-round ice-free port is rapidly becoming operational by Harry Chapin Plummer. From Canadian Shipping + Marine Engineering News, March 1954
The Superintendant Visits Kemano and Kitimat at Eastertide. The LOG. March, April, May 1952 (2 pages)
A Master Plan For The Town of Kitimat. Vancouver Public Library, Sep 22 1953
A Tale of Two Cities by N.H. Richardson. Published in "Plan: the Town Planning Institute of Canada". Vol. 4 No. 3, 1963 (hand-written, 10 pages)
Alcan Ingot, 1949 (hand-written, 2 pages)
Kitimat Townsite Report. Feb 29
Booklets - Aluminum in Breif, Kitimat Works BC, Alcan in canada, Alcan facts 1975
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
the Story of Helicopters in Canada by Les Edwards, in the Canadian Geographic Journal (hand-written)
George Woodcock, Ravens and Prophits. Allan Wingate, London 1952 (hand-written)
Kitimat George B. Barbour (5 pages)
Albert W. Whitaker, Aluminum Trail. Edited by T.L. Brock. Alcan and Archives, Alcan Press. Montreal, 1974 (hand-written, 9 pages)
Pierre Berton McLean's Article, Return to BC (3 pages)
Kitimat Men grasped Nature's clenched fist and wrenched open her bountiful hand. Oblate Missions Kitimat (3 pages)
At Kitimat, Men Juggle Geography (2 pages)
Pioneering With a Modern Touch. Kitimat housewives have electric gadgets like their city sisters by Clare Hucal
Big Alcan Project Nears Completion. News Herald Oct 9, 1953
Gigantic Caissons Floated To Kitimat Dock Positions. Colonist July 19, 1953
Hardware Magazine Spring 1953 with article Project British Columbia (8 pages)
The Star Weekly, Kitimat Close-up by James Y. Nicol
Kitimat's Not Northern BC by D.A. McGregor
Kitimat - Aluminum Bonanza, Five huge projects will create an industrial empire in north BC by Cecil Hotson (2 pages)
Stakes and Steaks in BC Wilds, There's big money and luscious meals for the workers on the Aluminum project at Kemano rd. by Pat Denton
World's Biggest Hydro Project Now Under Way in BC by A. Sahonovitch (5 pages)
RMS Dogteam - Kitimat to Hazelton by M.W. Boss (4 pages)
Business Directory
Kitimat Favored as Aluminum Site, Power for Proposed Plant Would Come From Tweedsmuir Park Area. The Vancouver Sun, March 23 1950
Aluminum Co. Kitimat Dock with photo. The Vancouver Province, July 11 1953
Permanent Dock Site with photo. Vancouver News Herald July 13, 1953
World's Greatest Aluminum Plant Transforms BC Village Into City; Kitimat Will Have 50000 People. Kamloops Sentinel, June 12, 1953
Giant Powerhouse in Mountain's Bowel. Oct 9, 1953 (2 pages)
The Alcan Story article
Alcan Smelter Changes the Scenery at Kitimat. The Vancouver Sun, Oct 10, 1953
Kildala Pass Challenge Won By Kitimat Crews article
Kitimat Production Expected in Eight Months. Colonist On-the-Spot Report. Oct 10, 1953
Eventual 12 Kitimat Potlines Bigger Than Downtown Victoria. Colonist Oct 11, 1953
Model City Being Hewn from Kitimat Wilderness. Colonist Oct 14, 1953
Story of Kitimat Aluminum Site Goes Back 300 Years. Powell River News Aug 25, 1954
Kitimat articles from The Illustrated London News, March 12, 1955
Rocks, Mud Gave Birth to Baby of BC - Now Planners Run Kitimat. The Vancouver Province May 29, 1954
Bonus Helps Kitimat Folk Build Own Homes. The Vancouver Province, June 2, 1954
Builders Pioneers Find Life Together Not Too Easy at First. The Vancouver Province, June 4 1954
Steaks are big-and you can have two, The Kitchen at Kitimat is Tops by Ed Moyer
Kitimat Now His Home, Wanderer Birk Settles Down by Ed Moyer
Kitimat's Stll Rough, Tough But Big Aluminum Town Miracle in the Wilds. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954
Tough Aluminum Town's Getting Domesticated. Vancouver Sun July 3, 1954
Town in Forest Grows up Fast at Kitimat Homes Isolated But Not for Long. Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1954
$30000 Bet in One Night, Friendly Game Played Nightly at Kitimat by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun, July 6, 1954
Kitimat's Huge Heart Beats Inside Mountain by Alex Young. Vancouver Sun July 9, 1954
New Oportunities Open, completion at Kitimat presages large future development year-round ice-free port is rapidly becoming operational by Harry Chapin Plummer. From Canadian Shipping + Marine Engineering News, March 1954
The Superintendant Visits Kemano and Kitimat at Eastertide. The LOG. March, April, May 1952 (2 pages)
A Master Plan For The Town of Kitimat. Vancouver Public Library, Sep 22 1953
A Tale of Two Cities by N.H. Richardson. Published in "Plan: the Town Planning Institute of Canada". Vol. 4 No. 3, 1963 (hand-written, 10 pages)
Alcan Ingot, 1949 (hand-written, 2 pages)
Kitimat Townsite Report. Feb 29
Booklets - Aluminum in Breif, Kitimat Works BC, Alcan in canada, Alcan facts 1975
Envelopes containing photos from broken down photo album of Kemano 1952/1953. Envelopes name which pages photos came from. Some envelopes have descriptions.
