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British Columbia History Issues and Museum Brochure

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34906
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
File
GMD
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1997-2010
Accession Number
2022.12
Scope and Content
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
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Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
File
Accession Number
2022.12
GMD
textual records
graphic material
Date Range
1997-2010
Physical Description
2 magazines 1 brochure
Scope and Content
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
Name Access
Avery, Louise
Subject Access
Museum
British Columbia
Kitimat Project
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 42
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Art Coghlin fonds.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28157
Part Of
Art Coghlin fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1951 -
Accession Number
2002.6
2002.7
2002.8
2019.80
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
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Art Coghlin fonds
Creator
Art Coghlin
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2002.6
2002.7
2002.8
2019.80
Date Range
1951 -
Physical Description
27 photographs : col. slide
25 photographs : col. slide
48 photographs : b&w
38 photographs : col. slide
artifacts
History / Biographical
Art Coghlin was Paymaster for Kitimat Constructors in 1951. He left the company to open Coghlins Hardware in 1954.
Custodial History
Terry Voitchovsky
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of 27 slides showing the construction of Alcan Wharf (Caisson Dock Construction) and Kitimat Bridge, 25 slides showing the contruction of Alcan Plant Area, 48 photographs of early construction, 38 slides of early construction. Includes a ruler, ashtray, pie plate and stationery folder.
Notes
Title based on content of fond.
Name Access
Coghlin, Art
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Kitimat bridge
Wharf
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Hazelton Grave Yard

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Accession Number
74.88
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Hazelton Grave Yard
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.88
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 12.5 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as Museum Currator
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Hazelton Grave Yard
Notes
74.88.10 to 11
Subject Access
Hazelton
Grave Yard
Tsimshian
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Kitamaat Grave Yard

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Accession Number
70.77
Scope and Content
Images of grave stones at the Kitamaat Grave Yard.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
70.77
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1970]
Physical Description
14 photograph prints : b&w ; 8 x 8cm 2 photograph prints : b&w ; 12 x 12cm 1 photograph print : b&w ; 7.5 x 6.5cm 3 photgraph prints : b&w ; 7 x 6cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Images of grave stones at the Kitamaat Grave Yard.
Notes
70.77.1 to 17
Name Access
Walker, William
Nyce, Henry
Stewart, Fanny
Shaw, David
Hands, Matthew
Subject Access
Cemetaries
Haisla First Nations
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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Kitamaat Grave Yard South of Village

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Accession Number
73.43
Scope and Content
Phototgraphs of the Kitamaat Grave Yard showing various grave stones.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
73.43
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1973]
Physical Description
11 photograph prints : b&w ; 16.5 x 10.5cm 7 photograph prints : b&w ; 13 x 17.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Phototgraphs of the Kitamaat Grave Yard showing various grave stones.
Notes
73.43.1 to 19 (Missing 7)
Name Access
Thomas, Scott
Henrietta
Williams, John
Smith, Richard
Smith, Laura
McIver, Henry
Lejaaie
Gray, Paul
Ross, Eva
Ross, Ellen
McKay, Philip
McIvor, Mary
Morrison, Peter
Nelson, Rosa
Young, William
Irene, Sarah
Mona, Gordelia
Bolton, Silos
Maitland, Rosa
Bolton, Susan
Subject Access
Haisla
Kitamaat Village
Graveyard
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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Lillianne Sands Collection

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28251
Part Of
Lillianne Sands Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2003.22
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kemano and Kitimat
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Part Of
Lillianne Sands Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2003.22
Scope and Content
Photographs of Kemano and Kitimat
Name Access
Sands, Lillianne
Subject Access
Kitimat
Kemano
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Kitimat Construction

