Aerial photo of the Kildala neighborhood, taken from the northeast looking southwest. On the left is the City Centre Mall and on the right is the Riverlodge construction camp. In the distance is Minette Bay.
Aerial photo of the Kildala neighborhood, taken from the northeast looking southwest. On the left is the City Centre Mall and on the right is the Riverlodge construction camp. In the distance is Minette Bay.
Photographs of the Kildala River just after the eulachon harvest, stirring and boiling the eulachon, a eulachon bin after ripening, draining the eulachon boiler, and the final boiling of the eulachon oil with hot stones.
7 photographs prints : color ; 9 x 13cm
4 photograph prints : color ; 13 x 17.5cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his position as curator of the Kitimat Museum
Scope and Content
Photographs of the Kildala River just after the eulachon harvest, stirring and boiling the eulachon, a eulachon bin after ripening, draining the eulachon boiler, and the final boiling of the eulachon oil with hot stones.
James McNay was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, on January 31, 1907. Between 1951 and 1953, he worked in the payroll department for Alcan. He had to leave his wife Effie and his two young daughters, Margaret and Diane, aged 6 and 5 in 1951, at home in Surrey, B.C., during his 3-4 month stints in Kitimat. To fill some of his free time and show his family where he was and what Kitimat was like, he spent many hours walking in the area with a 35mm Kodak camera. He photographed the scenic beauty of the area and parts of the construction of both the smelters and the town. He died in Surrey on August 7, 1983.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret McNay. Images were taken by her father and sent to their family in Surrey in the 1950s.
Scope and Content
Slide showing early Haisla Boulevard leading to site of construction for the Haisla Bridge. Road is dirt with thick forest on each side.
Photographs showing eulachon storage bins and fire pit, a eulachon harvesting site on the Kildala River, the caretakers house at the head of the Kildala Arm, and the Kitamaat Village viewed from the ocean.
14 photograph prints : color ; 9 x 11cm
1 photograph print : color ; 11 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by James Tirrul-Jones in his role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs showing eulachon storage bins and fire pit, a eulachon harvesting site on the Kildala River, the caretakers house at the head of the Kildala Arm, and the Kitamaat Village viewed from the ocean.
