"A whale of an idea" was Ransome Holmes comment to winning this killer whale scultpure by Sammy Robinson of Kiamaat Viallage. Carved by Sammy earlier in the year for the Kitimat Band Parents' Association fund raising efforts toward the high school band's trip to England, the carving was finally raffled off at the high school choir sing Dec 17
"A whale of an idea" was Ransome Holmes comment to winning this killer whale scultpure by Sammy Robinson of Kiamaat Viallage. Carved by Sammy earlier in the year for the Kitimat Band Parents' Association fund raising efforts toward the high school band's trip to England, the carving was finally raffled off at the high school choir sing Dec 17
Photo showing six and a half feet tall beams that were transported by barge to Kitimat, then hauled by Saunders Trucking, to be installed by Commonwealth Construction.
Photo showing six and a half feet tall beams that were transported by barge to Kitimat, then hauled by Saunders Trucking, to be installed by Commonwealth Construction.
British Columbia Driver's Licence No. 706351. From Basil Stacy Baxter. 1954.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very dirty
Height
8.2cm
Width
6cm
Accession Number
2020.12.37
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm 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. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Photo of crowd of people watching an airplane arrive. "If you come to Kitimat by air from Vancouver you will make the 2.5 hour, 400 mile trip in a 4-engineDC-6B aircraft operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines, similar to the one shown above arriving at the scenic Terrace Airport"
Photo of crowd of people watching an airplane arrive. "If you come to Kitimat by air from Vancouver you will make the 2.5 hour, 400 mile trip in a 4-engineDC-6B aircraft operated by Canadian Pacific Airlines, similar to the one shown above arriving at the scenic Terrace Airport"