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Part Of
unknown donor
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
ca.1952
Accession Number
2019.55
Scope and Content
Slides of Kitimat buildings: 9 slides of the Kitimat River bridge. 14 various slides of "Cyril Henderson, dwelling on albaross street, city manager, city centre, cormorant school. Nechako centre theatre/gardens, United Church, Arena" 5 slides of the Beach Hospital 1952, until new hospital on Haisla 8 slides of Flying in to Kemano winter + summer 15 slides of various slides: Delta King, original dock, sign of Kitimat, constructors smeltersite + permanent dock.
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unknown donor
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2019.55
Date Range
ca.1952
History / Biographical
Unknown
Custodial History
Unknown
Scope and Content
Slides of Kitimat buildings: 9 slides of the Kitimat River bridge. 14 various slides of "Cyril Henderson, dwelling on albaross street, city manager, city centre, cormorant school. Nechako centre theatre/gardens, United Church, Arena" 5 slides of the Beach Hospital 1952, until new hospital on Haisla 8 slides of Flying in to Kemano winter + summer 15 slides of various slides: Delta King, original dock, sign of Kitimat, constructors smeltersite + permanent dock.
Name Access
Henderson, Cyril
Storage Location
Slide Storage
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Smelter Construction

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum & Archives Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1951-1954
Accession Number
2019.59
Scope and Content
Photo album (cover missing) and assorted loose photos of smelter construction in the 1950's with panoramas, unidentified navy ship, haisla bridge, smelter, Caisson dock. Photo album includes aerials, potline construction, worker accommodation, power operations construction, Haisla bridge, caisson dock, dredging, transportation, and sandhill.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum & Archives Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2019.59
Date Range
1951-1954
History / Biographical
Unknown
Custodial History
Likely taken by an engineer on the Alcan project.
Scope and Content
Photo album (cover missing) and assorted loose photos of smelter construction in the 1950's with panoramas, unidentified navy ship, haisla bridge, smelter, Caisson dock. Photo album includes aerials, potline construction, worker accommodation, power operations construction, Haisla bridge, caisson dock, dredging, transportation, and sandhill.
Notes
Photos removed from album pages and put in envelopes.
Subject Access
Caisson docks
Haisla Bridge
Aerial
Smelter
Smeltersite
Potlines
Dredging
Sandhill
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Indigenous Grave House in Old Hazelton Cemetery

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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.
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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
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Grave Totem and Indigenous Gravehouse in Old Hazelton

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1959]
Accession Number
75.25
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Raven Totem and an Indigenous gravehouse in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
75.25
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[1959]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 12.5 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of a Raven Totem and an Indigenous gravehouse in the Old Hazelton Cemetery.
Notes
75.25.1 to 2
Geographic Access
Hazelton
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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June Coultan Collection

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Part Of
June Coultan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2005.14
Scope and Content
Collection of photos of Kemano, early townsite, and early Kitimat activities. There is also a greeting card and write-up included.
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Part Of
June Coultan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2005.14
Scope and Content
Collection of photos of Kemano, early townsite, and early Kitimat activities. There is also a greeting card and write-up included.
Notes
Cassette also included which is in the media cabinet.
Subject Access
Kemano
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 2
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Construction at the City Centre

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1979]
Accession Number
79.23
Scope and Content
Phototgraphs of the construction at City Centre, the new 2nd Ice Rink, commercial construction for the new Overwaitea, Condominiums on Lahakas South Boulevard, Mr.Mikes restaurant nearing completion, and Mr.Mikes completed, and the 2nd Ice Arena in City Centre being built.
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
79.23
Date Range
[1979]
Physical Description
10 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Phototgraphs of the construction at City Centre, the new 2nd Ice Rink, commercial construction for the new Overwaitea, Condominiums on Lahakas South Boulevard, Mr.Mikes restaurant nearing completion, and Mr.Mikes completed, and the 2nd Ice Arena in City Centre being built.
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Early Alcan and Construction

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.13
Scope and Content
62 photos of early Alcan and construction
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2017.13
Physical Description
14 photographs print : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm 48 photographs print : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
62 photos of early Alcan and construction
Subject Access
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Construction
Storage Location
Bay 2 Shelf 5 Box 1
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Kitselas Canyon Graves & Petroglyphs

