Photo showing a series of steps involved in raising a grave marker from a boat deck onto and then along a wharf. First picture, Tim Starr on end of log, Chief Morrison in Haisla sweater on right foreground, Simon Hall wearing Haisla sweater in front. Second picture of Frank Lee's boat, and third picture is carrying log to carving area.
Photo showing a series of steps involved in raising a grave marker from a boat deck onto and then along a wharf. First picture, Tim Starr on end of log, Chief Morrison in Haisla sweater on right foreground, Simon Hall wearing Haisla sweater in front. Second picture of Frank Lee's boat, and third picture is carrying log to carving area.
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).
Photograph 'Looking west, "Lotus Seeker" Clam Shell Dredge fitted with 1 3/4 c.y. grab commences to throw up North Bank for Graving Dock. Primary dig to obtain flotation, borrow pit to be dug down to zero level.'
Photograph 'Looking west, "Lotus Seeker" Clam Shell Dredge fitted with 1 3/4 c.y. grab commences to throw up North Bank for Graving Dock. Primary dig to obtain flotation, borrow pit to be dug down to zero level.'
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of initial start of graving dock to build caissons.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of high tide around hydraulic fill and graving dock.
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.
Aerial view of Graving Dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Aerial view of Graving Dock showing rough outline of excavation, Access Road into Dock at North West corner, and shovels, double handling base material.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of graving dock. Kitimat. Mount Elizabeth visible in background.
