Photo showing Miss Kitimat of 1965 contestants, George Thom president of the Kitimat Kiwanis Club at speaker while contestants sit behind him on stage on July 1st. Molly Edwards was selected as Miss Kitimat.
Photo showing Miss Kitimat of 1965 contestants, George Thom president of the Kitimat Kiwanis Club at speaker while contestants sit behind him on stage on July 1st. Molly Edwards was selected as Miss Kitimat.
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).
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Title based on content of photograph. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Public relations photograph of Kitimat. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
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Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
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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 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.
