A small square blue and white magnet for the Aluminum City Telethon. The background has the ACT logo with markings that read "Kitimat Cares Simply the Best! 639-9121"
A small square blue and white magnet for the Aluminum City Telethon. The background has the ACT logo with markings that read "Kitimat Cares Simply the Best! 639-9121"
First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".
First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".
Barney Mulvaney's dog team with mail from Kitimat nearing Hazelton 1910 see too :Kitselas white settlement.
The fabulous Barney Mulvany renowned throughout the north country, now living in retirement at Burns Lake, began his experiences on the Skeena when he carried Her Majesty's mail by dog team and on his back from Kitamat to Hazelton. His was a roving character and in his own words "my first ambition was to start at the mouth of every river in B.C. and go to the head of it to see what was on the other side of the summit". This he claims to have accomplished, but the Skeena was his first love and his wanderings always brought him back to its banks. Like years have been occupied with recording his experiences in prose and verse. His ballad of "Kitselas" recounts a legend of the Skeena doubtless gleaned as he camped with his Indigenous friends along the trail from Kitselas to Hazelton.
3 photograph : b&w ;
34.5 x 23.5 cm
20.5 x 12.5 cm
14 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Barney Mulvaney's dog team with mail from Kitimat nearing Hazelton 1910 see too :Kitselas white settlement.
The fabulous Barney Mulvany renowned throughout the north country, now living in retirement at Burns Lake, began his experiences on the Skeena when he carried Her Majesty's mail by dog team and on his back from Kitamat to Hazelton. His was a roving character and in his own words "my first ambition was to start at the mouth of every river in B.C. and go to the head of it to see what was on the other side of the summit". This he claims to have accomplished, but the Skeena was his first love and his wanderings always brought him back to its banks. Like years have been occupied with recording his experiences in prose and verse. His ballad of "Kitselas" recounts a legend of the Skeena doubtless gleaned as he camped with his Indigenous friends along the trail from Kitselas to Hazelton.
Kitimat Fire Department Equipment Equipment
1 - Gate Valve (may have been moved to off-site storage). The main body of the valve is painted red: 25.5cm L x
13.5cm W
2 - Battery-powered lantern with flick-switch on "head"
that is attached to chrome handle mounted on red box holding battery: 28cm x 15cm x 27cm
Kitimat Fire Department Equipment Equipment
1 - Gate Valve (may have been moved to off-site storage). The main body of the valve is painted red: 25.5cm L x
13.5cm W
2 - Battery-powered lantern with flick-switch on "head"
that is attached to chrome handle mounted on red box holding battery: 28cm x 15cm x 27cm
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.
Scope and Content
Slide of Bev Barner in small kayak on Moore Creek. Kitimat.
Ship's binnacle from the Motor Vessel (MV) Nechako that began life in 1929 as the Cora Marie - luxury yacht of W.C. Shelly, B.C.'s Finance Minister. She was sold in California in the 1930s and later served with the U.S. Navy as a patrol boat during World War II. Kitimat Constructors purchased her in 1952 for transporting construction personnel between Butedale, Prince Rupert, and Kitimat. In 1954 the motor vessel, skippered by Captain Bill Cogswell, began regular trips ferrying construction personnel and freight between Kitimat and Kemano. With Captain Cogswell, she logged close to 1,200 round trips between the two communities. The binnacle was restored and presented by the Kemano Power Operations Group to E.W. Red McKernan, first Superintendent of Power Operations "for devoted service as ship's husband, 1954-1974". Mr. McKernan in turn donated it to the Kemano Museum. Donated by Alcan Primary Metal
A B&J camera back made out of wood. The front includes a cut out to view the ground glass. The back includes the folding focusing hood, which can be popped up and closed with pressing the latch. Around the hood has metal attachments. On The hood are markings that read "B&J MANFACTURED BY BURKE & JAMES , INC. CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A."
A B&J camera back made out of wood. The front includes a cut out to view the ground glass. The back includes the folding focusing hood, which can be popped up and closed with pressing the latch. Around the hood has metal attachments. On The hood are markings that read "B&J MANFACTURED BY BURKE & JAMES , INC. CHICAGO, ILL. U.S.A."
Physical Condition
Poor
Material
Wood
metal
glass
leather
Condition Remarks
When opening the focusing hood there is rust chipping off.
A blue bin with number markings on the bottom of the bin counting by 10's and ends at 590. There is a paper tag at the bottom. this bin is used to measure how many letters the postal workers are working with
A blue bin with number markings on the bottom of the bin counting by 10's and ends at 590. There is a paper tag at the bottom. this bin is used to measure how many letters the postal workers are working with
2 copies of a Beck's Books bookmark that with an illustration of a forest of trees. There is an elderly woman at the bottom right corner peeking through some trees and a book on the ground.
2 copies of a Beck's Books bookmark that with an illustration of a forest of trees. There is an elderly woman at the bottom right corner peeking through some trees and a book on the ground.