Report of the Proposed Kitimat Community Centre. Ussner, Urquart & International Power & Engineering Consoltants. Joint Architects & Engineers, Vancouver, B.C.
Report of the Proposed Kitimat Community Centre. Ussner, Urquart & International Power & Engineering Consoltants. Joint Architects & Engineers, Vancouver, B.C.
Copy of a programme for "An Adventure in Citizenship" public speaking contest, held by the Rotary Club of Kitimat at the Mount Elizabeth High School Auditorium on February 27th 1959. Attached are two notecards used by Arvid Hardin while giving his speech.
Copy of a programme for "An Adventure in Citizenship" public speaking contest, held by the Rotary Club of Kitimat at the Mount Elizabeth High School Auditorium on February 27th 1959. Attached are two notecards used by Arvid Hardin while giving his speech.
This ode was written by Mr. Ken Johnston, a journalist who visited Kitimat in the spring of 1954, just prior to the Duke of Edinburg's visit in June 1954. Johnston visit the scout troop. He gave his address of Whitehall, London.
Various documents pertaining to Hirsch Creek park and recreational site planning. Includes reports, correspondence, work orders, a list of expenditures, a blank site form, and a list of observations.
Various documents pertaining to Hirsch Creek park and recreational site planning. Includes reports, correspondence, work orders, a list of expenditures, a blank site form, and a list of observations.
Storage Location
Box 39
Related Material
2009.15.30 - Report and Preliminary Program for Hirsch Creek Provincial Park
Text documents from McLure Collection.
988.3.36a-g - Some Tales of the Kitlope People, related by Chief John Paul, and told to us by Mike Shaw of Kitamaat Mission.
988.3.37 - The history of the progress of christianity in the village of Kitimat until the present. As recorded by eye witnesses of the scenes for telling at the diamond jubilee of the coming of christinity.
988.3.38 - clipping - Tribesmen to Send Blanket Dugout as Wedding Presents. (original & copy)
Text documents from McLure Collection.
988.3.36a-g - Some Tales of the Kitlope People, related by Chief John Paul, and told to us by Mike Shaw of Kitamaat Mission.
988.3.37 - The history of the progress of christianity in the village of Kitimat until the present. As recorded by eye witnesses of the scenes for telling at the diamond jubilee of the coming of christinity.
988.3.38 - clipping - Tribesmen to Send Blanket Dugout as Wedding Presents. (original & copy)
Blue book titled West Coast Oil Parts Inquiry. A Public Inquiry Pursuant to Order-In-Council PC 1977-597 Dated March 10th, 1977. (Before Dr. Andrew R. Thompson, Commissioner). Vancouver, B.C. Sepetember 26th, 1977. Proceedings at Inquiry. Volume 5.
Blue book titled West Coast Oil Parts Inquiry. A Public Inquiry Pursuant to Order-In-Council PC 1977-597 Dated March 10th, 1977. (Before Dr. Andrew R. Thompson, Commissioner). Vancouver, B.C. Sepetember 26th, 1977. Proceedings at Inquiry. Volume 5.
Notes
Stamp on top reads Alcan Smelter and Chemicals LTD Kitimat Technical Library.
Folder containing Future Archaeology Proposals. Archaeology Project 1985, Excavation and survey within Haisla Traditional territory. Kitamaat Village Archaeological Research Project 1985. Includes various documents relating to this project.
Folder containing Future Archaeology Proposals. Archaeology Project 1985, Excavation and survey within Haisla Traditional territory. Kitamaat Village Archaeological Research Project 1985. Includes various documents relating to this project.
Brown cover book. Building Permit Register July 2, 1954 to Novemeber 5, 1965. Contains info about property construction and modifications for these years.
Brown cover book. Building Permit Register July 2, 1954 to Novemeber 5, 1965. Contains info about property construction and modifications for these years.
One folder titled correspondance containing a two page letter to Mr. J.T. Harvey from the manager of Kitimat Builders Supplies Limited, Don Forward. The letter has descriptions for photos taken of the Kitimat Builders building that were enclosed with the letter.
One folder titled correspondance containing a two page letter to Mr. J.T. Harvey from the manager of Kitimat Builders Supplies Limited, Don Forward. The letter has descriptions for photos taken of the Kitimat Builders building that were enclosed with the letter.
One folder titled correspondance with multiple letters and a bunch of photos photocopied onto a single sheet.
Letter to Jan Leclerk from Burce. Regarding Kitimat Builders. January 18, 1994.
Two page etter to J.T Harvey from Kitimat Builders Supplies Limiyed manager Don Forward. Regarding photos of Kitimat Builders construction. January 2, 1954.
