Photo showing aerial view of the graving dock looking north showing caisson contruction nearing its final stages, the smelter site is in the background.
Photo showing aerial view of the graving dock looking north showing caisson contruction nearing its final stages, the smelter site is in the background.
Photograph - aerial view of graving dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Photograph - aerial view of graving dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Aerial view of Graving Dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Aerial view of Graving Dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Photograph of Amos tombstone. Marker reads: 'In Loving memory of My dear Mother Anne Amos, Died
aug 27, 1929, ? Aged 73? years'. Marker has a carved eagele on top.
Photograph of Amos tombstone. Marker reads: 'In Loving memory of My dear Mother Anne Amos, Died
aug 27, 1929, ? Aged 73? years'. Marker has a carved eagele on top.
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.
Photograph of Chief John Bolton's Tombstone at Kitamaat Cemetary. Inscription reads 'In Loving Memory of Our Father Chief john Bolton, Born 1851-Died Aug. 13, 1949, Age 98 years'
Photograph of Chief John Bolton's Tombstone at Kitamaat Cemetary. Inscription reads 'In Loving Memory of Our Father Chief john Bolton, Born 1851-Died Aug. 13, 1949, Age 98 years'
Photograph of Cecilia Bolton tombstone. Marker reads 'In Loving Memory of Our Mother, Cecilia Bolton, 1879 - 1957, God took her home, it was his will, but in out hears, she liveth still. Etched beaver design on stone.
Photograph of Cecilia Bolton tombstone. Marker reads 'In Loving Memory of Our Mother, Cecilia Bolton, 1879 - 1957, God took her home, it was his will, but in out hears, she liveth still. Etched beaver design on stone.
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 breaching south dyke of graving dock to take caissons out.
Slide showing the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
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 the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
