Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Album showing Memorabilia of Alcan Kitimat Works employees. All the photos have been taken from the Ingots - unfortunately, not all have dates and years to identify the photos.
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Book titled "Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd. Employee Training Division Montreal Trainee Manual", with a dark green cover, and an image of an aluminum ingot in the centre. Includes a letter from P. E. Radley to Mr. W.S. Mosher, explaining that this manual was sent as a sort of "guidebook" for British Columbia Employees, instead of a tour of the Eastern Canada plants.
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
John McLachlan arrived in Kitimat in 1953 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.
Scope and Content
Photocopies of documents from John McLachlan's early years with Alcan. Includes Offer of Employment, Letter of Acceptance, Personnel Introduction Form, Decaration of Regular Employment, and Job Description.
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)
Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)
Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)
Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)
The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)
Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)
Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
"The Sagimat" notes (hand-written, 35 pages)
1955 - Sagimat's First Construction Year. From The sagimat Vol. 1 No.13, Dec 24, 1955 (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.1, Jan 7 1957. Christmas Day at Saguenay Lodge (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.2 No.1 29 June 1956. Progress in Pictures, Startling Achievement Recalled (2 pages)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.33 Aug 23, 1957. Regarding Kitimat dock. (1 page)
The Sagimat Vol.3 No.37 Sept 25, 1957. The Sandhill (2 pages)
Diary of Construction at Kitimat. 27 May 1957 to 8 December. John Sullivan, Alcan Museum. (hand-written, 5 pages)
Agreement Between The Government of the Province of British Columbia and Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited. 29 Dec, 1950. (13 pages)
Province of British Columbia Departmen of Lands and Forests, Water Rights Branch Conditional Water Licence (2 pages)
The Government of the Province of British Columbia, Department of Lands and Forests Permit Under the "Water Act, 1939", Authorizing the Occupation of Crown Lands (2 pages)
Project Post Vol.1 No.27 July 18, 1953. Those Were the Days. (3 pages)
Kitimat-Giants Among Giants by Harold Hilliard. The Star Weekly, July 31, 1954 (3 pages)
