Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Wedding photo of Mr. and Mrs. Fountain from 1910. Dorothea, born in 1872, came to Kitamaat for mission work. She was a doctor, having received a degree at Trinity Medical Collage in Toronto in 1904, and as a woman, this was an unusual profession for the time. She was well liked by the people in Kitamaat, and became close with the Anderson family, often visiting their ranch as a respite from her duties. It was there she met Jack Fountain, a surveyor of lumber prospects. He arrived one night exhausted and ill, with his arm in an advanced state of devil’s club poisoning. Dr. Bower was called in to treat him, and managed to save not only his life, but his arm as well. It was from this incident that the two fell in love, and Jack asked Dorothea to marry him for saving his life. The engagement was not taken positively by those who knew them though. Jack was a kind and humorous man, but 10 years older and not religious; not considered a suitable fit for Dorothea. But despite opposition and risk for her reputation, the two were married in 1910 in Ontario, and later moved to Vancouver where this photo was taken.
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Donated by Mary Richmond.
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Photograph of Jack Fountain and Dr. Dorothea Bower (Mr and Mrs Fountain). This is supposedly their wedding photo. Photo taken at Artona Studio, Hastings & Homer Sts. Vancouver, B.C.
Girl Guide Diary: A xeroxed copy of Northern Lights Divisions, Kitimat- Kemano. District 1953-1965- Diary This volume was compiled in tribute to Ms. Stan Rough and the Guides and women of the community who gave generously of their time; Mrs. Mary L. Connolly compiled the diary.
Girl Guide Diary: A xeroxed copy of Northern Lights Divisions, Kitimat- Kemano. District 1953-1965- Diary This volume was compiled in tribute to Ms. Stan Rough and the Guides and women of the community who gave generously of their time; Mrs. Mary L. Connolly compiled the diary.
Photograph of a group of what appear to be Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. The Boy Scouts are in the front, and the Girl Guides further back. There are various flags being held amond them. Three of them are British flags. Forest in the background.
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.
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Photograph of a group of what appear to be Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. The Boy Scouts are in the front, and the Girl Guides further back. There are various flags being held amond them. Three of them are British flags. Forest in the background.
Photograph of what appear to be Boy Scouts and Girl Guides lined up on a wooden platform. They are holding various flags. Three of them are British flags. There is another line of younger boys on the left. Behind is a white fence, and beyond that the forest.
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.
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Photograph of what appear to be Boy Scouts and Girl Guides lined up on a wooden platform. They are holding various flags. Three of them are British flags. There is another line of younger boys on the left. Behind is a white fence, and beyond that the forest.
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.
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Photograph of a jack-o-lantern on a red pedestal in a home. Couch with floral pattern cushions behind. Behind in left is a window with a blue curtain.
Photo and slide showing possibly Jack Pine's Cabin with five people standing in front. Writing on slides states: "At the end of 'President's Trail', July/55, Bob, Winnie, Harry, Jean L. & Leone.
1 photograph: colour; 6" x 4"
1 slide : colour ; 3.5 cm x 2.4cm
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Photo and slide showing possibly Jack Pine's Cabin with five people standing in front. Writing on slides states: "At the end of 'President's Trail', July/55, Bob, Winnie, Harry, Jean L. & Leone.
Photograph of Jack Pine's cabin at the end of the 'President's Trail" July 1955 at Minette Bay ( Bob, Winnie, Harry, Joan L and Leone). Jack Pine was an Indigenous farmer from the Village.
Photograph of Jack Pine's cabin at the end of the 'President's Trail" July 1955 at Minette Bay ( Bob, Winnie, Harry, Joan L and Leone). Jack Pine was an Indigenous farmer from the Village.
Photograph of the Recreation Hall. Back of photo reads 'The Recreation Hall with part of the trailer camp to the left. Mount Bolton in the background."
Photograph taken by Dave Geddes, Bank of Montreal, and given to Sylvia Anderson
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Photograph of the Recreation Hall. Back of photo reads 'The Recreation Hall with part of the trailer camp to the left. Mount Bolton in the background."
Notes
It is possible that 'Mount Bolton' is 'Mount Elizabeth'.
Photograph of the Recreation Hall. Back of photograph reads: 'The Rec Hall & The Shoe Horn - shoe repair shop was the first private enterprise in Kitimat.'
Photograph taken by Dave Geddes, Bank of Montreal, and given to Sylvia Anderson
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Photograph of the Recreation Hall. Back of photograph reads: 'The Rec Hall & The Shoe Horn - shoe repair shop was the first private enterprise in Kitimat.'
Slide showing five people standing in front of an abandoned house, brush all around. Written on the slide in ink 'At the end of "President's Trail", July/55, Bob Winnie, Harry, Jean L. and Leone
Slide showing five people standing in front of an abandoned house, brush all around. Written on the slide in ink 'At the end of "President's Trail", July/55, Bob Winnie, Harry, Jean L. and Leone
Newspaper Clippings Girl Guides
- It's Guide Cookie Week, April 28th, 1958
- Dedication of flag at Morning Service, Christ Church, June 10 by 2nd company Kitimat Girl Guides.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
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Newspaper Clippings Girl Guides
- It's Guide Cookie Week, April 28th, 1958
- Dedication of flag at Morning Service, Christ Church, June 10 by 2nd company Kitimat Girl Guides.
Logbook from of the 2nd Kitimat Company of Girl Guides. Contains written log entries, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Girl Guides events and activities.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
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Logbook from of the 2nd Kitimat Company of Girl Guides. Contains written log entries, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Girl Guides events and activities.
