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Land clearing with a 5-ton steel ball

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description165
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1952 - 1955]
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a 5-ton steel ball measuring 8 feet in diameter, strung on a cable and pulled through the forest between two tractors. An unsuccessful experiment.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
159
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1952 - 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a 5-ton steel ball measuring 8 feet in diameter, strung on a cable and pulled through the forest between two tractors. An unsuccessful experiment.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Experimental area is being cleared with use of two TD-119 Allis-Chalmers tractors. Alcan Collection 73.3.3.23
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Looking Down Kitimat Arm

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34482
Part Of
Pat Stanyer Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2012.3.1
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down Kitimat Arm. Kitimat River and estuary visible. Winter.
Part Of
Pat Stanyer Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2012.3.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 10x16.5cm
History / Biographical
Photos are copied from a large 8x10 folio that was given to Mr. Stanyer by the company that he was working for in Kitimat in 1956
Custodial History
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down Kitimat Arm. Kitimat River and estuary visible. Winter.
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
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
Item Number
151
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
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.
Notes
Alcan had over 300 people on their survey team. -- Title based on content of slide. Mike Kinnear Collection
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Clearing Neighborhood A Nechako

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description168
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a clearing being burned in Neighborhood "A", of Nechako.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
162
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a clearing being burned in Neighborhood "A", of Nechako.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.318
Subject Access
Towns
Images
Part Of
MacKinnon Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951-1952
Accession Number
2000.23
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs regarding early Kitimat and Kitimat Constructors. Photo content includes Kitimat Constructors equipment work ares, shops, bunkhouses, and camp, Anderson Creek Mess Hall - smelterite, Inside Delta King, Sports girls and boys basketball, and Hudson's Bay Trading.
Part Of
MacKinnon Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2000.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951-1952
Custodial History
Donated by Ken and Joyce MacKinnon.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs regarding early Kitimat and Kitimat Constructors. Photo content includes Kitimat Constructors equipment work ares, shops, bunkhouses, and camp, Anderson Creek Mess Hall - smelterite, Inside Delta King, Sports girls and boys basketball, and Hudson's Bay Trading.
Name Access
MacKinnon, Ken
MacKinnon, Joyce
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Curator Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 15

Clearing transmission line right-of-way

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description133
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers clearing the transmission line right-of-way. The smelter site preparation and smoke from the townsite clearing are in the distance.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
127
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers clearing the transmission line right-of-way. The smelter site preparation and smoke from the townsite clearing are in the distance.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection Accession no. 73.3.10.1
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Accession Number
999.7.2
Scope and Content
Loose photos realting to red album under 999.7.1 showing Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kitimat Homes
Sewer Pipe installation
Kemano camp? buildings in winter
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Creator
John Constantine
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
999.7.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1955
Physical Description
13 photographs print
Custodial History
Donated by daughter, Judy Bachynsky
Scope and Content
Loose photos realting to red album under 999.7.1 showing Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kitimat Homes
Sewer Pipe installation
Kemano camp? buildings in winter
Subject Access
Early Kitimat
Houses
Sewer
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 41

Road C1 leading to City Centre Clearing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description13910
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
78.11.62
Scope and Content
View looking east along road C1 towards the city centre clearing - Kitimat Townsite.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.62
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 Photograph : b&w ; 28 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
View looking east along road C1 towards the city centre clearing - Kitimat Townsite.
Notes
BC-2-805

Onorio Iacobelli on Tram Landing in Kemano

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35200
Part Of
Onorio Iacobelli Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952-1955
Accession Number
2022.9.2
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
Part Of
Onorio Iacobelli Fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.9.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952-1955
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8.5 x 12cm
History / Biographical
Onorio Iacobelli worked in Kemano.
Custodial History
Donated by Onorio Iacobelli's granddaughter, Francesca Iacobelli.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Onorio Angelo Iacobelli in Kemano sometime between 1952 and 1955. He is on a tram landing, wearing a hard hat. Tram is in use moving on the slope. Lots of snow. River visible below.
Name Access
Iacobelli, Onorio Angelo
Subject Access
Kemano
Storage Location
photograph storage

Sikorsky helicopter at Twin Peaks landing field

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description113
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men standing beside a Sikorsky helicopter that has landed atop the Twin Peaks landing field.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
107
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Courtesy of the Alcan Ingot.
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men standing beside a Sikorsky helicopter that has landed atop the Twin Peaks landing field.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Okanagan Helicopters
Transmission line
Images
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
Bud Powell Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.22.163
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951-1952
Physical Description
1 report book
History / Biographical
Bud Powell is a longtime resident of Kitimat and former smeltersite resident. He worked for Alcan.
Custodial History
Donated by Bud Powell.
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.
Subject Access
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Kitimat Project
Storage Location
Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 21

