Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of first trailers arrived in Kitimat via boat.
Photograph of the recovery of the 14 foot boat aluminum boat from the Kitimat River points from the strength of the river that took the heavy boat under the log jam
Photograph of the recovery of the 14 foot boat aluminum boat from the Kitimat River points from the strength of the river that took the heavy boat under the log jam
Photo showing a truck having it's trailer piggy-backed for a return trip and another load, after having deposited a load of logs at Crown Zellerbach's Minette Bay grounds.
Photo showing a truck having it's trailer piggy-backed for a return trip and another load, after having deposited a load of logs at Crown Zellerbach's Minette Bay grounds.
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 bulldozer pulling a trailer containing what appears to be gravel.
