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Camp 11 in summer

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
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Item
Item Number
120
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Alcan Collection 2002.32
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Transmission line
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Camp at Kildala Pass

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
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Camps
Transmission line
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Camp No. 11 in summer

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
119
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Fritz Wurster Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Album
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Clearing Neighborhood A Nechako

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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.
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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
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Towns
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Construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Accession Number
987.10.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
145
Accession Number
987.10.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the construction of smelter lines numbers 1 and 2.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Photograph taken in the summer. District of Kitimat Collection
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Industry
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International Crawler at Kemano Valley

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International TD-24 crawler dozing tunnel muck at the 2600' camp above the Kemano Valley.
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Item
Item Number
12
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International TD-24 crawler dozing tunnel muck at the 2600' camp above the Kemano Valley.
Notes
ID No. C 6098. -- Title based on content of photo. -- The International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment such as this crawler purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.75
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Construction
Transmission line
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Kemano Pass camp

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
75.37.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
114
Accession Number
75.37.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the tent camp at tower No. 106 in the Kemano Pass. Kemano River Valley is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. June Coultan Collection
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Transmission line
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Land clearing with a 5-ton steel ball

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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.
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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
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Line up at the Bank of Montreal

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2001.30.2
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
201
Accession Number
2001.30.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers lined up inside the Bank of Montreal in Smeltersite.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Lorne & Sharon Earle Collection
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Bank of Montreal
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Line up at the post office

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Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Scope and Content
Photo depicts residents lined up outside the Townsite Camp Post Office.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
200
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts residents lined up outside the Townsite Camp Post Office.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 78.11.149
Subject Access
Services
Post offices
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Loading Bell helicopter

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
108
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men loading supplies for construction of the transmission line into a Bell helicopter. The transmission line right-of-way is seen in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
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Men in Line at the Mess Hall at Camp 5

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Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Accession Number
2002.44.57
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano project. Men in line at the mess hall at camp 5.
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Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.57
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950s
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 1.75 x 2.75 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano project. Men in line at the mess hall at camp 5.
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Power Transmission Lines Over Glacier

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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.
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Gisela Mendel fonds
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
File
Series Number
Series 1
Accession Number
72.6
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. Oct 1954]
Physical Description
2 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 12.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.
Notes
72.6.4E and 72.6.4F
Subject Access
Kemano
Kildala
Transmission line
Kitimat
Glacier
Storage Location
Curator's Office
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Road C1 leading to City Centre Clearing

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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.
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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
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Sikorsky helicopter at Twin Peaks landing field

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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.
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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
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Slash burning behind Kitamaat Village

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a slash burning on the transmission line right-of-way behind Kitamaat Village.
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Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
129
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a slash burning on the transmission line right-of-way behind Kitamaat Village.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fred DeLory, Alcan's Resident Engineer at smeltersite, was one of two who signed the incorporation papers for the town of Kitimat. Fred DeLory Collection 2002.15
Subject Access
Transmission line
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Totem Pole standing by Power Lines

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Part Of
Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Accession Number
2003.5.53
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole standing in clearing. Note the fallen log, small shack, and tellephone cables in background.
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Max Patzelt fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2003.5.53
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1957-1958
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.6 cm 1 negative :b&w ; 10 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph shows totem pole standing in clearing. Note the fallen log, small shack, and tellephone cables in background.
Storage Location
photograph storage
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Townsite Clearing

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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.
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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
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Workers on transmission tower

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Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
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Description Level
Item
Item Number
104
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 slide : col.
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers standing without the use of safety lines atop a transmission tower in the "R" line during its construction on Kildala Pass.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection, Accession no. 73.3.10.6
Subject Access
Transmission line
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