Part Of

MacKinnon Fonds

Description Level

Fonds

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2000.23

Scope and Content

Collection of photographs regarding early Kitimat and Kitimat Constructors. Photo content includes Kitimat Constructors equipment work ares, shops, bunkhouses, and camp, Anderson Creek Mess Hall - smelterite, Inside Delta King, Sports girls and boys basketball, and Hudson's Bay Trading.

Part Of

Bud Powell Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2022.22.163

Scope and Content

Black covered book titled "Kitimat Townsite Report". No. A-33 Mr. J.E. Dudley. Contains info about early Kitimat and planning. Inside front cover are some loose pages with town plans.

Part Of

Pat Stanyer Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952

Accession Number

2012.3.1

Scope and Content

Photograph of looking down Kitimat Arm. Kitimat River and estuary visible. Winter.

Part Of

John Constantine Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

ca. 1955

Accession Number

999.7.2

Scope and Content

Loose photos realting to red album under 999.7.1 showing Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -

Early Kitimat Homes

Sewer Pipe installation

Kemano camp? buildings in winter

Part Of

John Constantine Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1953-1954

Accession Number

999.7

Scope and Content

Red photograph album with black pages, containing images of Kitimat construction in the early 1950's. Contents include -

Early Kingfisher Ave/Construction

Other street areas for home sites

Tote road

Minette Bay

Townsite Camp

Early Haisla Blvd/Construction

Early Lahakas Blvd/Construction

City Centre culverts

Early Albatross Ave/Construction

Flood on River Access Road

Bridge Construction and Damage

Flood in Townsite Camp

First Fifty Houses

Water Line Instalations

Altitude Valve Chamber Fire

Neighbourhood Centre Building Construction

Sewer Installations

Seow Grid

Driving Piles for Seow Grid - Minette Bay

White Truck on Fire

Smeltersite

Early Nalabila Blvd/Construction

Early Gyrfalcon Ave/Construction

Gully and Culvert

Ian Kennedy Panabode House

Kitamaat Village (distance)

Prototype Houses

Kitimat River

Butedale from Air

Water Main Work

Hullah Team vs. Hullah Staff

Anderson Creek Falls

Early Partridge and Plover Streets

Bear in Construction Zone/Getting Fed

Sewer Outfall and Construction

Slide from Albatross

Sandhill (distance)

Slide on Lahakas Blvd

K550 Houses

Pump Houses Water Supply

Interior of Chlorinator House

Kitimat and Smelter Aerials

Various of Kitimat Construction and development Photos

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1954]

Accession Number

73.20

Scope and Content

Kitimat's first department store.

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. Oct 1954]

Accession Number

72.6

Scope and Content

Photographs showing Kitimat as well as power transmission lines over a glacier at Kemano-Kildala.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[March 24, 1955]

Accession Number

2005.8.8782

Scope and Content

Photograph showing Kitimat Valley Builders' display house on Plover Street.

Part Of

Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[March 24, 1955]

Accession Number

2005.8.8783

Scope and Content

Photograph showing the owners and operators of Kitimat Valley Builders working on a new house on Plover Street

Part Of

Lydia Strecheniuk Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2022.14.7

Scope and Content

Photographs of early Kitimat and Alcan smelter. Souvenir photobook with five photos.

Townsite with Mount Elizabeth in background. Smoke is visible beyond townsite in the forest. May 15, 1956.

Townsite with sandhill visible in background. May 15, 1956.

Main Road - Motel - Townsite. View of road leading from service centre into town. Kildala area cleared but not much is built. Kitimat River bridge visible at bottom. Aug 1955.

Kitimat Valley. View of Alcan site, hospital beach, and pier. Looking north.

Smeltersite. View of Alcan smelter and smeltersite.

Part Of

Lorna Daniel Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

19 - 30 Aug 1955

Accession Number

2020.1.10

Scope and Content

Photograph showing housing for the Alcan Smeltersite

Part Of

John Manders fonds

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956-1957

Accession Number

1999.4.14

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955.

Part Of

Malcolm Orsted Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1956

Accession Number

2003.8.20

Scope and Content

Photograph of Kitimat Hotel.

Part Of

James Tirrul-Jones Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. Jul 1956]

Accession Number

982.46

Scope and Content

Photographs showing the inside of the Delta King.

Part Of

Gisela Mendel fonds

Description Level

File

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1959]

Accession Number

71.51

Scope and Content

Delta King's last day in kitimat on Good Friday 1959.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

1952 or 1953

Scope and Content

Photo depicts a slash burning on the transmission line right-of-way behind Kitamaat Village.

Part Of

James Tirrul-Jones Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

[ca. 1953 & Apr 1972]

Accession Number

984.61

Scope and Content

Photographs of Sumgas (Apr 1972) & pouring floor slabs for 1st houses in townsite (1953).