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Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2009.1.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, Kitimat
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.12
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Frank Diersen
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 6.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, Kitimat
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2013.1.25
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.1.25
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Found in Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[5 Nov 1952]
Accession Number
2017.54.22
Scope and Content
Looking south east. Townsite Camp showing Mess hall. 2 H Type Bunkhouses 8 Man bunkhouses and wash houses and rows of tents.
Part Of
Found in Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2017.54.22
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[5 Nov 1952]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Scope and Content
Looking south east. Townsite Camp showing Mess hall. 2 H Type Bunkhouses 8 Man bunkhouses and wash houses and rows of tents.
Notes
BC- 2-245
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Bunkhouses
Storage Location
Negative Storage
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
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

Townsite Construction Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description18409
Part Of
Stewart Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
983.52.23
Scope and Content
Photo showing townsite camp and residential structures for workers at the Alcan Project and construction.
Part Of
Stewart Collection
Creator
Willard Stewart
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
983.52.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing townsite camp and residential structures for workers at the Alcan Project and construction.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp

Townsite Camp Temporary Housing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14965
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955 - 1956]
Accession Number
2009.1.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp temporary housing, car in foreground.
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Creator
Frank Diersen
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955 - 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.7cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp temporary housing, car in foreground.
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

No. 2 House at the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36211
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2015.114.4
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

No. 2 House at the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36212
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2015.114.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. The house has lots of plants growing outside of it.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.5
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. The house has lots of plants growing outside of it.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Photo of a Painting of the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36213
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2015.114.6
Scope and Content
Photograph of a painting of the townsite camp as it was in 1952. The painting shows the camp in the distance in winter. There are trees and tree stumps in the foreground. On the right is a cougar.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.6
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm
History / Biographical
The painter was Art Appleton, one of the dishwashers at the camp. He was believed to be about 45 years old and a bachelor. He was blind in one eye and painted with his good eye. He later committed suicide.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a painting of the townsite camp as it was in 1952. The painting shows the camp in the distance in winter. There are trees and tree stumps in the foreground. On the right is a cougar.
Notes
The original was an oil painting.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aerial View of Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35456
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.
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

Aerial View of Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27259
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1954
Accession Number
78.11.79
Scope and Content
General aerial view of Kitimat looking South with the Townsite clearing in the foreground
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.79
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
General aerial view of Kitimat looking South with the Townsite clearing in the foreground
Notes
[Alcan # BC-2-961]
Subject Access
Kitimat River
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Aerial

Aerial View of Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description32096
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.560
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view of the Kitimat townsite. In the upper portion Nechako neighbourhood is visible. Below is the Kildala neighbourhhod clearing, and the riverside camp is visible on the right. Mount Elizabeth is in the background.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.560
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 18 x 12.2 cm
History / Biographical
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view of the Kitimat townsite. In the upper portion Nechako neighbourhood is visible. Below is the Kildala neighbourhhod clearing, and the riverside camp is visible on the right. Mount Elizabeth is in the background.
Notes
Back of photo is stamped by Ansco Printon Munshaw Colour Service Ltd.
Subject Access
Townsite
Storage Location
phtotograph storage
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
73.3.3.17
Scope and Content
Photocopies showing townsite camps
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
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
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
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Accession Number
2013.1.26
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Townsite Camp, houses shown
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.1.26
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1954]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Townsite Camp, houses shown
Subject Access
Townsite
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Apr. 1955]
Accession Number
2013.1.27
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, showing housing.
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.1.27
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[Apr. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, showing housing.
Subject Access
Townsite
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aerial View Looking Northwest Across Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34496
Part Of
Pat Stanyer Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2012.3.17
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking northwest across Kitimat townsite. B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture. Site of watertowers? visible on far right.
Part Of
Pat Stanyer Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2012.3.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20x27.5cm
Custodial History
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking northwest across Kitimat townsite. B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture. Site of watertowers? visible on far right.
Notes
J-2-248
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aerial View Looking Northwest Across Kitimat Townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35352
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2022.25.71
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking north-west across Kitimat townsite. Neighbourhood B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.25.71
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 north-west across Kitimat townsite. Neighbourhood B-I & B-II clearing in right hand side of picture.
Notes
J-2-248
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Townsite

Trenching Sewer and Waterlines for Lower Townsite Camp.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16032
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.
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

Aerial of Kitimat Townsite, Riverside Camp, and Haisla Bridge

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36082
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
2000.33.486
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial of the Kitimat townsite, riverside camp, and Haisla Bridge. Haisla Bridge and Kitimat River on the left. Kildala area to right of riverside camp is cleared out. Streets are being started, no homes yet. Edge of plane visible on upper right.
Part Of
Kinnear Collection
Creator
Mike Kinnear
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.33.486
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 slide : colour
History / Biographical
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of an aerial of the Kitimat townsite, riverside camp, and Haisla Bridge. Haisla Bridge and Kitimat River on the left. Kildala area to right of riverside camp is cleared out. Streets are being started, no homes yet. Edge of plane visible on upper right.
Subject Access
Townsite
Storage Location
slide storage

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