Slide showing a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains 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 a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
Photograph of a group of kids posing with an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a clown on their left making balloon swords. One child near him is holding a completed balloon sword. On the right there is a child with a tiger painted face. They are inside the smaller high school gym.
Photograph of a group of kids posing with an ACT sign at the Aluminum City Telethon. There is a clown on their left making balloon swords. One child near him is holding a completed balloon sword. On the right there is a child with a tiger painted face. They are inside the smaller high school gym.
Photograph of family posing with Santa. Santa is sitting in a sleigh with two children in his lap, a man standing on the left and 4 additional people behind on the right. There is a Christmas tree behind them. Possibly in the Kitimat Mall.
Photograph of family posing with Santa. Santa is sitting in a sleigh with two children in his lap, a man standing on the left and 4 additional people behind on the right. There is a Christmas tree behind them. Possibly in the Kitimat Mall.
Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
Photograph of girl with lemon. Kitimat may not be the banana belt but it might qualify as the citrus fruit belt of British Columbia. Three year old Sharon Anne Strecheniuk posed with a monster lemon that has been ripening on a lemon tree in her home for the past eight months. The plant is two years old and has not borne fruit before. Sharon holds a normal lemon to show size of the big fellow.
