Slide showing a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
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 a man in glasses kneeling down behind a little boy with a red coat and grey cap. The boy is holding a ball. Behind them is a grey vehicle of some sort. To the left of the vehicle is piles of wooden planks. There are some people in red visible beyond that, as well as a house. Douglas Channel and mountains in the distance.
Photograph of three men posing with a shot Grizzly Bear at Kemano. Two of the men are standing on either side, and one is sitting on the bears back. There is a rifle being held under the bear's head.
Kemano Timber Limited photos. The President and CEO was Ernest G. McCorkell.
Custodial History
Photos donated by James (Jim) Stewart.
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men posing with a shot Grizzly Bear at Kemano. Two of the men are standing on either side, and one is sitting on the bears back. There is a rifle being held under the bear's head.
A photograph of three members of the Kitimat Drama and Variety Club displaying the award on their arrival back from the Prince Rupert Drama festival. Left Rhoda Fleetwood, Bob Block and Peta Gleadow
A photograph of three members of the Kitimat Drama and Variety Club displaying the award on their arrival back from the Prince Rupert Drama festival. Left Rhoda Fleetwood, Bob Block and Peta Gleadow
One of the first prize gardens on Starling Street in the annual community competition.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Nels Klit, his daughter, and wife in the family's garden on Starling Street.
Notes
Other number 45048C. Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. A colourized version of this photograph appears in the “Kitimat: Tomorrow’s City Today”, by B.J. McGuire and Roland Wild, reprint booklet, Canadian Geographical Journal, November 1959. Alcan Collection
Photo showing L/R Reeve Matt Gooding; Attorney-General Robert Bonner. Kitimat receives Highway Safety Award - no traffic fatalities in 1958. Award from Cdn. Highway Safety Conference.
Photo showing L/R Reeve Matt Gooding; Attorney-General Robert Bonner. Kitimat receives Highway Safety Award - no traffic fatalities in 1958. Award from Cdn. Highway Safety Conference.
A photograph of Mt Elizabeth School's top award winners. Gerhard Kehl - Municipal Citizen, Lillian Low - Proficiency Junior and Sharon Sestrap - Proficiency Senior
A photograph of Mt Elizabeth School's top award winners. Gerhard Kehl - Municipal Citizen, Lillian Low - Proficiency Junior and Sharon Sestrap - Proficiency Senior