Written two page biography of Kitimat Builders Supplies Limited manager Donald Forward. March 5, 1983.
Oversized page with 12 photocopied photos of Kitimat Builders construction.
One folder titled correspondance with multiple letters and a bunch of photos photocopied onto a single sheet.
Letter to Jan Leclerk from Burce. Regarding Kitimat Builders. January 18, 1994.
Two page etter to J.T Harvey from Kitimat Builders Supplies Limiyed manager Don Forward. Regarding photos of Kitimat Builders construction. January 2, 1954.
Written two page biography of Kitimat Builders Supplies Limited manager Donald Forward. March 5, 1983.
Oversized page with 12 photocopied photos of Kitimat Builders construction.
Folder containing newspaper clipping from Mike Kinnear regarding various Kitimat events. Most articles are related to Mike Kinnear; either about him or his family, or including his photos.
The Duke of Edinburgh pours first ingot at Kitimat Work on 3 August 1954.
Kingfisher underpass construction and General Construction paving machine. July 28, 1955.
Portable classroom frames at Nechako Centre. July 28, 1955.
Jim Molyneaux at third base during a Kitimat-Terrace baseball game. August 25, 1955.
Children from townsite and smeltersite on a new fire pumper for Fire Prevention Week. Sept 15, 1955.
Highschool and movie theatre construction. Sept 22, 1955.
Townsite Folk Amazed At Methods Used In Fire Fighting And Prevention.
Kitimat Fire Prevention Week description.
Anglican Church Framework.
Construction of the Public Safety Building.
Construction of National Employment Service building.
Letter regarding voting in Kitimat from J.M. Kinnear.
Kitimat Curling Rink.
Imperials basketball game. Jan 26, 1956.
Runners up of the A and B event (curling). Feb 12, 1958.
Installation of President Ray Brown. March 1, 1956.
Youngsters shopping for candy at their first townsite matinee. March 8, 1956.
Parents watching pupils at Open House, and a car under the snow. March 15, 1956.
Open house at Nechako School, and gymnastic class display at townsite school. March 15, 1956.
Paving of Pintail Street and construction of neighbourhood A school. May 24, 1956.
Ladies curling team winners and runner ups. March 29, 1956.
Hudson's Bay Company building construction in City Centre. May 31, 1956.
Baseball game at Alcan field. June 7, 1956.
Five Little League Teams Start Season. June 21, 1956.
Junior Shooters Show Keen Marksmanship. Oct 5, 1956.
Interior of Kitimat Recreations Ltd. Anderson Ck. bowling alley and billiards centre.
Nechako School children pageant and student made Christmas village scene.
Guitarist Dick Stewart performing.
Kitimat highschool graduates of 1956 in 1966.
Grade 5 school children choir and grade 1 and 2 at opening of new school auditorium.
Minstrel show performers
Winners of commerce class business course project
Neighbourhood B highschool development.
Frozen Kitimat River and Kitimat Christmas nativity decoration at home.
Panabode construction at Kitimat Golf Club.
Junior Curlers Take Over.
Christening Party for baby Linda Jean Spracklin.
Nechako Centre skating rink.
Photographing woman in swimsuit.
Mike Kinnear in California.
Kitimat first citizen of the year Mrs. Ada Hayes.
Nechako School auditorium basketball game.
Cormorant elementary school in winter and curling club.
Basketball game between 1955 Sheardown Trophy winning team and 1951 Northern BC champions.
Garry Fricker crowned king of hearts.
Kitimat River Bridge photo by Mike Kinnear. First entrant in the Sentinel photo competition.
Junior Champions Take 1956 Baseball Honors.
Colors being received before remembrance day ceremony at Nechako school and basketball team.
Slugger Jim Perrin hitting baseball.
Baseball game as well as players in dugout.
Kitimat's Dick Hayes stops ball in baseball game.
First baseman Jack Connolly catching ball at baseball game.
Young Nechako Pupils Show Artistic Talents.
Kinnear Keen To See More Youths Use of Gyms.
Guy Kinnear Transferred to Arvida.
Sternwheeler Calls Here on Way to Become Museum Piece (Delta King).
California Here I Come and Ode To The Delta King.
The Leading Lady On Local Water Front - The Gallant Little Hi-Gear.
West Coast Terminals Ltd. and Highway Motor Express Ltd. ad.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Folder containing newspaper clipping from Mike Kinnear regarding various Kitimat events. Most articles are related to Mike Kinnear; either about him or his family, or including his photos.
