Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1954

Accession Number

73.3.5.1

Scope and Content

View showing railway track laying in progress across the site of potlines 3 and 4 into plant, Moore Creek Bridge in the Background Dec.17, 1954 Alcan Neg. # 28529

Part Of

Maclean Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

July 1954

Accession Number

72.2

Scope and Content

First alumina boat to discharge alumina for Alcan Smelter in Kitimat - arrived from Port Esquivel, Jamaica, in July 1954. Ship was named S.S. "Sun Karen".

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 14 July 1970]

Accession Number

1998.1.8220

Scope and Content

Alcan workers on the picket line wearing signs which read "LOCAL 5115 USWA ON STRIKE".

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1957

Accession Number

78.11.149

Scope and Content

Photo depicts residents lined up outside the Townsite Camp Post Office.

Part Of

Frank Diersen Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954]

Accession Number

2009.1.22

Scope and Content

Photograph of Smeltersite Tents just below Line #1 (Alcan Smeltersite & Chemicals Ltd.) Standing left to right Frank Diersen and Tony Saalmann

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1969

Accession Number

77.6.2

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Pitline 1 and 2 of Alcan Smelter Site.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

2 February 1956

Accession Number

2005.8.204

Scope and Content

Photo showing William Courtenay, O.B.B., M.M. - Canadian Club Speaker, Author & Journalist visits Kitimat.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 19 Aug 1959]

Accession Number

1998.1.8241

Scope and Content

View of Alcan pot lines 1 & 2 at the smelter. Each line consists of 3 buildings.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.37

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Alcan Pot Lines in the centre of the picture, other industrial buildings around ; landscape in the background.

Part Of

Hal Whiting Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

16 December 1953

Accession Number

985.65.426

Scope and Content

Photo showing view looking south showing the erection of tar and pitch lines on truss between pumphouse and building #143 and Carbon Paste Plant.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

no date

Accession Number

2005.8.194

Scope and Content

Photo showing Wharf Fire (Kitimat Wharf) which belongs to Alcan. The part that had the fire was a storage bldg. used when the boats docked with supplies for both Kitimat/Kemano. Also, part of the wharf was taken and both the wharf and storage bldg. where not replaced.1960s

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Fonds

Accession Number

2017.12

Scope and Content

Two boxes of photographs and negatives showing early Kitimat and Alcan.

Part Of

Found in Collection

Description Level

Fonds

Date Range

1980

Accession Number

980.67

Scope and Content

10 slides featuring image of Kitimat in 1980. Slides include images of the Safety Building, hospital, an aerial, Moore Creek waterfall, golf course, centennial park, Lakelse Lake, Alcan Office, and Kitimat River.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.1

Scope and Content

Photograph showing industrial buildings in the bottom right, trees to the left and landscape in the background.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.2

Scope and Content

Photograph showing industrial site in the forground; showing alcan lines to the left ; landscape in the background.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.3

Scope and Content

Photograph showing buildings in the foreground with trees to the left. Iron bridge in the far right; landscape in the background.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.4

Scope and Content

Photograph showing trees in the foreground, buildings seen throught the trees to the right. Mountains and landscape in the background.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.12

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the smelter site in the foreground, trees and mountains in the back ground.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.21

Scope and Content

Photograph showing industrial buildings in the foreground and the sand hill in the back ground; tall circular buildings to the left.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.23

Scope and Content

Photograph showing industrial buildings to the right, trees to the left and landscape in the background.