Photograph of two men on a staircase of a wooden building, possibly Smeltersite Sawmill. On back: green stamp ' Photo Hoetzsch 104 West 2nd St., North Vancouver, BC'.
Photograph of two men on a staircase of a wooden building, possibly Smeltersite Sawmill. On back: green stamp ' Photo Hoetzsch 104 West 2nd St., North Vancouver, BC'.
Photo depicts worker Max Audet lifting by hoist lumber at the sawmill at Anderson Creek.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Mill production in 1956 was more than 6,000,000 board feet. -- All lumber used for Saguenay - Kitimat Company (Sagimat) buildings was sawn and dressed at this local mill. Alcan Collection
Photograph of sawmill with pond in foreground. Pond is filled with logs. There is a conveyor leading from the sawmill building on the right to the burner on the left. Mountain in background.
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 sawmill with pond in foreground. Pond is filled with logs. There is a conveyor leading from the sawmill building on the right to the burner on the left. Mountain in background.
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 cleared out area at smeltersite. Raised mound towards the middle with vehicle tracks. Douglas Channel visible in distance.
