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Part Of
Prince Rupert Daily News fonds.
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
26 Sept. 1991
Accession Number
2010.1.3
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenney Dam
Part Of
Prince Rupert Daily News fonds.
Creator
Prince Rupert Daily News
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2010.1.3
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Prince Rupert Daily News
Date Range
26 Sept. 1991
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21.5 x 28cm
Custodial History
This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenney Dam
Notes
PRDN # P00403
Subject Access
Kenney Dam
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Part Of
Busby Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Accession Number
2002.27.2
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenney Dam
Part Of
Busby Collection
Creator
Bill Flonders
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.27.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[1961-1967]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5
Custodial History
Given to Fred Busby. Brought in to the Museum by Virgil Cymbaluk.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenney Dam
Notes
Part of binder assembled by Bill Flonders - Employment, Training & Apprenticeship, Alcan.
Name Access
Busby, Fred
Flonders, Bill
Cymbaluk, Virgil
Subject Access
Kenney Dam
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Alcan - Nechako Reservoir & Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28585
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Accession Number
2004.16
Scope and Content
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Creator
Max Patzelt
Description Level
Series
Series Number
7
Accession Number
2004.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1979]
Physical Description
12 negatives
Custodial History
Negatives created by Max Patzelt.
Scope and Content
Negatives showing the Nechako Reservoir, the Kenney Dam, & the Skins Lake Spillway which were built to create hydroelectric power to be used by the Alcan aluminum smelter in Kitimat. Also pictured is Des Lake, Alcan barge Tahtsa II at East Tahtsa, a view of the Entiako River as it enters the Nechako Reservoir, an underwater cutting barge, & Eurocan's logging operation at Andrews Bay on Ootsa Lake.
Notes
No.19, No.22, No.44, No.47, No.49, No.53, No.56, No.58, No.85, No.105, No.119, No.136
Subject Access
Kenney Dam
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Reservoir
Barge
Ootsa Lake
Aerial
Storage Location
Negative Storage
Part Of
Norrington Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1952
Accession Number
984.19
Scope and Content
Photo showing the official opening ceremony of the Kenney Dam, Federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police in dress uniform present.
Part Of
Norrington Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
984.19
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: col.; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing the official opening ceremony of the Kenney Dam, Federal Royal Canadian Mounted Police in dress uniform present.
Subject Access
Dams

Kenney Dam Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description22
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Kenney Dam during its construction.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. A rock dam was chosen for its ability to withstand earthquakes. District of Kitimat Collection Accession no. 987.10.2
Subject Access
Construction
Dams
Images

Kitimat-Kemano Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description9
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
3
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1959
Physical Description
1 illustration : b&w
Scope and Content
Illustration depicts the extent of the Project, from the Kenney Dam and reservoir area to the transmission line and smelter. The future tunnel or the Kemano Completion Project is also included.
Notes
Illustration from Alcan's publication "Kitimat-Kemano, Five Years of Operation, 1954-1959". Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Images

Aerial view of Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description23
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960?
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kenney Dam showing the original construction road system and camp area.
Notes
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Subject Access
Dams
Construction
Aerial
Images
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2005.8.236
Scope and Content
Photo showing The Kenney Dam, also the construction site. The Nechako Reservoir started to fill in October 1952, and with completion of the Kenney Dam in 1954 a 145 mile long expanse of water covering 339 sq. miles was created.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Creator
NSP
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.236
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
NSP
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 10.5" x 8.5"
Custodial History
Historical- Project (out of Box #1)
Scope and Content
Photo showing The Kenney Dam, also the construction site. The Nechako Reservoir started to fill in October 1952, and with completion of the Kenney Dam in 1954 a 145 mile long expanse of water covering 339 sq. miles was created.
Subject Access
Kenney Dam
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2018.2.27
Scope and Content
Slide of top of Kenney Dam.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.2.27
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
John McLachlan worked for Property Engineering with Alcan.
Custodial History
Jean Lunny
Scope and Content
Slide of top of Kenney Dam.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Storage Location
Slide Box 1
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2018.2.28
Scope and Content
Slide of aerial view of Kenney Dam.
Part Of
Jean Lunny Collection
Creator
John McLachlan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.2.28
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
John McLachlan worked for Property Engineering with Alcan.
Custodial History
Jean Lunny
Scope and Content
Slide of aerial view of Kenney Dam.
Name Access
McLachlan, John
Storage Location
Slide Box 1
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Ca. 1954
Accession Number
2005.8.9296
Scope and Content
Photograph of guiding construction at Kenney Dam are (left to right) Harry Jomini, resident engineer for Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd, and "Hak" Nielsen, general superintendent, and J.R. Bremner, project manager, for the contractor, Mannix Ltd, of Vancouver. Mannix Ltd is the sub-contractor for Morrison-Knudsen Company of Canada, Ltd. Sluicing down of dam's rock fill is going on in background.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9296
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of guiding construction at Kenney Dam are (left to right) Harry Jomini, resident engineer for Aluminum Company of Canada, Ltd, and "Hak" Nielsen, general superintendent, and J.R. Bremner, project manager, for the contractor, Mannix Ltd, of Vancouver. Mannix Ltd is the sub-contractor for Morrison-Knudsen Company of Canada, Ltd. Sluicing down of dam's rock fill is going on in background.
Name Access
Jomini, Harry
Nielsen, Hak
Bremner, J.R.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Accession Number
2005.8.8341
Scope and Content
Photograph of the men in front of Kenney Dam
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8341
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph ; 10 x 8 in ; b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of the men in front of Kenney Dam

