Photographs of smeltersite panoramas. First panoramas ever taken of the area.
Notes
Smeltersite - lens 21 3/8 off board.. 24 for pictire at F11 + 8sec for sky rt hand pictire cutoff grad. 9 sec from end.
Maincamp - 8x10. Dense 23 7/8" of board. 38 sec F11 + 10 sec extra for sky.
Photograph of an aerial view of the Alcan Smeltersite. On the left is the Moon Bay Marina with a ship appearing to be the Princess Nora at dock. Beyond it are the smeltersite homes, and further back on the right is the Alcan smelter in operation. Smoke is visible above the potlines. Mountains in background have snow on top.
Photograph of an aerial view of the Alcan Smeltersite. On the left is the Moon Bay Marina with a ship appearing to be the Princess Nora at dock. Beyond it are the smeltersite homes, and further back on the right is the Alcan smelter in operation. Smoke is visible above the potlines. Mountains in background have snow on top.
Photograph of an aerial view of the approach to the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited Termianl Wharf No. 1 at Kitimat B.C., showing channel markers, dolphins and wharf. Front foreground shows the Moon Bay dock area. Further back is the smelter in operation. Smoke is coming from the potlines.
Belonged to Joe and Pat Goncalves. Photo possibly by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial view of the approach to the Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited Termianl Wharf No. 1 at Kitimat B.C., showing channel markers, dolphins and wharf. Front foreground shows the Moon Bay dock area. Further back is the smelter in operation. Smoke is coming from the potlines.
Photograph of very high aerial view of the Alcan smeltersite. Smeltersite is on the left. Kitimat river estuary is on the right, and Douglas Channel below. Snowy mountain range on the sides and in the background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of very high aerial view of the Alcan smeltersite. Smeltersite is on the left. Kitimat river estuary is on the right, and Douglas Channel below. Snowy mountain range on the sides and in the background.
