Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Photo depicts H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, leaving Kitimat by launch to embark on an R.C.A.F. Canso. Four other men accompany the Duke in the boat.
Photo depicts H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, leaving Kitimat by launch to embark on an R.C.A.F. Canso. Four other men accompany the Duke in the boat.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1119. Klaus Mueller Collection
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Photo depicts a crowd of mostly men gathered to watch Peggy Burbidge crowned Miss Kitimat at the Elk's Smeltersite Carnival on Dominion Day. Don Stewart, Kitamaat, Haisla Nation, in the crowd (lower left of centre).
Photo depicts a crowd of mostly men gathered to watch Peggy Burbidge crowned Miss Kitimat at the Elk's Smeltersite Carnival on Dominion Day. Don Stewart, Kitamaat, Haisla Nation, in the crowd (lower left of centre).
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts the Last Spike Ceremony for the Canadian National Railway Terrace to Kitimat line. From left is Duncan K. Kerr, Vice President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.C.; S.F. Dingle, Vice President of C.N.R, seen here driving in the aluminum spike.; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, C.N.R. Western Region; and Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Photo depicts the Last Spike Ceremony for the Canadian National Railway Terrace to Kitimat line. From left is Duncan K. Kerr, Vice President of Associated Boards of Trade of B.C.; S.F. Dingle, Vice President of C.N.R, seen here driving in the aluminum spike.; Major J.L. Charles, Chief Engineer, C.N.R. Western Region; and Percy E. Radley, Alcan Project Manager.
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-183. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 349-1. Photograph taken at 2:30 p.m. Truck overturned when the road gave way. River elevation was 50.45 feet and rose to a maximum of 51.1 feet at 6:30 p.m. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.13
Photo depicts soccer All Stars posing in front of a Canadian National Railway train, before leaving for Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Airlines from the Terrace Airport.
Photo depicts soccer All Stars posing in front of a Canadian National Railway train, before leaving for Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Airlines from the Terrace Airport.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The team lost 9-0 against Vancouver. It was noted at this time by League President George Madden that the Kitimat All Stars were handicapped by having to play on grass, which was very strange to them. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Photo depicts Philip ("Flying Phil") Gaglardi, B.C. Minister of Highways, doing the honors at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the opening of Highway No. 25, Terrace to Kitimat. A crowd of smiling people look on from the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph appears in the Northern Sentinel, November 28, 1957. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Rotary Club Soap Box Entry shows boy wearing a hard hat, seated in an aluminum foil covered Soap Box Cart 'Kitimat Rotary' is written on the side of cart. Station wagon and houses in background. Shop Easy in Nechako Centre.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 5.9 x 6.1 cm
Scope and Content
Rotary Club Soap Box Entry shows boy wearing a hard hat, seated in an aluminum foil covered Soap Box Cart 'Kitimat Rotary' is written on the side of cart. Station wagon and houses in background. Shop Easy in Nechako Centre.
Photo showing from left to right: Contractor John Watt, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, unknown, Don Forward owner of Kitimat Builder Supplies and president of Chamber of Commerce.
Photo showing from left to right: Contractor John Watt, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, unknown, Don Forward owner of Kitimat Builder Supplies and president of Chamber of Commerce.
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- 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. Northern Sentinel Press Collection