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.
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-702. Alcan Collection
Photograph of a trailer on a dirt road. Trailer is on the right side, and silver with a red top. Red portion has text that reads "Saguenay Kitimat". There are large rocks placed on either side of the trailers wheels to hold it in place. Along the right is also a slope leading up a mountain. Slope has trees and woody debris on it.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a trailer on a dirt road. Trailer is on the right side, and silver with a red top. Red portion has text that reads "Saguenay Kitimat". There are large rocks placed on either side of the trailers wheels to hold it in place. Along the right is also a slope leading up a mountain. Slope has trees and woody debris on it.