Photos of early Kitimat life, including Hans W. Harnoth and Shirley Harnoth, parents of Harry Harnoth. Hans. W. Harnoth was born in Berlin but immigrated to Kitimat after hearing about job opportunities at Alcan. Hans and Shirley Harnoth were in Kitimat from 1955-1958, and always ranted and raved about how beautiful Kitimat was and all the wonders it has to offer.
Custodial History
Donated by Jacob Lubberts
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men near large collapsed tree? near water. One man has hand on tree, possibly Hans Harnoth.
Slide showing a large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
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 large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
Photograph of Moore Creek area - central distribution warehouse at left, addition to field office at right, looking east. Vehicles around, and men working on the rooves of the buildings. Some snow visible.
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Moore Creek area - central distribution warehouse at left, addition to field office at right, looking east. Vehicles around, and men working on the rooves of the buildings. Some snow visible.
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 Moore Creek Field Office from SW. Kitimat BC.
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.
Photograph of a man holding a large salmon at Kemano. Salmon has a rope tied around its tail that the man is holding it by. Man is wearing what looks like a type of hardhat. There is a house behind him.
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 a man holding a large salmon at Kemano. Salmon has a rope tied around its tail that the man is holding it by. Man is wearing what looks like a type of hardhat. There is a house behind him.
Photograph of downstream end of the two multiplate culverts at Lahakas & Haisla Blvds. after a 24 hour rainfall of 3.18". Two men are standing up on road looking at water.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of downstream end of the two multiplate culverts at Lahakas & Haisla Blvds. after a 24 hour rainfall of 3.18". Two men are standing up on road looking at water.
Photo of spectators of Portuguese vs. Indians soccer game played at Kitamaat Village. More than 500 fans were at the village on Sunday, April 19, 1956 to watch Sunday's Soccer League.
Photo of spectators of Portuguese vs. Indians soccer game played at Kitamaat Village. More than 500 fans were at the village on Sunday, April 19, 1956 to watch Sunday's Soccer League.
