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.
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Slide of 3 cats pushing away gravel at end of hydraulic dredge.
Photo showing a massive A-Frame towering over Crown Zellerbach's Minette Bay booming ground. The hoist picks up truckloads and dumps them into the bay where they are manouvered into booms for towing down to company mills down the coast.
Photo showing a massive A-Frame towering over Crown Zellerbach's Minette Bay booming ground. The hoist picks up truckloads and dumps them into the bay where they are manouvered into booms for towing down to company mills down the coast.
Photo showing boom sticks hit the water at Minette Bay as the first load of NarRiele Bloedel Company logs is unloaded. Driver of truck was Pat Stevens of Canae River Logging Limited.
Photo showing boom sticks hit the water at Minette Bay as the first load of NarRiele Bloedel Company logs is unloaded. Driver of truck was Pat Stevens of Canae River Logging Limited.
Photo showing Braun children, from left to right: Christel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursel Braun watching their family pet cat drink from a bowl in yard.
Photo showing Braun children, from left to right: Christel Braun, Lotti Braun, and Ursel Braun watching their family pet cat drink from a bowl in yard.
Photo showing the first truckload of logs crossing the new 155 foot Crown Zellerbach bridge over Hirsch Creek on its way to Minette bay booming grounds. The bridge with a capacity of 175 tons was constructed under the supervision of Crown Zellerbach's bridge engineer Duncan Thompson, who has been 42 years with the company. The bridge links up 16 miles of company logging roads.
Photo showing the first truckload of logs crossing the new 155 foot Crown Zellerbach bridge over Hirsch Creek on its way to Minette bay booming grounds. The bridge with a capacity of 175 tons was constructed under the supervision of Crown Zellerbach's bridge engineer Duncan Thompson, who has been 42 years with the company. The bridge links up 16 miles of company logging roads.
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.