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Accession Number
74.44
Scope and Content
Photographs of graves found in the Kitselas Canyon and people making rubbings (Ringbolt Island) in spring 1974. There is also one image showing Mrs. Jane Cross and the "Skeleton Man" petroglyph (April 1974).
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
74.44
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1974]
Physical Description
5 photograph prints : color ; 8 x 8cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of graves found in the Kitselas Canyon and people making rubbings (Ringbolt Island) in spring 1974. There is also one image showing Mrs. Jane Cross and the "Skeleton Man" petroglyph (April 1974).
Notes
74.44.2 to 12 (Missing 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
Name Access
Cross, Jane
Subject Access
Petroglyph
Kitselas Canyon
Tsimshian
Ringbolt Island
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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Nechako Centre & The Smelter Dock

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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Description Level
File
Date Range
[1962]
Accession Number
71.96
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Nechako Centre, the United Church, smelter dock, the public safety building, and the Kitimat Library
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Part Of
Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
71.96
Date Range
[1962]
Physical Description
20 slides : colour
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Nechako Centre, the United Church, smelter dock, the public safety building, and the Kitimat Library
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Power Transmission Lines Over Glacier

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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.
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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
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House Post Remains, Petroglyph, and Graves

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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.
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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
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Chester Steele fonds.

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Part Of
Chester Steele fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2000.32.
Scope and Content
18 photographs of Kemano.
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Part Of
Chester Steele fonds
Creator
Chester Steele
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2000.32.
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
13 photographs print : b&w ; 1 photograph print : sepia ; 7x10 1 photograph print : colour ; 10x15
Custodial History
Vancouver Island Regional Library
Scope and Content
18 photographs of Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of fond.
Name Access
Steele, Chester
Subject Access
Kemano
Kemano Post Office
Kemano Powerhouse
kemano Wharf
Storage Location
Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 3
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Bryan Quinlan fonds.

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Part Of
Bryan Quinlan fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
1950
Accession Number
2003.24
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Part Of
Bryan Quinlan fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2003.24
Date Range
1950
Custodial History
Collection of early Kitimat history documents and photos.
Kitimat Minor Hockey history, notes, photographs
Toastmaster’s Club booklet and photographs
17 photographs of Anderson Creek Trailer Camp
Kemano powerhouse 1950-1955
76 slides of the temporary wharf, Smeltersite, and the town
town planning maps
Name Access
Quinlan, Bryan
Subject Access
Kitimat Minor Hockey
Toastmasters
Anderson Creek Camp
Smeltersite
Kemano Powerhouse
Moore Creek drainage
Wharf
Early Kitimat
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Prince Rupert Daily News fonds.

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Part Of
Prince Rupert Daily News fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Date Range
17 Sept. 1991-26 Nov. 1992
Accession Number
2010.1
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs of the Alcan Smelter casting in Kitimat, power operations and residential areas in Kemano.
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Part Of
Prince Rupert Daily News fonds
Creator
Prince Rupert Daily News
Description Level
Fonds
Item Number
12
Accession Number
2010.1
Responsibility
Prince Rupert Daily News
Date Range
17 Sept. 1991-26 Nov. 1992
Physical Description
12 photographs : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
History / Biographical
The Prince Rupert Daily News is a community oriented newspaper that has been in continuous print for nearly one hundred years. With a proud tradition as the paper of record for Prince Rupert, BC since 1911, the Daily News is still going strong today. The newspaper provides their community and others with the latest information on local news, sports, and cultural activities around the area and important issues concerning Prince Rupert and the North Coast.
Custodial History
Stored at the Prince Rupert Daily News until the collection was transfered, as part of a larger collection, to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. The part of the collection pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano was transfered to the Kitimat Museum & Archives in January of 2010.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photographs of the Alcan Smelter casting in Kitimat, power operations and residential areas in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of the fond.
Name Access
Prince Rupert Daily News
Subject Access
Kemano
Powerhouses
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
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