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Temporary Housing Site in Neighbourhood C-1

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.51
Scope and Content
Photograph of the temporary housing site in neighbourhood C-1. Note the sections of the 210 units arriving in the building area. Crane at work on left.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.51
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the temporary housing site in neighbourhood C-1. Note the sections of the 210 units arriving in the building area. Crane at work on left.
Notes
J-2-92
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Riverlodge Camp
crane
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Temporary Housing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14504
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 June 1955
Accession Number
73.3.6.4
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kildala Neighborhood
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.6.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 June 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 7"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kildala Neighborhood
Subject Access
townsites
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Aerial View of Townsite Camp

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 November 1952
Accession Number
78.11.33
Scope and Content
Photo showing an aerial view of townsite camps looking South showing Mess Hall, 2 "H" Type Bunkhouses
8 Man bunkhouses and washhouses and rows of tents.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
5 November 1952
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 27 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing an aerial view of townsite camps looking South showing Mess Hall, 2 "H" Type Bunkhouses
8 Man bunkhouses and washhouses and rows of tents.
Notes
Alcan #BC-2-245
same as 73.3.3.17
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Kitimat-Kemano Project
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Temporary Housing Units Being Constructed in Neighbourhood C-1 C

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.39
Scope and Content
Photograph of view looking northwest across the temporary housing units being constructed in neighbourhood C-1. Crane and other machinery visible working.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.39
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view looking northwest across the temporary housing units being constructed in neighbourhood C-1. Crane and other machinery visible working.
Notes
J-2-78
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Riverlodge Camp
Machinery
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Trenching Sewer and Waterlines for Lower Townsite Camp.

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Jan 1956
Accession Number
76.65.49
Scope and Content
View of Johnson Crooks backhoe trenching for sewer and waterlines in 1955 extension to lower townsite camp.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.65.49
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Jan 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm
Scope and Content
View of Johnson Crooks backhoe trenching for sewer and waterlines in 1955 extension to lower townsite camp.
Notes
J-2-232
Subject Access
Construction
Kildala
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Temporary Housing

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 July 1955
Accession Number
73.3.6.6
Scope and Content
Photo depicts flat-top temporary housing lining the hillside up to the Aluminum City Motel at the treeline. View is northwest. Grader on Kuldo Boulevard.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.6.6
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
13 July 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9" x 6"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts flat-top temporary housing lining the hillside up to the Aluminum City Motel at the treeline. View is northwest. Grader on Kuldo Boulevard.
Notes
Alcan Negative No. 29337. -- The circus tent assembly line was erected . Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors.
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
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Townsite Camp

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
73.3.3.16
Scope and Content
Photo showing Vincinity River Lodge
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 10"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Vincinity River Lodge
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
townsites
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View of Temporary Housing Units in West End of Neighbourhood C-1

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.55
Scope and Content
Photograph of view from the back of the motel site looking south across the temporary housing units in the west end of neighbourhood C-1.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.55
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of view from the back of the motel site looking south across the temporary housing units in the west end of neighbourhood C-1.
Notes
J-2-93
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Riverlodge Camp
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Townsite clearing looking Northeast

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1952
Accession Number
73.3.3.20
Scope and Content
Looking Northeast showing the townsite clearing area. Mount Elizabeth in background.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.20
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Looking Northeast showing the townsite clearing area. Mount Elizabeth in background.
Notes
written in pencil on back of photograph 24579
Subject Access
Townsite
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Motel Site and Temporary Housing Units

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 Jul 1955
Accession Number
76.65.27
Scope and Content
View from the back of the Motel Site looking South across the temporary housing units in the west end of Neighbourhood C-1
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.65.27
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
20 Jul 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
View from the back of the Motel Site looking South across the temporary housing units in the west end of Neighbourhood C-1
Notes
J2-93
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Kildala
Structure
Bunkhouses
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Children leaving First townsite school

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
78.11.100
Scope and Content
Commercial Building + School Children leaving temporary school area, Nechako Centre.1954.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.100
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm 1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 19.5 cm
Scope and Content
Commercial Building + School Children leaving temporary school area, Nechako Centre.1954.
Notes
(Alcan #BC-2-1199)
Subject Access
Townsite
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Aerial view of townsite

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
August 13 1954
Accession Number
78.11.94
Scope and Content
Aerial view of the townsite clearing looking North. Note, City Centre in left foreground with clearing for main sewer outfall extending across to the lower right hand corner of photograph
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.94
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan photo
Date Range
August 13 1954
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 27x21 1 negative : b&w ; 7.5x6cm
Scope and Content
Aerial view of the townsite clearing looking North. Note, City Centre in left foreground with clearing for main sewer outfall extending across to the lower right hand corner of photograph
Notes
Alcan #BC-2-1148. Found in 2014.14 collection.
Subject Access
Aerial
Townsite
City Centre
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Cable Being Strung to Townsite

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 28 1957
Accession Number
76.67.700
Scope and Content
Cable being strung along the No.2 Transmission Line to Townsite
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.67.700
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 28 1957
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12cm
Scope and Content
Cable being strung along the No.2 Transmission Line to Townsite
Notes
J-2-700
Subject Access
Townsite
Transmission line
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Aerial View of Kitimat Townsite

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.155
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking east across the Kitimat Townsite. Note the felled lumber in neighbourhood C-I. All the felled area burnedl.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.155
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking east across the Kitimat Townsite. Note the felled lumber in neighbourhood C-I. All the felled area burnedl.
Notes
J-2-55
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
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Aerial of Kitimat Townsite Neighbourhood C-1

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
11 Jun 1955
Accession Number
76.65.17
Scope and Content
Aerial view looking east across the kitimat townsite. Note the felled timbar in neighbourhood C-1
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.65.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
11 Jun 1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 17.8 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Aerial view looking east across the kitimat townsite. Note the felled timbar in neighbourhood C-1
Notes
J2-55
Subject Access
Aerial
Townsite
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Townsite Camp

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
73.3.3.17
Scope and Content
Photocopies showing townsite camps
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.3.17
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
2 photocopies
Scope and Content
Photocopies showing townsite camps
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
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Looking Southeast Across Kitimat Townsite

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2002.51.29
Scope and Content
Photograph of felled timber for Sagimat housing extension. Clearcut area with forest in background and trailer house and cars on left.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.51.29
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 22.5 cm
History / Biographical
Land clearing of Kitimat. All aerials for development.
Custodial History
From the files of Ray Hunstone. Photos from an Alcan binder, have Alcan numbers.
Scope and Content
Photograph of felled timber for Sagimat housing extension. Clearcut area with forest in background and trailer house and cars on left.
Notes
J-2-323
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Aerial of Kildala Neighbourhood Clearing and Camp

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2022.25.23
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
Notes
J-2-236
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Riverlodge Camp
Kildala
Townsite
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Homes at Townsite

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
78.11.61
Scope and Content
Kitimat Townsite north east showing houses in Block 3 foreground and Block 8 to the right.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.61
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Kitimat Townsite north east showing houses in Block 3 foreground and Block 8 to the right.
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Structures
Residential
Homes
Townsite
Weather
Snow
Geographic Access
Nechako Neighbourhood
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Erosion of the Bank at the Temporary Weir South of Kildala School

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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2022.25.36
Scope and Content
Photograph of erosion of the bank at the temporary weir south of Kildala School. Note the material deposited downstream from the weir.
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Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.36
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 21.5x28cm
Custodial History
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of erosion of the bank at the temporary weir south of Kildala School. Note the material deposited downstream from the weir.
Notes
J-2-805
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Sumgas
Kildala
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