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
Kitimat City Centre Outdoor Rink, Feb 14, 1962, The Kitimat Advertiser clipping. "Fun in the Sun".
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.
Photographs of the Kildala River just after the eulachon harvest, stirring and boiling the eulachon, a eulachon bin after ripening, draining the eulachon boiler, and the final boiling of the eulachon oil with hot stones.
7 photographs prints : color ; 9 x 13cm
4 photograph prints : color ; 13 x 17.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Kildala River just after the eulachon harvest, stirring and boiling the eulachon, a eulachon bin after ripening, draining the eulachon boiler, and the final boiling of the eulachon oil with hot stones.
Photographs showing a 1 metre diameter tree which was notched in the past but has grown over, a cache pit made into the base of a tree, and an iron ring hanging on a rope near the cache pit.
2 photograph prints : color ; 12.5 x 9cm
1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing a 1 metre diameter tree which was notched in the past but has grown over, a cache pit made into the base of a tree, and an iron ring hanging on a rope near the cache pit.
One photograph of Kitimat Night School "Talking Shop" Mrs. Rosalie Gray (teacher) and Jean Kintsos (14 May 1957). One photograph of unknown construction workers in Kitimat (no date).
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
One photograph of Kitimat Night School "Talking Shop" Mrs. Rosalie Gray (teacher) and Jean Kintsos (14 May 1957). One photograph of unknown construction workers in Kitimat (no date).
Notes
983.42.1 to 5 (Missing 2 to 4) : R51-0a and R51-4a
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak lived and worked in Kitimat in the 1950s. Their daughter, Nancy Anne, was born here in 1957.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Nancy Hickinbottom (nee Marciniak) to the Kitimat Museum & Archives in November 2014.
Scope and Content
Series contains 38 photographs (37 b&w; 1 colour), mainly showing scenery and buildings around Kitimat in the early 1950s. Subjects depicted include: Hudson's Bay store steps, Mount Elizabeth, power lines, Kemano near Kildala Pass, a baby girl (presumably Nancy Anne Marciniak), bunkhouses, construction machines, buildings under construction, smeltersite, highways, early neighborhoods, Kitamaat Village, and the Kitimat River.
