Part Of

Bud Powell Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2022.22.163

Scope and Content

Black covered book titled "Kitimat Townsite Report". No. A-33 Mr. J.E. Dudley. Contains info about early Kitimat and planning. Inside front cover are some loose pages with town plans.

Part Of

Lorna Daniel Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

19 - 30 Aug 1955

Accession Number

2020.1.10

Scope and Content

Photograph showing housing for the Alcan Smeltersite

Part Of

Lydia Strecheniuk Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2022.14.7

Scope and Content

Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.

Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.

Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.

Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.

Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.

Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.28

Scope and Content

Photograph of part of Alcan Plant.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.65

Scope and Content

Photograph of steam plant and construction of smelter at smeltersite.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.39

Scope and Content

Photograph of Malcolm Orsted on top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[3 August, 1954]

Accession Number

2005.8.8671

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the Duke of Edinburgh standing outside the plant with George P. Melrose, A.C. Turney, Nathaniel Davis, President of Aluminium Ltd, C.D. Howe, Percy E. Radley, Alcan's B.C. Project Manager, R.E. Powell, President of Aluminium Co. of Canada and Whitaker, Vice President and General Manager of Aluminium Co.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.24

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.25

Scope and Content

Photograph of Alcan from top of carbon plant.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[3 August, 1954]

Accession Number

2005.8.8670

Scope and Content

1 flip negative showing the Duke of Edinburgh looking at the result of an aluminum pouring done just for him by the Plant Manager, J.G. Campbell.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[3 August, 1954]

Accession Number

2005.8.8672

Scope and Content

Photograph showing A.C. Turney during the Duke of Edinburgh's visit.

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.

Part Of

Ann Graham Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2011.25

Scope and Content

Envelopes containing photos from broken down photo album of Kemano 1952/1953. Envelopes name which pages photos came from. Some envelopes have descriptions. Page 2 - Camp 5 Page 3 - Camp V and its destruction Page 4 - Horetsky Camp. Johnny after his helicopter accident - feed Sam Page 6 - The first camp 5 before it burned (tents) Page 7 - The Second Camp V Page 8 - Camp V seen from camp VI Page 11 - To 2600 feet camp Page 12 - Camp V underclouds from camp 2600 feet without clouds Page 15 - Camp 10 Chacha Page 16 - At camp 2600 Page 21 - First party with the nurses Page 23 - The first show all men cast Page 24 - Sam is always hungry Page 25 - Johnny, Marc, Arthur, Wally, John + Bill. Wonderful Times + Memories. Page 26 - Cherjune? Cheyenne, Max, Larry. Page 27 - Paula gentle friend, Gerrard, Max. Page 28 - Waiting for the dining room to open. Page 29 - Johnny + Tom Page 30 - My roommate Anthony Page 37 - Xmas day 1953 Page 40 - Kemano against Kitimat softball. Collection also includes: Envelope with paybills, receipts, clippings, and booklets. Envelope with albun on adhesive sheet pg. 1 Envelope with photgraph with album. Folder containing photcopies of album pages

Part Of

Carol Hamilton Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1953

Accession Number

2005.3

Scope and Content

Folder containing sketch showing Arrangement of Ten Mile Tunnels, Penstocks, Powerhouse, etc. with attachments - underground workings, powerhouse, Transverse Section, Surface, Geology & Topography of Kemano.

Part Of

Pat Stanyer Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2012.3.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kemano Camp. Raymond Stanyer was there as a foreman on the transmission line clearing.

Part Of

Onorio Iacobelli Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1955

Accession Number

2022.9.2

Scope and Content

Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.

Part Of

Onorio Iacobelli Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1955

Accession Number

2022.9.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a skip tram track. He is wearing a cap.

Part Of

Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca.1959]

Accession Number

2014.14.260

Scope and Content

Photo Kemano Powerhouse - Generator Floor. Shows three workers looking at various pieces of equipment and drawings.

Part Of

Onorio Iacobelli Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1955

Accession Number

2022.9.3

Scope and Content

Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is crouched with a mountain in the background. There is a low cloud billowing in front of the mountain behind him.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1955

Scope and Content

Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection