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.
Film reel, 16 mm, sound colour 15 min, "Big Dig for Little People" bought from Association films, Inc. 7838 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, ca. 91352 for US $2.00--(Can 230.40) from our donation account the Royal Bank.
Film reel, 16 mm, sound colour 15 min, "Big Dig for Little People" bought from Association films, Inc. 7838 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, ca. 91352 for US $2.00--(Can 230.40) from our donation account the Royal Bank.
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).
Carvers of the Jasee Pole. Front row Kneeling : Don Stewart, Gilbert Smith. Centre row - main carver : Sam Robinson Jr seated on pole. Standing beside him : Grant Gary, Harold Williams, Charlie Williams, Raymond Green. Back row : James Green, Bobby Stewart, Harold Maitland, Elmer Smith, Crosby Smith.
Carvers of the Jasee Pole. Front row Kneeling : Don Stewart, Gilbert Smith. Centre row - main carver : Sam Robinson Jr seated on pole. Standing beside him : Grant Gary, Harold Williams, Charlie Williams, Raymond Green. Back row : James Green, Bobby Stewart, Harold Maitland, Elmer Smith, Crosby Smith.