Aerial View of Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33471
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1963]
Accession Number
2005.8.9112
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking Northeast
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9112
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking Northeast

Kenney Dam on the Nechako River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description23658
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.8.6656
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kenney Dam on the Nechako River.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.6656
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20x25cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kenney Dam on the Nechako River.

Kenney Dam official naming ceremony

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description25
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 10, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts some of the workers and their families gathered for the official naming ceremony for Kenney Dam.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
19
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 10, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts some of the workers and their families gathered for the official naming ceremony for Kenney Dam.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- The ceremony took place in a special area at 2PM. -- Do not have original photograph. Ron Whyte Collection
Images

Dignitaries at Kenney Dam Naming Ceremony

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27363
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.647
Scope and Content
Photo of four men in suits. One man with his arm raised in greeting, a cigar in his other hand. They are standing on a railcar. Naming ceremony for Kenny Dam. Left to right: The Honourable Edward T. Kenney, Liberal Minister of the Department of Lands and Forests for the Province of British Columbia, Ron Whyte's father William Alan Whyte, General Freight Agent (Western Division) for the Canadian National Railways and Steamships, Vancouver, BC; McNeely DuBose, Vice-President, Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited; and The Honourable Clarence Wallace, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.647
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 24.6 x 19.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of four men in suits. One man with his arm raised in greeting, a cigar in his other hand. They are standing on a railcar. Naming ceremony for Kenny Dam. Left to right: The Honourable Edward T. Kenney, Liberal Minister of the Department of Lands and Forests for the Province of British Columbia, Ron Whyte's father William Alan Whyte, General Freight Agent (Western Division) for the Canadian National Railways and Steamships, Vancouver, BC; McNeely DuBose, Vice-President, Aluminum Company of Canada, Limited; and The Honourable Clarence Wallace, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia.
Name Access
DuBose, McNeely
Alan, William
Kenney, Edward T.
Wallace, Clarence
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aerial View Looking South at the Kenney Dam

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33472
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1963]
Accession Number
2005.8.9113
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking south at downstream face.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9113
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1963]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking south at downstream face.

Aerial View of Kenney Dam Looking East

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33473
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1964]
Accession Number
2005.8.9114
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking east along downstream face.
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.9114
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[July 3, 1964]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an aerial view of Kenney Dam looking east along downstream face.

People Gathered for Kenney Dam Naming Ceremony

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27365
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.648
Scope and Content
Photo of people standing in front of large area of cleared land with a winding dirt road. Euclids and other machinery visible on road. Gathering is for the Kenney Dam naming ceremony and the crowd is overlooking the dam site.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.648
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 24.6 x 19.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of people standing in front of large area of cleared land with a winding dirt road. Euclids and other machinery visible on road. Gathering is for the Kenney Dam naming ceremony and the crowd is overlooking the dam site.
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
985.65.56
Scope and Content
Photo showing a TD-24 spreading a layer of alrge stones at the base of Nechako Damn west to the rock fill portion which is laid in first, these layers of various size rock, stone and clay with all slope towards the rock fill at about the degree pitch.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Creator
Hal Whiting
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
985.65.56
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 21.5 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing a TD-24 spreading a layer of alrge stones at the base of Nechako Damn west to the rock fill portion which is laid in first, these layers of various size rock, stone and clay with all slope towards the rock fill at about the degree pitch.
Subject Access
Dam

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