A guest book with a handmade wood burned cover commissioned by Heidi Born, both covers are wood with a green felt inside. The front reads "40th ANNIVERSARY Kitimat-Kemano Our 40th Anniversary" Inside there are large stacks of light brown lined paper with names of people and dates of when they joined the smelter.
A guest book with a handmade wood burned cover commissioned by Heidi Born, both covers are wood with a green felt inside. The front reads "40th ANNIVERSARY Kitimat-Kemano Our 40th Anniversary" Inside there are large stacks of light brown lined paper with names of people and dates of when they joined the smelter.
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
Wood
felt
paper
metal
Condition Remarks
The connecting piece is missing, so the book is only connected by one bolt.
Book of poetry by Hubert Evans. Themes include Indigenous peoples, conflict between old and new ways of living, coastal life, and nature. Book has a light blue cover and is 54 pages long.
Physical Condition
Good
Condition Remarks
Pgs. 27-30 are loose and held together by tape.
Height
22 cm
Width
0.8 cm
Length
13.2 cm
Accession Number
979.34
Biographical Notes
Hubert Evans and his family lived amongst the Haisla in Kitimaat Village for 2 1/2 years in the late 1940s. His wife Anna taught at the day school there. Evans wrote many books, short stories, plays, and serials, including "Mist on the River," a novel about a young Gitksan man (see Notes).
A brown small guidebook of how to pronounce Canadian places. The front cover reads "A guide to the pronunciation of CANADIAN PLACE NAMES A CBC PUBLICATION" inside there are town names and their proper pronunciation.
A brown small guidebook of how to pronounce Canadian places. The front cover reads "A guide to the pronunciation of CANADIAN PLACE NAMES A CBC PUBLICATION" inside there are town names and their proper pronunciation.
An aluminum commemorative coin, one side has a picture of machinery there are markings around the edges that read "Kemano Power Operations Alcan"
On the other side there is a pictuer of a mountain in the middle, there are markings around the edge that say "Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd It was Kemano Power that turned Kitimat works on in the 1954... and we're still going strong!"
An aluminum commemorative coin, one side has a picture of machinery there are markings around the edges that read "Kemano Power Operations Alcan"
On the other side there is a pictuer of a mountain in the middle, there are markings around the edge that say "Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd It was Kemano Power that turned Kitimat works on in the 1954... and we're still going strong!"
Yellow coin with manitoba emblem in the middle, markings read "MANITOBA 1870 MANITOBA" on the other side there is a picture of a flower, markings read "PRARIE CROCUS PULSATILLE" sealed in plastic and secured with cardboard
Yellow coin with manitoba emblem in the middle, markings read "MANITOBA 1870 MANITOBA" on the other side there is a picture of a flower, markings read "PRARIE CROCUS PULSATILLE" sealed in plastic and secured with cardboard
An aluminum commemorative coin, on one side of the coin it has markings that say "20TH YEAR OF PRODUCTION ALCAN KITIMAT WORKS AUGUST 3RD 1974"
On the other side there is a picture of canada in the middle with markings that are placed in their respective areas reading "KITIMAT" and "ARVIDA" there are markings around the edges that read "ALUMINUM COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD"
An aluminum commemorative coin, on one side of the coin it has markings that say "20TH YEAR OF PRODUCTION ALCAN KITIMAT WORKS AUGUST 3RD 1974"
On the other side there is a picture of canada in the middle with markings that are placed in their respective areas reading "KITIMAT" and "ARVIDA" there are markings around the edges that read "ALUMINUM COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD"