Four photographs of Kitselas Canyon looking from the Longhouse Site (approx. half a kilometer from the Fortress Site) & a totem pole at the Fortress Site. One image is at Gitxtseax, Kitselas Canyon showing hubcap targets for animal photography.
4 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 11cm
1 photograph print : color ; 11 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Four photographs of Kitselas Canyon looking from the Longhouse Site (approx. half a kilometer from the Fortress Site) & a totem pole at the Fortress Site. One image is at Gitxtseax, Kitselas Canyon showing hubcap targets for animal photography.
2 photograph print : b&w ; 19 x 24cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 24 x 17cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 12.5 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Four photographs showing a decaying totem pole at Kitselas Canyon (the fortress) and a view of the canyon looking North.
Notes
71.83 & 71.83.1 to 3 : Series number assigned as is due to these photographs being found at a later time after the collection was already entered into the database.
Photographs of graves found in the Kitselas Canyon and people making rubbings (Ringbolt Island) in spring 1974. There is also one image showing Mrs. Jane Cross and the "Skeleton Man" petroglyph (April 1974).
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of graves found in the Kitselas Canyon and people making rubbings (Ringbolt Island) in spring 1974. There is also one image showing Mrs. Jane Cross and the "Skeleton Man" petroglyph (April 1974).
Slide showing the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
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 the graving dock where the Alcan wharf caissons were constructed. It is filled with water. Boats and structures are visible on the edge. This area was used for the Kitimat Yacht Club. Behind, the Kitimat River estuary is visible, and beyond that the mountains (Mount Elizabeth obscured by cloud).
Photograph of the Delta King on the shore with smoke coming out of its pipe, trees and houses at the background, body of water at foreground. There is writing on the back that reads "The first bunk house at Kitimat Aluminum smelter plant - a converted paddle wheeler."
Given to Barkerville by Dave Johnson of Wells, June 19, 1991.
Custodial History
W.G. Quackenbush, Dave Johnson
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Delta King on the shore with smoke coming out of its pipe, trees and houses at the background, body of water at foreground. There is writing on the back that reads "The first bunk house at Kitimat Aluminum smelter plant - a converted paddle wheeler."
