One red duotang containing typewritten pages. On front of duotang is label 'Caamano's Rocks, Puerto de Gaston (Havitacion De Indios Bravos) by R.E. Wells.
One red duotang containing typewritten pages. On front of duotang is label 'Caamano's Rocks, Puerto de Gaston (Havitacion De Indios Bravos) by R.E. Wells.
Photograph of Micah Shaw carving a canoe with possibly Charlie Shaw, his son, and heating rocks for the steaming with a boat in background.
Notes
According to Mike Robinson, the small winding creek at the far right as known as Qwenish, and was a route the Haida would sometims take inland to raid the Haisla.
Part of series of seven photographs depicting the construction of a canoe using traditional tools and methods.
Photograph of Tina and Allison Barriscale enjoy some rock painting with water colours during children's day at the Kitimat Museum. Adults were only allowed if accompained by a child.
Photograph of Tina and Allison Barriscale enjoy some rock painting with water colours during children's day at the Kitimat Museum. Adults were only allowed if accompained by a child.
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 view concrete batch plant from top of sandhill. Kitimat.
Photograph showing concrete being poured and slab finished for the first floor in the No.2 Commercial Building Note : formwork for colums and roof slab in background.
1 photograph :
b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
b&w ; 18 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing concrete being poured and slab finished for the first floor in the No.2 Commercial Building Note : formwork for colums and roof slab in background.
Slide showing piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest visible behind.
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 piles of concrete made pieces for construction. To be used as building material for something. Powerline pole, cleared area, and forest visible behind.
