Slide showing truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible in the distance.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible in the distance.
Malcolm Baxter died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael.
Custodial History
Part of items collected by Malcolm Baxter, former editer of NSP. Brought into the museum by Judith Cullington, Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Scope and Content
Photograph of dredging pontoons carrying 24" discharge pipes. Looking west from end of N/S mole. Bunkhouses in background.
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.
Photo showing Walter M. Harvard (left), Ian MacDonald - Club Secretary (right). Crisp new debentures were handed out to Curling Club members this week.
Photo showing Walter M. Harvard (left), Ian MacDonald - Club Secretary (right). Crisp new debentures were handed out to Curling Club members this week.
Showing steel framework of Kitimat's first curling club building being erected just East of the Kitimat River Bridge, Rod and Gun Association clubhouse is in the background.
Showing steel framework of Kitimat's first curling club building being erected just East of the Kitimat River Bridge, Rod and Gun Association clubhouse is in the background.
Photo depicts a worker watching as a 19-ton horizontal penstock liner is transported on an aerial tramway from Camp No. 5 to Camp No. 1600.
Notes
Alcan ID no. 2KR-81. -- This liner was the first and largest of the penstock liners. -- Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production in 1954 with Penstock No. 1. Alcan Collection
Photo showing First Ice Hockey Rink built southeast of Nechako Centre by Municipal Staff Members. (L) Lynn Craig; (R) Kim Creed with sticks; (B/G) John Bush, Peter Springer, Nyl Creed, Judy Kreller, Sharon Sestrap, Anne Sheardown.
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) District of Kitimat (a) Recreation - Ice Hockey Rink
Scope and Content
Photo showing First Ice Hockey Rink built southeast of Nechako Centre by Municipal Staff Members. (L) Lynn Craig; (R) Kim Creed with sticks; (B/G) John Bush, Peter Springer, Nyl Creed, Judy Kreller, Sharon Sestrap, Anne Sheardown.
Photograph of the crowning of Alice Eakin as Miss Kitimat in 1956. Alice is standing in the center holding a bouquet of flowers. A woman in a spotted dress is behind her is placing the crown on her head, and a little girl in a dress is standing in front of her. There are two men standing to either side. A large crowd is behind.
Edna Nicolay (Webb) was the former Miss Kitimat in 1955. Her and her family moved to Kitimat on April 8, 1955.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the crowning of Alice Eakin as Miss Kitimat in 1956. Alice is standing in the center holding a bouquet of flowers. A woman in a spotted dress is behind her is placing the crown on her head, and a little girl in a dress is standing in front of her. There are two men standing to either side. A large crowd is behind.
Photograph of the crowning of Alice Eakin as Miss Kitimat in 1956. Alice is standing in the center holding a bouquet of flowers. A woman in a spotted dress is behind her, and a little girl in a dress is standing in front of her. There are two men at the right, and another man's arm with a camera? can be seen at the left. A large crowd is behind.
Edna Nicolay (Webb) was the former Miss Kitimat in 1955. Her and her family moved to Kitimat on April 8, 1955.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the crowning of Alice Eakin as Miss Kitimat in 1956. Alice is standing in the center holding a bouquet of flowers. A woman in a spotted dress is behind her, and a little girl in a dress is standing in front of her. There are two men at the right, and another man's arm with a camera? can be seen at the left. A large crowd is behind.
Photo showing the final shot that defeated visiting Kemano curlers. Kemano: C.W. Abrahamson - skip; Lorne Davidson; Hugh MacDonald; Jack Martin. Kitimat: A.A. Conrad - skip; Jack Mitchell; Fred McKeown; John Springer.
Photo showing the final shot that defeated visiting Kemano curlers. Kemano: C.W. Abrahamson - skip; Lorne Davidson; Hugh MacDonald; Jack Martin. Kitimat: A.A. Conrad - skip; Jack Mitchell; Fred McKeown; John Springer.
