Photo depicts one of four "Mallard" amphibian airplanes with Pacific Western Airlines that was used to transport personnel and freight between Vancouver, Kemano and Kitimat.
Photo depicts one of four "Mallard" amphibian airplanes with Pacific Western Airlines that was used to transport personnel and freight between Vancouver, Kemano and Kitimat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 5793. Alcan Collection
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Notes
Pan-Abode is interlocking red cedar building materials invented in 1948 in British Columbia. The builders of Kitimat chose innovative materials such as Pan-Abode for the town. Pan-Abode was used in some of the first prototype homes on Kitimat's first streets - Oriole, Pintail, and Partridge. It is also an efficient building material as a structure can be assembled very quickly. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. P00226.jpg
The man in the middle has both hands on the aircraft, and the man on the right has one hand resting on it. The aircraft is stationed in the water, and has the letters CF-JFL on the tail.
The man in the middle has both hands on the aircraft, and the man on the right has one hand resting on it. The aircraft is stationed in the water, and has the letters CF-JFL on the tail.
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
Photo depicts men towing supplies over the snow on a [sled], that were brought in by a junker seen here to West Tahtsa Lake Camp. Other unidentified men are gathered around the airplane.
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
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
Slide showing an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
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 an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
Photograph of unidentified Haisla students from the Kitamaat Village arriving at the Kitimat Wharf. Students were ferried across the Douglas Channel to attend school in Kitimat. Boat was used prior to the construction of a road in ca. 1965.
Photograph of unidentified Haisla students from the Kitamaat Village arriving at the Kitimat Wharf. Students were ferried across the Douglas Channel to attend school in Kitimat. Boat was used prior to the construction of a road in ca. 1965.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph appears in the Northern Sentinel, November 28, 1957. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo showing when will Kitimat's first traffic control lights go into regular operation? It could be as early as next week as the electrical contractor's men near the end of the wiring job on the controllers above. Councillors plan to visit the scene when the design consultant arrives from Vancouver next Monday and then make a decision as to a start-up date for the installation.
Current: 1960s
-District of Kitimat
-Miscellaneous
Scope and Content
Photo showing when will Kitimat's first traffic control lights go into regular operation? It could be as early as next week as the electrical contractor's men near the end of the wiring job on the controllers above. Councillors plan to visit the scene when the design consultant arrives from Vancouver next Monday and then make a decision as to a start-up date for the installation.
