Photograph of smeltersite looking east showing clearing of land for smelter. Machinery and materials visible, as well as the start of some building framework. Mount Elizabeth visible at far right of image.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of smeltersite looking east showing clearing of land for smelter. Machinery and materials visible, as well as the start of some building framework. Mount Elizabeth visible at far right of image.
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 married quarters and RCMP office in foreground. Kitimat.
Photograph of a Kitimat police officer, Constable McDonald, standing on a police patrol vessel at the wharf. The stern of the ship is marked "R.C.M.P. M.L. 15."
Photograph of a Kitimat police officer, Constable McDonald, standing on a police patrol vessel at the wharf. The stern of the ship is marked "R.C.M.P. M.L. 15."
Interior shot of the police station at Kitimat smeltersite, showing a desk with a typewriter, telephone, radio equipment, and more. There is a Hudson Bay Company calendar on the wall and a Columbia Encyclopedia atop a cabinet.
Interior shot of the police station at Kitimat smeltersite, showing a desk with a typewriter, telephone, radio equipment, and more. There is a Hudson Bay Company calendar on the wall and a Columbia Encyclopedia atop a cabinet.
Photograph of a muddy, unpaved roadway through the forest, with a woman (Joan Ingram) standing to the right. Many stumps and debris from clearing trees in the foreground. This route was the future CNR line between Kitimat and Terrace.
Joan Ingram was the daughter of Charles Ingram, superintendent of Kitimat Construction.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a muddy, unpaved roadway through the forest, with a woman (Joan Ingram) standing to the right. Many stumps and debris from clearing trees in the foreground. This route was the future CNR line between Kitimat and Terrace.
Photo showing view looking south along railway right of way between Anderson and Moore Creeks showing excavation for steel water line and Tote Road at righht.
Photo showing view looking south along railway right of way between Anderson and Moore Creeks showing excavation for steel water line and Tote Road at righht.
Photo showing "Opening of the Royal Bank of Canada, 1st Bank in Service Centre". Office in Kitimat Builders Supply; 1st business to open in Service Centre. L/R Jack Hilts, Manager; Reeve Will Sparks; E.D. Don Forward, Manager of Kitimat Builders; George Malby, Alcan Resident Engineer; ??; J.T. Madill, Alcan Power Engineer; Norm Bradshaw, Bank Accountant; Larry Ecroyd, Northern Sentinel.
#2: Northern Sentinel: Box #2: Heritage Files - Royal Bank
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Photo showing "Opening of the Royal Bank of Canada, 1st Bank in Service Centre". Office in Kitimat Builders Supply; 1st business to open in Service Centre. L/R Jack Hilts, Manager; Reeve Will Sparks; E.D. Don Forward, Manager of Kitimat Builders; George Malby, Alcan Resident Engineer; ??; J.T. Madill, Alcan Power Engineer; Norm Bradshaw, Bank Accountant; Larry Ecroyd, Northern Sentinel.
Photograph of RCMP officer in red uniform in front of building at smeltersite. Possibly a guest house. House is on a mound of dirt, possibly prepped for a garden. Bottom is lined with stones. There is another small, white building higher up on the right.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of RCMP officer in red uniform in front of building at smeltersite. Possibly a guest house. House is on a mound of dirt, possibly prepped for a garden. Bottom is lined with stones. There is another small, white building higher up on the right.
Photograph of Kitimat homes in the winter. There are homes on the left and right of the picture, and a path between them lined with power poles. Forest and mountain in the background., with a snowy Mount Elizabeth the furthest back on the left.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat homes in the winter. There are homes on the left and right of the picture, and a path between them lined with power poles. Forest and mountain in the background., with a snowy Mount Elizabeth the furthest back on the left.