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Alcan Industrial Pollution

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28347
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Aug 1972]
Accession Number
72.70
Scope and Content
Visible pollution being released into the atmosphere from Alcan.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.70
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Aug 1972]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photograph taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Visible pollution being released into the atmosphere from Alcan.
Notes
72.70.7
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Pollution
Industries
Storage Location
Curator's Office

First Nation Bridge, Berry, Broad-leaf Trees Exhibits and Squirrel Mountain

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27553
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1971 & 1979]
Accession Number
80.49
Scope and Content
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
80.49
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1971 & 1979]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm 2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Three photographs of an Indigenous Bridge Exhibit, Berry Display, and a Broad Leafed Trees Display (Jul 1979). One Photograph is of a log structure at Squirrel Mountain (1971).
Notes
80.49.1 to 4
Subject Access
Structures
Geography
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Hagwilget Bridge/Mountain Scenery Sketch

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28333
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1893]
Accession Number
71.7
Scope and Content
Two images of pencil sketches done of the very first original indigenous foot bridge across the Bulkley.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1893]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Two images of pencil sketches done of the very first original indigenous foot bridge across the Bulkley.
Notes
71.7.2.1 to 2
Name Access
Loring, R.E.
Subject Access
Structures
Storage Location
Curator's Office

House Post Remains, Petroglyph, and Graves

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27594
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Accession Number
74.64
Scope and Content
Photographs of house post remains on Wawelth First Nation Reserve. Also shown is cemetary grave stones and a petroglyph.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.64
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
6 photograph prints : color ; 12 x 9cm 7 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 12cm 2 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 9cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 13cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of house post remains on Wawelth First Nation Reserve. Also shown is cemetary grave stones and a petroglyph.
Notes
74.64.1.2 to 5 ; 74.64.2.0 to 1 ; 74.64.3.6 to 10 ; 74.64.4.11 to 18 (Missing 13, 14, 16, 17) ; 74.64.5
Name Access
Work, William
Amos, Alice
Subject Access
Petroglyph
Cemetary
Haisla First Nation
Wawelth Reserve
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Hudson's Bay Co. Store at Smeltersite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27569
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
73.20
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
5 photographs: colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Kitimat's first department store.
Notes
73.20.3.a
Subject Access
Hudsons Bay Company
Stores
Kitimat
Smeltersite
Northern Sentinel
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Indigenous Grave House in Old Hazelton Cemetery

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27600
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Accession Number
74.86
Scope and Content
Photographs of Grave house in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.86
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 15 x 15cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of Grave house in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
Notes
74.86.3
Subject Access
Cemetary
Indigenous
Geographic Access
Hazelton
Storage Location
Curator's Office

John McLachlan's Alcan employment documents

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36727
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1953-1956
Accession Number
2018.2
Scope and Content
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Alcan
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2018.2
GMD
textual records
Date Range
1953-1956
Physical Description
<1 cm textual records
History / Biographical
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 as a 23-year-old immigrant and went on to work at Alcan's Property Engineering Department for almost 40 years. He started out as a land surveyor and cartographer in the town's early years and ended his career as a Senior Legal Draftsmen.
Custodial History
Donated by Jean Lunny, January 12th 2018
Scope and Content
Photocopied documents relating to John McLachlan's employment with Alcan. 1) Letter of employment, G. W. Whitehead (Alcan) to John McLachlan, offering position as Draughtsman in Kitimat. April 10th 1953 2) Letter of acceptance, John McLachlan to G.W. Whitehead. April 11th 1953 3) Alcan Personnel Department introduction form, to Mr. G. T. Malby, Resident Engineer, May 13th 1953 4) Invitation to join Retirement Income and Life Insurance Plan, Ian Maclean to John McLachlan, June 23rd 1954. 5) Account of duties as Senior Draughtsman, John McLachlan to W. H. Sparks, September 11th 1956.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Smelter
Storage Location
Curator's office
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1958]
Accession Number
71.93
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.93
Date Range
[1958]
Physical Description
9 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of a glacier at Kildala Pass and the Kemano River.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Accession Number
73.89
Scope and Content
Two children in front of a smoke house in Kitamaat (close to new dock).
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.89
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12 x 17cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Two children in front of a smoke house in Kitamaat (close to new dock).
Notes
73.89.7
Subject Access
smoke house
Kitamaat Village
Haisla
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Old Houses at Kispiox and Kitwancool

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28360
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Accession Number
74.84
Scope and Content
Old structures such as houses and an old school.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.84
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
4 photograph prints : b&w ; 20 x 25cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Old structures such as houses and an old school.
Notes
74.84.7 to 10
Subject Access
Structure
school
Kispiox
Kitwancool
House
Tsimshian
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Panoramic view Alcan Parking Lot

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28363
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Accession Number
75.5
Scope and Content
A wide view of one of the Alcan parking lots with the smelter in the background.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
75.5
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1975]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 18cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 14cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
A wide view of one of the Alcan parking lots with the smelter in the background.
Notes
75.5.3.3 to 6
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Power Transmission Lines Over Glacier

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28339
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Oct 1954]
Accession Number
72.6
Scope and Content
Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.6
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Oct 1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.
Notes
72.6.4E and 72.6.4F
Subject Access
Kemano
Kildala
Transmission line
Kitimat
Glacier
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Raley Creek, Wadeene Rv. Trapper's Cabin, and Views of Eurocan and Alcan

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28379
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Accession Number
80.3
Scope and Content
Photographs show a log structure at Raley Creek (Jan 1980), Wadeene River Trapper's Cabin (Jan 1980), Eurocan pollution from Fire Mountain (11 Nov 1979), and Alcan from the Kitamaat Village (Feb 1980).
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
80.3
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1980]
Physical Description
4 photograph prints : color ; 13 x 13cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs show a log structure at Raley Creek (Jan 1980), Wadeene River Trapper's Cabin (Jan 1980), Eurocan pollution from Fire Mountain (11 Nov 1979), and Alcan from the Kitamaat Village (Feb 1980).
Notes
80.3.1 to 4
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Kitamaat Village
Eurocan
Cabin
Raley Creek
Pollution
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Sumgas Shacks at the Old Eulachon Village

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28354
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jan 1973]
Accession Number
73.20
Scope and Content
Shacks at Sumgas at the old eulachon village by the Kitimat River.
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.20
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Jan 1973]
Physical Description
4 photograph prints : color ; 12 x 16cm 1 photograph print : color ; 10 x 16cm
Custodial History
Photograph taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Shacks at Sumgas at the old eulachon village by the Kitimat River.
Notes
73.20.4 to 8
Subject Access
Sumgas
Shack
Structure
Kitimat River
sumgaas
Haisla
Eulachon Village
Kitimat
Storage Location
Curator's Office

Transmission Line in the Kemano River Valley

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27756
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1952]
Accession Number
71.90
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction
Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.90
Date Range
[1952]
Physical Description
10 photographs : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the completed transmission line in the Kemano River Valley along with Tunnel Construction

15 records – page 1 of 1.