Photo showing from left to right: Contractor John Watt, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, unknown, Don Forward owner of Kitimat Builder Supplies and president of Chamber of Commerce.
Photo showing from left to right: Contractor John Watt, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, unknown, Don Forward owner of Kitimat Builder Supplies and president of Chamber of Commerce.
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
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Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.4 x 12.6 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 9.9 x 12.5 cm
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Construction happening at city centre with a huge hole beside the Bank of Commerce. There is also a lot of construction equipment. The area in front of City Centre mall is boarded off and out of limits. City Centre Mall expansion construction.
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
A man in a suit and tie is speaking at the trade fair opening. There is a man in the background wearing a dark suit with sunglasses on, and there is a Lions Club banner hanging above.
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
Telephoto depicts the town of Kitimat, an aerial view with Mount Elizabeth in the background, Kildala Neighbourhood in the foreground, and Nechako Neighbourhood "up the hill" in the centre.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Public relations photograph of Kitimat. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27
Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.3 cm
1 negative : b&w ; 12.5 x 10 cm
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Municipal Manager, Art Currie (L) presenting Fire Chief Aubrey Creed, the keys to the new Kitimat Ambulance. Taken outside the Kitimat Public Safety Building.
Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Kitimat Skates was a local component that supplemented the Canadian Museum of History's traveling exhibition, 'Lace Up! Canada's Passion for Skating'. The Kitimat Museum and Archives supplemented the national museum exhibition with sixty years of Kitimat skating history. Did you know that the first skating rink was created when the municipality annually flooded the tennis courts at Nechako Centre? And, that the inventor of Marsh Pegs used by the NHL was a long-time Kitimat resident?
Photo depicts the welcome sign for Kitimat on the wharf that greeted all workers to the Kitimat Project upon their arrival by boat.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Hal Whiting was Project Manager, Kitimat Constructors, for smelter and town construction. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.113
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.
The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat. Many were published in Alcan literature and textbooks on Canada. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