The Duke of Edinburgh pours first ingot at Kitimat Work on 3 August 1954.
Kingfisher underpass construction and General Construction paving machine. July 28, 1955.
Portable classroom frames at Nechako Centre. July 28, 1955.
Jim Molyneaux at third base during a Kitimat-Terrace baseball game. August 25, 1955.
Children from townsite and smeltersite on a new fire pumper for Fire Prevention Week. Sept 15, 1955.
Highschool and movie theatre construction. Sept 22, 1955.
Townsite Folk Amazed At Methods Used In Fire Fighting And Prevention.
Kitimat Fire Prevention Week description.
Anglican Church Framework.
Construction of the Public Safety Building.
Construction of National Employment Service building.
Letter regarding voting in Kitimat from J.M. Kinnear.
Kitimat Curling Rink.
Imperials basketball game. Jan 26, 1956.
Runners up of the A and B event (curling). Feb 12, 1958.
Installation of President Ray Brown. March 1, 1956.
Youngsters shopping for candy at their first townsite matinee. March 8, 1956.
Parents watching pupils at Open House, and a car under the snow. March 15, 1956.
Open house at Nechako School, and gymnastic class display at townsite school. March 15, 1956.
Paving of Pintail Street and construction of neighbourhood A school. May 24, 1956.
Ladies curling team winners and runner ups. March 29, 1956.
Hudson's Bay Company building construction in City Centre. May 31, 1956.
Baseball game at Alcan field. June 7, 1956.
Five Little League Teams Start Season. June 21, 1956.
Junior Shooters Show Keen Marksmanship. Oct 5, 1956.
Interior of Kitimat Recreations Ltd. Anderson Ck. bowling alley and billiards centre.
Nechako School children pageant and student made Christmas village scene.
Guitarist Dick Stewart performing.
Kitimat highschool graduates of 1956 in 1966.
Grade 5 school children choir and grade 1 and 2 at opening of new school auditorium.
Minstrel show performers
Winners of commerce class business course project
Neighbourhood B highschool development.
Frozen Kitimat River and Kitimat Christmas nativity decoration at home.
Panabode construction at Kitimat Golf Club.
Junior Curlers Take Over.
Christening Party for baby Linda Jean Spracklin.
Nechako Centre skating rink.
Photographing woman in swimsuit.
Mike Kinnear in California.
Kitimat first citizen of the year Mrs. Ada Hayes.
Nechako School auditorium basketball game.
Cormorant elementary school in winter and curling club.
Basketball game between 1955 Sheardown Trophy winning team and 1951 Northern BC champions.
Garry Fricker crowned king of hearts.
Kitimat River Bridge photo by Mike Kinnear. First entrant in the Sentinel photo competition.
Junior Champions Take 1956 Baseball Honors.
Colors being received before remembrance day ceremony at Nechako school and basketball team.
Slugger Jim Perrin hitting baseball.
Baseball game as well as players in dugout.
Kitimat's Dick Hayes stops ball in baseball game.
First baseman Jack Connolly catching ball at baseball game.
Young Nechako Pupils Show Artistic Talents.
Kinnear Keen To See More Youths Use of Gyms.
Guy Kinnear Transferred to Arvida.
Sternwheeler Calls Here on Way to Become Museum Piece (Delta King).
California Here I Come and Ode To The Delta King.
The Leading Lady On Local Water Front - The Gallant Little Hi-Gear.
West Coast Terminals Ltd. and Highway Motor Express Ltd. ad.
Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
The Kitimat Valley Naturalists are a non-profit organization with the goal of learning about and enjoying the natural history of the Kitimat Valley. They were founded in 1996 and are still active as of 2023. Their projects include an annual Christmas bird count, construction of bat condos, monitoring amphibian numbers, and mapping eelgrass beds in the Douglas Channel.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Susan and Walter Thorne, longtime members of the Kitimat Valley Naturalists, on February 16th 2023. The fonds was arranged and described by Museum staff in April 2023.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
Notes
Three reports collected by the KVN - "An Assessment of the Kitimat Iron Oxbow Proposed Wildlife Viewing Area," "Blue Carbon - The Case for the Conservation and Enhancement of Estuarine Processes and Sediments in BC," and "Coastal Wetlands Habitat Assessment and Classification for Northwestern British Columbia" - have been added to the Museum's Reference Library.
Conservation
Removed from original duotang/folders. Staples removed.
Storage Location
Box 29
Arrangement
F1) has been left in original order, apart from ephemera which was removed from the inside cover of the duotang.
F2) has been arranged in roughly chronological order.