Page 2 - Camp 5
Page 3 - Camp V and its destruction
Page 4 - Horetsky Camp. Johnny after his helicopter accident - feed Sam
Page 6 - The first camp 5 before it burned (tents)
Page 7 - The Second Camp V
Page 8 - Camp V seen from camp VI
Page 11 - To 2600 feet camp
Page 12 - Camp V underclouds from camp 2600 feet without clouds
Page 15 - Camp 10 Chacha
Page 16 - At camp 2600
Page 21 - First party with the nurses
Page 23 - The first show all men cast
Page 24 - Sam is always hungry
Page 25 - Johnny, Marc, Arthur, Wally, John + Bill. Wonderful Times + Memories.
Page 26 - Cherjune? Cheyenne, Max, Larry.
Page 27 - Paula gentle friend, Gerrard, Max.
Page 28 - Waiting for the dining room to open.
Page 29 - Johnny + Tom
Page 30 - My roommate Anthony
Page 37 - Xmas day 1953
Page 40 - Kemano against Kitimat softball.
Collection also includes:
Envelope with paybills, receipts, clippings, and booklets.
Envelope with albun on adhesive sheet pg. 1
Envelope with photgraph with album.
Folder containing photcopies of album pages
Envelopes containing photos from broken down photo album of Kemano 1952/1953. Envelopes name which pages photos came from. Some envelopes have descriptions.
Page 2 - Camp 5
Page 3 - Camp V and its destruction
Page 4 - Horetsky Camp. Johnny after his helicopter accident - feed Sam
Page 6 - The first camp 5 before it burned (tents)
Page 7 - The Second Camp V
Page 8 - Camp V seen from camp VI
Page 11 - To 2600 feet camp
Page 12 - Camp V underclouds from camp 2600 feet without clouds
Page 15 - Camp 10 Chacha
Page 16 - At camp 2600
Page 21 - First party with the nurses
Page 23 - The first show all men cast
Page 24 - Sam is always hungry
Page 25 - Johnny, Marc, Arthur, Wally, John + Bill. Wonderful Times + Memories.
Page 26 - Cherjune? Cheyenne, Max, Larry.
Page 27 - Paula gentle friend, Gerrard, Max.
Page 28 - Waiting for the dining room to open.
Page 29 - Johnny + Tom
Page 30 - My roommate Anthony
Page 37 - Xmas day 1953
Page 40 - Kemano against Kitimat softball.
Collection also includes:
Envelope with paybills, receipts, clippings, and booklets.
Envelope with albun on adhesive sheet pg. 1
Envelope with photgraph with album.
Folder containing photcopies of album pages
3 folders containing material pertaining to Kitimat.
Folder 1 - Making Aluminum sheet, Ingot March 8, 1991, Ingot February 22, 1991, Ingot April 26, 1961.
Folder 2 - photos of Kitimat smeltersite, townsite, machinery, Delta King, caissions, smelter construction, Haisla bridge, Kitamaat village, and sports teams on album sheets.
Folder 3 - Kitimat/Kemano the first 25 years booklet, the Saguenay hydro-electric system booklet, 1955 Aluminum booklet, Aluminum Limited 1959 booklet.
3 folders containing material pertaining to Kitimat.
Folder 1 - Making Aluminum sheet, Ingot March 8, 1991, Ingot February 22, 1991, Ingot April 26, 1961.
Folder 2 - photos of Kitimat smeltersite, townsite, machinery, Delta King, caissions, smelter construction, Haisla bridge, Kitamaat village, and sports teams on album sheets.
Folder 3 - Kitimat/Kemano the first 25 years booklet, the Saguenay hydro-electric system booklet, 1955 Aluminum booklet, Aluminum Limited 1959 booklet.
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
Art Coghlin was Paymaster for Kitimat Constructors in 1951. He left the company to open Coghlins Hardware in 1954.
Custodial History
Terry Voitchovsky
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Collection of photos from Kemano (originals and copies). Very early & interesting photos of Morrison-Knudsen Construction in Kemano showing camps, harbour, powerhouse, tunnel, transmission line, skid, camps at Horestky, camps throughout the transmission line.
Collection of photos from Kemano (originals and copies). Very early & interesting photos of Morrison-Knudsen Construction in Kemano showing camps, harbour, powerhouse, tunnel, transmission line, skid, camps at Horestky, camps throughout the transmission line.
