Photograph of aerial view looking northwest across Kitimat townsite. B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture. Site of watertowers? visible on far right.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
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Photograph of aerial view looking northwest across Kitimat townsite. B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture. Site of watertowers? visible on far right.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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Slide of Kitimat townsite from sandhill. Mount Elizabeth visible in background.
Photograph of a destroyed townsite from building. The owner was john Ewald, the owner of Kitimat Enterprises Ltd. The fire started in the heated chimney.
Photograph of a destroyed townsite from building. The owner was john Ewald, the owner of Kitimat Enterprises Ltd. The fire started in the heated chimney.
Slide showing NW view from smeltersite towards Clague Mountain. Building visible on left side, and mountain in the distance. Image is a double exposure, and trucks can be seen in the ghosted image.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing NW view from smeltersite towards Clague Mountain. Building visible on left side, and mountain in the distance. Image is a double exposure, and trucks can be seen in the ghosted image.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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Slide of townsite of Kitimat from mountain top to SE.
Donated by Meg Walker, granddaughter of John and Marjorie Nute, on October 11th 2022.
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Photograph of the Kemano townsite, taken from the side of Mt. Dubose.
Notes
Taken by Rev. John Nute, who was the pastor at Kitimat Presbyterian Church in summer 1977.
Written on back: "Kemano - Power station 3 1/2 hrs. by boat from Kitimat. Power station is entirely in the Mt. from which we took this picture."
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
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
Photograph of looking out at Douglas Channel from a boat. The boat railing is in front with the channel visible through it. Mountains in background.
