Photograph of Pioneer Area; Clifford, Charles William Digby ; Portraits ; Entrepreneur - Responsible For First Kitimat Hotel 1904 ; M.L.A. - For Skeena Electoral District ; Ca 1900
Photograph of Pioneer Area; Clifford, Charles William Digby ; Portraits ; Entrepreneur - Responsible For First Kitimat Hotel 1904 ; M.L.A. - For Skeena Electoral District ; Ca 1900
James 'Jim' Smythe served as Kitimat's first RCMP officer from March 1952 to September 1953. This photo was taken early in his police career, likely in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.
Scope and Content
Portrait of RCMP officer James Norman Smythe in his uniform and hat.
Photograph of clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east. Wood and debris being burned in centre. Truck parked in foreground.
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
Photograph of clearing for machine shop site and storage yard, Moore Creek camp in background, looking east. Wood and debris being burned in centre. Truck parked in foreground.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of heavy duty repair shop at Moore Creek. Kitimat BC.