Photo depicts an aerial view of a portion of the Nechako neighbourhood showing the Hullah prototype area, Pintail and Partridge streets, in the foreground.
Photo depicts an aerial view of a portion of the Nechako neighbourhood showing the Hullah prototype area, Pintail and Partridge streets, in the foreground.
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Title based on content of photograph. District of Kitimat Collection
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kitimat, seen is land cleared for Neighbourhood "D" and the Whitesail neighbourhood under construction, right foreground. The Alcan smelter and channel are in the background.
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Title based on content of photograph. Max Patzelt Collection - 1998.1.8351
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
Photo depicts Electrician Bill Frahler's family standing beside his truck. Johnson-Crooks houses under construction in Nechako Neighbourhood are in the background.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- "Alva and the Boys", Slide No. 95 -- Bill Frahler wired over 2,000 temporary construction and permanent homes between 1954 and 1958, first working for Johnson-Crooks and then Straits Construction. Bill Frahler Collection 2003.32
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- This house type was called a "chicken coop". -- Photograph taken from Fulmar Street. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.1
Reeve Sam Lindsay beginning the ceremonial burning of the municipal debentures totaling $2 million for the Haisla Bridge. All had just been paid in full, November 14, 1964.
Reeve Sam Lindsay beginning the ceremonial burning of the municipal debentures totaling $2 million for the Haisla Bridge. All had just been paid in full, November 14, 1964.
Photo depicts a man standing beside his truck, crossing the Kitimat River aboard a wood construction raft ferry, guard rail on two sides, and guided by a cabling system shown above the river.
Photo depicts a man standing beside his truck, crossing the Kitimat River aboard a wood construction raft ferry, guard rail on two sides, and guided by a cabling system shown above the river.
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Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 73.3.3.29
Title based on content of photograph. -- Haisla Bridge, Kitimat's first permanent bridge was completed by the end of 1953 and officially opened in 1957. -- The cost was over one million dollars. District of Kitimat Collection. District of Kitimat Collection 987.10.2
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
Photo depicts high water conditions of Kitimat River at the south end of Service Centre. Near the water's edge in the background is a truck that has overturned.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. J-2-183. -- Alcan Public Relations Department ID No. ICT 349-1. Photograph taken at 2:30 p.m. Truck overturned when the road gave way. River elevation was 50.45 feet and rose to a maximum of 51.1 feet at 6:30 p.m. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.13
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.