Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Burns Lake Review article "Ex-residents like life in Kitimat". Ex Guiders.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Time and Place by Timothy Starr, Chief Councillor of Kitamaat Village. From Northern Sentinel 1956 (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Ed Meade, February 5, 1975
Sentinel Hill, Daduk'wilatzi
The Founding of Kitamaat. Speaker: Mr. Jeffrey Legaik (13 pages)
Historic Sign. Info drafted by Grodon Robinson at Gisela's request (2 pages)
Kitimat River Village (1 page)
Letter to Mr. Shakespeare from H, Duker. Re: Kitimat Indian Names (6 pages)
"Historical Inventory of the Kitimat-Stikine Region" compiled by R.K. Kaser, September 1974, for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, Terrace BC (4 pages)
Krause, Tlingit Indians
Fisheries fact Sheet. Eulachon, Anchovy, and Pilchard
Oolachon Fishing in the Kitimat River. Kitimat Northern Sentinel, April 16, 1957
Casey volume two number six. "The Kitamaat Story" (2 pages)
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
The Social Organization of the Haisla of British Columbia by R.L. Olsen. Anthropological Vol.2 No.5 pp 169-2000, University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif, 1940 (33 pages)
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
Collection of materials that Patricia Robertson used for her PhD.
Custodial History
Donated to the museum by Patricia Robertson.
Scope and Content
Folder containing research material.
Social Life and Religion of the Indians in Kitimat by Wan A. Lopatin. Univ. of Southern California, Social Science Series, No. 26, Univ. of Southern Calif. Press, Los Angeles, 1945 (hand-written, 29 pages)
1. Photograph of driving the last spike in the Kitimat/Terrace Railway, 8 Jul 1955. (formerly 982.46.20a, Tirrul-Jones Collection)
2. Photograph of Sikorsky Helicopter crossing a mile-deep gorge with cargo.
3. Two photographs of the Kenney Dam.
4. Photograph of green space beside town housing, Partridge Street.
5. Photograph of Tony, Josephine and Vincent Heslenfeld's Panabode home on Pintail Street.
6. Photograph of Kemano showing aerial tramway and railroad slash.
7. Photograph of Kemano Powerhouse construction.
3 photograph prints : colour ; 25cm x 20.5cm
3 photograph prints : b&w ; 25cm x 20.5cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5cm x 17.5cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 17.5cm x 12.5cm
History / Biographical
Purchased from the National Geographic Society Magazine for exhibition use.
Scope and Content
1. Photograph of driving the last spike in the Kitimat/Terrace Railway, 8 Jul 1955. (formerly 982.46.20a, Tirrul-Jones Collection)
2. Photograph of Sikorsky Helicopter crossing a mile-deep gorge with cargo.
3. Two photographs of the Kenney Dam.
4. Photograph of green space beside town housing, Partridge Street.
5. Photograph of Tony, Josephine and Vincent Heslenfeld's Panabode home on Pintail Street.
6. Photograph of Kemano showing aerial tramway and railroad slash.
7. Photograph of Kemano Powerhouse construction.
Photocopies of a triangulation survey from 1925 showing the Kitimat Arm, Skeena River and upper Kitimat River area. R.G.5.. Coast District B.C. Photocopy has 3 parts.
Donated by Margaret Vanderberg from the Ministry of Transportation + Highways on February 11, 2000.
Scope and Content
Photocopies of a triangulation survey from 1925 showing the Kitimat Arm, Skeena River and upper Kitimat River area. R.G.5.. Coast District B.C. Photocopy has 3 parts.
Photographs of a pioneer site in the area of the Upper Kitimat River. Photographs include a pitted cedar tree, an old cabin site, test pits, old boots found at cabin site, an old dugout, and notched/squared off logs.
14 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
4 photograph prints : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of a pioneer site in the area of the Upper Kitimat River. Photographs include a pitted cedar tree, an old cabin site, test pits, old boots found at cabin site, an old dugout, and notched/squared off logs.
The Surf Inlet Gold Mine was located on Princess Royal Island above Surf Inlet. Limited production began in 1902 and then ceased in 1905. The mine reopened production in 1917, after major development occurred. It was then operated by the Tonapah Belmont Development Company of Philadelphia. The mine closed in 1926. Three mines were opened in 1934 by Surf Inlet Consolidated Gold Mines, including the Surf Inlet Mine, the Pugsley Mine and the Belmont Mine. These closed permanently in 1943.
Custodial History
Donated by Bulkley Valley Museum/Dirk Mendel
Scope and Content
Folder containing stack of correspondance with Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada from the Surf Inlet Consolodated Gold Mines Ltd from 1941.
Logbook from of the 2nd Kitimat Company of Girl Guides. Contains written log entries, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Girl Guides events and activities.
Gabriel (Gabor) Nyeste was one of the leaders of the Scouts of the First Kitimat Troop (Boy Scouts). He moved to Kitimat to work on the Alcan project and left in the early 60s. He passed away in Kamloops in July 2020.
Custodial History
Donated by Gabriel Nyeste, Aug 6 1983.
Scope and Content
Logbook from of the 2nd Kitimat Company of Girl Guides. Contains written log entries, photographs, and newspaper clippings pertaining to the Girl Guides events and activities.
