Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
1 Neg : b&w ; 7.7 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows a small Church located at the end of a road with buildings spread out to ether side of photograph. A car can be seen in the centre, and a people spaced out from the centre to bottom left.
Folder of Patricia Holmes Simpson fonds. Consists of a collection of booklets and programs collected between 1956-1981.
Christmas Carol Festival 1958
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1959
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1960
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1961
Kitimat Concert Association 1958
Kitimat Concert Association "Alaska Music Trail" 1958
Kitimat Concert Association "The Choristers" 1958
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail 1960
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail 12 March 1961
Kitimat Concert Asociation Alaska Music Trail 9th April 1961
Kitimat Concert Association Herman Godes February 21
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music TRail November 2nd, 1958
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail February 22nd, 1959
Raymond McFeeters at the piano 5th April 1959
Kitimat COncert Association Alaska Music Trail 1st November 1959
A Choral Concert March 29, 1957
Christ Church Anglican 25th Anniversary
Christ Church Parish News
Christ Church Booklet
Folder of Patricia Holmes Simpson fonds. Consists of a collection of booklets and programs collected between 1956-1981.
Christmas Carol Festival 1958
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1959
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1960
The Kitimat Choristers A Spring Concert 1961
Kitimat Concert Association 1958
Kitimat Concert Association "Alaska Music Trail" 1958
Kitimat Concert Association "The Choristers" 1958
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail 1960
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail 12 March 1961
Kitimat Concert Asociation Alaska Music Trail 9th April 1961
Kitimat Concert Association Herman Godes February 21
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music TRail November 2nd, 1958
Kitimat Concert Association Alaska Music Trail February 22nd, 1959
Raymond McFeeters at the piano 5th April 1959
Kitimat COncert Association Alaska Music Trail 1st November 1959
A Choral Concert March 29, 1957
Christ Church Anglican 25th Anniversary
Christ Church Parish News
Christ Church Booklet
Slide showing a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
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 a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Part of Board of School Trustees Collection 982.91
Photo depicts a tent with flat-top house assembly on a production line in West Vancouver for Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Slide No. 40 -- The circus tent assembly line was erected at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge. Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled there in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
