Part Of

Bud Powell Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2022.22.163

Scope and Content

Black covered book titled "Kitimat Townsite Report". No. A-33 Mr. J.E. Dudley. Contains info about early Kitimat and planning. Inside front cover are some loose pages with town plans.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1952

Scope and Content

Image depicts two bulldozers involved in full-scale clearing of the townsite in the background, with a survey level on a tripod in the foreground.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1953

Scope and Content

Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[August 21, 1954]

Accession Number

2005.8.8954

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Lionel Houle and two unknown men working a game at Kitimat's "Frontier Day".

Part Of

Lorna Daniel Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

19 - 30 Aug 1955

Accession Number

2020.1.10

Scope and Content

Photograph showing housing for the Alcan Smeltersite

Part Of

James Tirrul-Jones Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 & Apr 1972]

Accession Number

984.61

Scope and Content

Photographs of Sumgas (Apr 1972) & pouring floor slabs for 1st houses in townsite (1953).

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.53

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.54

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5. Man standing next to large vehicle.

Part Of

Lydia Strecheniuk Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2022.14.7

Scope and Content

Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.

Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.

Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.

Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.

Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.

Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[Febuary 2, 1956]

Accession Number

2005.8.8750

Scope and Content

Photograph showing O.B.E., M.M., Canadian club speaker, author and journalist, William Courtenay working on story material during his visit to Kitimat

Part Of

Chester Steele Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1953

Accession Number

2000.32.4

Scope and Content

Photograph of mountains and trees around camp 5 area. Kemano.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.63

Scope and Content

Photograph of caissons docks, Delta King, and some of smeltersite during construction of smelter.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.64

Scope and Content

Photograph of smeltersite houses, bunkhouses, Hudson's Bay, boat harbour and construction of smelter.

Part Of

Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1950s

Accession Number

2002.44.66

Scope and Content

Photograph of possibly line 1 potline left where carbon paste plant is today. Recreational facilities + a bit of the hill on the right where the homes were. Also, water tower.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[April, 1959]

Accession Number

2005.8.8654

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Sergeant J.W. Duggan signing papers in his office.

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. Oct 1954]

Accession Number

72.6

Scope and Content

Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.

Part Of

Alcan Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

73.3.4.3

Scope and Content

Six-food hemlock log fallen north of service centre on CNR right of way. 1953.

Part Of

Ann Graham Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2011.25

Scope and Content

Envelopes containing photos from broken down photo album of Kemano 1952/1953. Envelopes name which pages photos came from. Some envelopes have descriptions. Page 2 - Camp 5 Page 3 - Camp V and its destruction Page 4 - Horetsky Camp. Johnny after his helicopter accident - feed Sam Page 6 - The first camp 5 before it burned (tents) Page 7 - The Second Camp V Page 8 - Camp V seen from camp VI Page 11 - To 2600 feet camp Page 12 - Camp V underclouds from camp 2600 feet without clouds Page 15 - Camp 10 Chacha Page 16 - At camp 2600 Page 21 - First party with the nurses Page 23 - The first show all men cast Page 24 - Sam is always hungry Page 25 - Johnny, Marc, Arthur, Wally, John + Bill. Wonderful Times + Memories. Page 26 - Cherjune? Cheyenne, Max, Larry. Page 27 - Paula gentle friend, Gerrard, Max. Page 28 - Waiting for the dining room to open. Page 29 - Johnny + Tom Page 30 - My roommate Anthony Page 37 - Xmas day 1953 Page 40 - Kemano against Kitimat softball. Collection also includes: Envelope with paybills, receipts, clippings, and booklets. Envelope with albun on adhesive sheet pg. 1 Envelope with photgraph with album. Folder containing photcopies of album pages

Part Of

Carol Hamilton Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952-1953

Accession Number

2005.3

Scope and Content

Folder containing sketch showing Arrangement of Ten Mile Tunnels, Penstocks, Powerhouse, etc. with attachments - underground workings, powerhouse, Transverse Section, Surface, Geology & Topography of Kemano.

Part Of

Pat Stanyer Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2012.3.5

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kemano Camp. Raymond Stanyer was there as a foreman on the transmission line clearing.