Postcard featuring image of the Coast Mountains surrounding the Kitimat Valley. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Coast Mountains surrounding the Kitimat Valley. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some light scratches
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
The beauty of the northern ranges of the Coast Mountains surround the Kitimat Valley. Raw beauty at its best for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages.
Accession Number
2018.26.5
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of men on a boat at the lake systems that would become the Nechako reservoir. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of men on a boat at the lake systems that would become the Nechako reservoir. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Survey parties traversed the lake systems, which would eventually become the Nechako Reservoir - Tahtsa, Nanika, Tetachuk, Ootsa, Whitesail and Eutsuk.
Accession Number
2018.26.6
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of Kenney Dam. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of Kenney Dam. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some light scratches
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
A mountain of rock, gravel and clay - as high as St. Paul's Cathedral; more than double the area of the Great Pyramid of Egypt - Kenney Dam.
Accession Number
2018.26.7
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
One small crease near top
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kemano 1951 - the main construction camp housed 2,450 single men and 44 families, complete with recreational facilities, school, and mess hall to feed 800 men in shifts around the clock. Another camp for 250 families in trailers and prefabricated houses was established half way to the Kemano dock.
Accession Number
2018.26.9
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kemano 1951 - the main construction camp housed 2,450 single men and 44 families, complete with recreational facilities, school, and mess hall to feed 800 men in shifts around the clock. Another camp for 250 families in trailers and prefabricated houses was established half way to the Kemano dock.
Accession Number
2018.26.10
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
tiny bend on bottom left corner
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.11
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.12
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of tunnellers inside Mount DuBose in Kemano. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of tunnellers inside Mount DuBose in Kemano. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
16.8cm
Width
12cm
Inscriptions
Inside Mount DuBose in Kemano - a power tunnel 25 feet in diameter and ten miles long was drilled from four headings. The tunnellers met at the heart of the mountain.
Accession Number
2018.26.13
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very small crease in centre near top
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
The Delta King - from Sacramento - a stern-wheeler river boat was purchased, transported up the BC coastline and beached near the Kitimat smeltersite. It was converted into exceptional stately quarters for 250 construction and smeltersite workers.
Accession Number
2018.26.14
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Giant Spruce. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Giant Spruce. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very small crease in centre near top
Height
16.8cm
Width
12cm
Inscriptions
An old growth forest located in Kitimat, BC where you can visit "The Giant Spruce" located in Radley Park. It was registered (in 1983) as the largest living Sitka spruce in BC, over 500 years old.
Accession Number
2018.26.15
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Kitimat Valley Coast Mountains.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12 cm
Length
17 cm
Inscriptions
Celebrate 50 Years With Us This Summer
Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954
Kitimat Works 50 Years
The beauty of the northern ranges of the Coast Mountains surround the Kitimat Valley. Raw beauty at its best for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages.
Postcard featuring image of cross country and downhill skiiers.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12 cm
Length
17 cm
Inscriptions
Celebrate 50 Years With Us This Summer
Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954
Kitimat Works 50 Years
A winter wonderland for downhill and cross country skiers. Alcan along with many other industry leadrs sponser the Snow Valley Nordic Ski Club and its annual marathon, held at the Onion Lake Cross Country Ski Trails, located midway between Kitimat and Terrace.
Postcard featuring a black and white image of a riverboat and men riding it. Survey parties traversing the lake systems, which would eventually become the Nechako Reservoir - Tahtsa, Nanika, Tetachuk, Ootsa, Whitesail and Eutsuk.
Postcard featuring a black and white image of a riverboat and men riding it. Survey parties traversing the lake systems, which would eventually become the Nechako Reservoir - Tahtsa, Nanika, Tetachuk, Ootsa, Whitesail and Eutsuk.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
17cm
Inscriptions
Celebrate 50 years with us this summer. Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954. Kitimat Works 50 Years.
Accession Number
2020.12.4
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Postcard featuring bird's eye view of Kitimat town. Mount Elizabeth in background.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Edges slightly worn, slight creases
Height
10.5 cm
Length
15 cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat
British Columbia, Canada
A bird's eye view of one of B.C.'s northern cities. One can see how this city was carefully planned before being built. Kitimat offers tourism, lumbering and fishing, as well as a hugh aluminum smelter.
Bear Glacier postcard to James Tirrul-Jones from Gisela.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
10.5cm
Length
16cm
Inscriptions
An awe-inspiring experience awaits the traveller as one suddenly rounds a curve in the road and there you are staring at this massive ice block. Many glaciers cover the surrounding area near Stewart as the area offers some of North America's finest glacier activity today.
Book of poetry by Hubert Evans. Themes include Indigenous peoples, conflict between old and new ways of living, coastal life, and nature. Book has a light blue cover and is 54 pages long.
Physical Condition
Good
Condition Remarks
Pgs. 27-30 are loose and held together by tape.
Height
22 cm
Width
0.8 cm
Length
13.2 cm
Accession Number
979.34
Biographical Notes
Hubert Evans and his family lived amongst the Haisla in Kitimaat Village for 2 1/2 years in the late 1940s. His wife Anna taught at the day school there. Evans wrote many books, short stories, plays, and serials, including "Mist on the River," a novel about a young Gitksan man (see Notes).