John Constantine Photo Album

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description12039
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Accession Number
999.7
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
Part Of
John Constantine Collection
Creator
John Constantine
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
999.7
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953-1954
Physical Description
1 photograph album
History / Biographical
John Constantine was a civil engineer involved in housing construction in Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by daughter, Judy Bachynsky
Scope and Content
Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -
Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction
Other street areas for home sites
Tote road
Minette Bay
Townsite Camp
Early Haisla Blvd/Construction
Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction
City Centre culverts
Early Albatross Ave/Construction
Flood on River Access Road
Bridge Construction and Damage
Flood in Townsite Camp
First Fifty Houses
Water Line Instalations
Altitude Valve Chamber Fire
Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction
Sewer Installations
Seow Grid
Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay
White Truck on Fire
Smeltersite
Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction
Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction
Gully and Culvert
Ian Kennedy Panabode House
Kitamaat Village (distance)
Prototype Houses
Kitimat River
Butedale from Air
Water Main Work
Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff
Anderson Creek Falls
Early Partridge and Plover Streets
Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed
Sewer Outfall and Construction
Slide from Albatross
Sandhill (distance)
Slide on Lahakas Blvd
K550 Houses
Pump Houses Water Supply
Interior of Chlorinator House
Kitimat and Smelter Aerials
Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos
Name Access
Morris, Niki
Bachynsky, Judy
Constantine, John
Stretton Jim
Kennedy, Ian
MacNaughton, Dan
Molyneax, John
Hamilton, Ian
Cosco, Nick
Bergstrom, Ray
Gotteslig, P
Greenall, J
Subject Access
Hullah Construction
Minette Bay
Haisla Bridge
Anderson Creek
Alcan Smelters & Chemicals Ltd.
Early Kitimat
Streets
Storage Location
Archives Bay 2 Top Box 41

Photobook of Early Kitimat and Alcan Smelter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description35205
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
Lydia Strecheniuk Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2022.14.7
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph print : 9x9cm ; colour
Custodial History
Donated by Carol Larson. Originally belonged to her mother, Lydia Strecheniuk.
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.
Subject Access
Townsite
Mount Elizabeth
Sand Hill
Kitimat-Kemano Project
Smeltersite
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
John Manders fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1957
Accession Number
1999.4.14
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955.
Part Of
John Manders fonds
Creator
John Manders
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
1999.4.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956-1957
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 in
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.36
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down the Kitimat River. Small house on right side in distance.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.36
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking down the Kitimat River. Small house on right side in distance.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.59
Scope and Content
Photograph of wharf at Kitimat (smeltersite). Man can be seen walking on the wharf.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.59
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 2.5 x 3.5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of wharf at Kitimat (smeltersite). Man can be seen walking on the wharf.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2003.8.20
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Malcolm Orsted Collection
Creator
Malcolm Orsted
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.8.20
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 3.5 in
History / Biographical
Malcolm Orsted arrived in Terrace BC in 1955 to work for the CNR as an assistant agent. In 1956 he started to work in Alcan.
Custodial History
Malcolm Orsted
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kitimat Hotel.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Accession Number
2018.18.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Part Of
Alice Dicker Collection
Creator
Alice Dicker
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2018.18.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[between 1955 and 1959]
Physical Description
1 photograph : colour ; 10 x 13.5cm
History / Biographical
Alice Dicker's father, Benard, came to Canada to work in 1955. He was a forman D-shift for Alcan. He married Anna in 1959. Alice and her sister Claudia were born in Kitimat and the family lived here until 1969, at which time they returned to Germany.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the backside view of some Kitimat homes. Oriole Street? There is a sidewalk leading to the street on the right with a person walking on the grass to the left of it. Some newly planted trees are in the grass.
Storage Location
Photograph Storage

Sandhill on Kitimat River

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30405
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Accession Number
2002.44.32
Scope and Content
Photograph of sandhill on Kitimat River.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950-1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of sandhill on Kitimat River.

Welcoming the Premier to Kitimat

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30529
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 3, 1956]
Accession Number
2005.8.8749
Scope and Content
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.8749
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[May 3, 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b & w ; 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph showing R.E Montador, Thomas H. Christie, Reeve Wilbur Hallman, P.E Radley, Waldo Skillings and R.S. Lawrence welcoming Premier W.A.C. Bennett to Kitimat
Name Access
Montador, R.E.
Christie, Thomas H.
Hallman, Wilbur
Skillings, Waldo
Lawrence, R.S.
Bennett, W.A.C.

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