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 construction material for the Haisla Bridge at the bridge site.
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 material laid down for building the Alcan smelter potlines. Another concrete building is visible behind.
Slide showing truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible 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 truck carring metal beams? for smelter construction at smeltersite. Powerlines on the left. Framework for another building visible in the distance.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Photograph of fill material being placed on Lahakas Blvd. just north of Gyrfalcon St. This is part of the neighbourhood A-II major roads and is a minicipality responsibility. Dump truck dumping fill is on the left, and the driver has the door open and is looking out to the back.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of fill material being placed on Lahakas Blvd. just north of Gyrfalcon St. This is part of the neighbourhood A-II major roads and is a minicipality responsibility. Dump truck dumping fill is on the left, and the driver has the door open and is looking out to the back.
Photograph of waste material being loaded out of he Riverlodge area. A large proportion of this waste is ice and snow. Bulldozer visible on mound of debris on left, and another bulldozer on the right is loading material into a dump truck.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of waste material being loaded out of he Riverlodge area. A large proportion of this waste is ice and snow. Bulldozer visible on mound of debris on left, and another bulldozer on the right is loading material into a dump truck.
File folder - information re: Archeological material gathered from Pike Creek Foreshore Devastation Channel Permit#1993-39. Various documents and maps realting to this. Second folder contains pack of 22 photos and negatives titled Pike Creek A.I.A. 9315.
Donated by Crystal Sawyer from Amec Environment & Infastructure
Scope and Content
File folder - information re: Archeological material gathered from Pike Creek Foreshore Devastation Channel Permit#1993-39. Various documents and maps realting to this. Second folder contains pack of 22 photos and negatives titled Pike Creek A.I.A. 9315.
