Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.110

Scope and Content

Photographs of the Kitimat Constructors safety awards, two men shaking hands ; one man is handing an object to the other.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.111

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Kitimat Constructors safety awards, two men standing while facing eachother, one man holding an object; chairs in the back ground.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.112

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Kitimat Constructors safety awards ; two men behind a table, one man sitting; the man standing is shaking the hand of another man; Kitimat constructors sign behind them.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.113

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Kitimat Constructors safety awards ; two men standing and shaking hands ; chairs in the background.

Part Of

Gordon Lee Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 - 1954]

Accession Number

2013.08.114

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Kitimat Constructors safety awards; two men standing near a table; one facing the camera the other standing sideways.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

4 June 1964

Accession Number

2005.8.955

Scope and Content

Photo showing 'Miss Jamaica" and "Miss World" gets her low-down on Kitimat from Mr. R.T. Rudd - Public Relations - Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. office. Alcan was at the International Trade Fair in Vancouver.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

12 April 1962

Accession Number

2005.8.975

Scope and Content

Photo showing enlarged Medical Building at Kitimat Works - Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd. Smelter. Opened by Dr. F. de N. Brent (right). Left, Dr. Barbara Kraft; Nurse Denise MacKay (centre). Behind right Dr. J. Mack (hidden) next Nurse Mrs.Edna Eyre.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

9 Oct 1952

Accession Number

986.21.24

Scope and Content

Smelter Site looking East. Precast yard and storage in foreground. Structural steel being erected in Service Buildings. Forms being placed for Building 153 and Rectifier Building 102. Trucks dumping backfill behind. Burning in Townsite Area left background.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

78.11.28

Scope and Content

Smelter Site Looking East. Foreground, perforated Concrete Pipe for Ground Master Ditch. Middleground, Pre-cast Concrete Yard with Storage Stacks at right. Structural Steel partially complete in Service Buildings Lines D to M. Footings for Pot Line 2 at right.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

20 Aug 1953

Accession Number

985.65.293

Scope and Content

Smelter Site looking east from above sawmill. Note construction of Cedar Storage Shed in right foreground.

Part Of

Hal Whiting Fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

18 December 1952

Accession Number

985.65.131

Scope and Content

Looking North from the P.S. area showing townsite clearing.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953

Accession Number

78.11.43

Scope and Content

View looking west along potline building 2B. Note pouring of air duct walls in progress.

Part Of

Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

4 Mar 1955

Accession Number

2014.14.33

Scope and Content

Photograph of aerial view looking north showing the excavation for Alumina Storage Silos, and Potline 1 and 2 in background.

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

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 9 or 12 Sept 1961]

Accession Number

1998.1.8270

Scope and Content

Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to plant shut down caused by a rock slide in Kemano tunnel. (Rock Fall in the Kemano Power tunnel 65' long, 140' high, and 125 cubic yards of material) cut off power to Kitimat plant. Only after a dewatering of the tunnel, was power restored.

Part Of

Frank Hendy Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-52

Accession Number

984.70.16

Scope and Content

Sign on Kitimat Dock

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

23 September 1954

Accession Number

2005.8.3047

Scope and Content

Photo showing Helge Ronneseth and Kurt Zeiner from Norway. Alcan employees who first heard of Kitimat from an early copy of the Northern Sentinel; arrived as crew members of S.S. Sun Karen

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

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 13 June 1962]

Accession Number

1998.1.8356

Scope and Content

Aerial photo of the Kitimat river estuary showing Kitimat River, Kitimat Harbor, Minette Bay, and the Alcan company smelter site taken from the southwest looking northeast towards the Kitimat City Centre.

Part Of

Max Patzelt fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 9/12 Sept 1961]

Accession Number

1998.1.8269

Scope and Content

Alcan smelter employees returning to work after layoffs due to a tunnel closure in Kemano. (Rock fall in Kemano tunnel: 65' long, 140' high, 125 cubic yards of material had moved. Tunnel closure caused Alcan plant closure. Took a "dewatering" of tunnel to repair rock fall). Employee Eric Burr first through gate.