Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950-1953

Accession Number

2002.44.3

Scope and Content

Photograph of crane at Alcan wharf.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[October 13, 1955]

Accession Number

2005.8.8721

Scope and Content

Photogragh showing Alcan's Feild marshell, Earl Alexander and his wife, Lady Alexender.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950-1953

Accession Number

2002.44.39

Scope and Content

Photograph of bawxite boat 'Sun Karen' docked at Alcan wharf.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.24

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.25

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.28

Scope and Content

Photograph of part of Alcan Plant.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1952

Scope and Content

Illustration depicts a map of the Alcan project area, reaching from Prince Rupert to Kenney Dam. Seen is the transmission line, Kemano power plant and the lakes of the region.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

May 1951

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the men in charge of operations. From left is Vice President A.W. Whitaker Jr. seen sitting in a helicopter; Project Manager Percy E. Radley; Chief Resident Engineer John Kendrick. The three men are all taking a look at what could be a map.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca.1952

Scope and Content

Image depicts a humorous reprieve certificate given to employees of the Alcan Project. The content also implies the hardships endured by the Morrison-Knudsen Company workers in Kemano.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1953

Accession Number

987.10.2

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the powerhouse during construction. View is of the interior of Alcan's Power Chamber located a quarter-mile inside Mount DuBose.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1954

Accession Number

77.68.3

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the temporary hospital constructed on the beach at Smeltersite.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Scope and Content

Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[August 4, 1954]

Accession Number

2005.8.9243

Scope and Content

Negative showing Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, examining ingot at the opening of the Alcan Smelter

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

{June 4, 1954}

Accession Number

2005.8.9417

Scope and Content

Photograph of the "Sun Karen" that sailed on May 14, 1954 from Port Esquirel, Jamaica with first shipment of Alumina refined from Jamaican bauxite for Kitimat Works.

Part Of

Ann Graham Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2011.25

Scope and Content

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

Part Of

Carol Hamilton Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1953

Accession Number

2005.3

Scope and Content

Folder containing sketch showing Arrangement of Ten Mile Tunnels, Penstocks, Powerhouse, etc. with attachments - underground workings, powerhouse, Transverse Section, Surface, Geology & Topography of Kemano.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

July 2, 1959

Accession Number

2005.8.8906

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Crawley and McCracken's camp manager, John Peel, with his daughter, Louise, at the last meal served in the Riverlodge Cafeteria

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. Oct 1954]

Accession Number

72.6

Scope and Content

Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.

Part Of

Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1959

Accession Number

2014.14.259

Scope and Content

Photo depicts Prime Minister John Diefenbaker standing with workers at the smelter during his visit to Kitimat. They are in the Casting Department of the Smelter

Part Of

Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1959]

Accession Number

2014.14.260

Scope and Content

Photo Kemano Powerhouse - Generator Floor. Shows three workers looking at various pieces of equipment and drawings.