Kitimat/Kemano school assignment from 1954 by Sheila Helsel. Cover has Kitimat and Kemano written in green text, with an image of a power tower. Contents include Introduction, Aluminum, Location, Construction, Uses of Aluminum, and The Kitimat Project and What It Means to Canada. There is both written report pages, and illustartions and maps inside.
Sheila Helsel (Marsh) was from Moose Jaw, Sask. She moved to Kitimat in 1973.
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Kitimat/Kemano school assignment from 1954 by Sheila Helsel. Cover has Kitimat and Kemano written in green text, with an image of a power tower. Contents include Introduction, Aluminum, Location, Construction, Uses of Aluminum, and The Kitimat Project and What It Means to Canada. There is both written report pages, and illustartions and maps inside.
Souvenir of the Organization Meeting of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce in Kitimat B.C. Contains signatures of founding members and businesses. Cover features a photo by Gordon Lee of Alcan's First Stage Smelter development.
Souvenir of the Organization Meeting of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce in Kitimat B.C. Contains signatures of founding members and businesses. Cover features a photo by Gordon Lee of Alcan's First Stage Smelter development.
Photocopy of The Plan That Shaped the Town: Kitimat, British Columbia - Implications for Resource Frontier Towns. Gives an overview of the modern (1950s onward) history of Kitimat, the planning, development, and creation of the town, and issues facing the community as of the mid-1970s. Includes introductory correspondence between Wiesman and the University of British Columbia.
Written by Brahm Wiesman of Vancouver and two graduate students, Marie Lauzier and Robert Friesen, after having spent the summer of 1974 living in and researching Kitimat.
Custodial History
Donated by Maria Knight.
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Photocopy of The Plan That Shaped the Town: Kitimat, British Columbia - Implications for Resource Frontier Towns. Gives an overview of the modern (1950s onward) history of Kitimat, the planning, development, and creation of the town, and issues facing the community as of the mid-1970s. Includes introductory correspondence between Wiesman and the University of British Columbia.
3 letters to the Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association written in both Chinese and English.
June 4, 1985 - Association registration notice, Event Highlights (garage sale, Chinese food stand), Recreational Activities (outdoor picnic, Mah-Jong fun tournament, fishing tournament, call for member suggestions for hobbies and group activities), Member News (Mr. and Mrs. Kam Ping Chan baby birth annoucement, Mr. Andrew Lee car accident notice, Mr. and Mrs. Kam Wah Lee car accident notice). Back of letter includes member list for the association.
January 15, 1986 - Chinese New Year potluck party notice for feb 15. Includes info on entry, activities, expenses, and receipts.
New Year letter written by the association president Amy Mung thanking the members for their support and contributions, member totals, and encouraging members to get involved and support functions. Back of letter has 1985 report attached.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
3 letters to the Kitimat Chinese Canadian Association written in both Chinese and English.
June 4, 1985 - Association registration notice, Event Highlights (garage sale, Chinese food stand), Recreational Activities (outdoor picnic, Mah-Jong fun tournament, fishing tournament, call for member suggestions for hobbies and group activities), Member News (Mr. and Mrs. Kam Ping Chan baby birth annoucement, Mr. Andrew Lee car accident notice, Mr. and Mrs. Kam Wah Lee car accident notice). Back of letter includes member list for the association.
January 15, 1986 - Chinese New Year potluck party notice for feb 15. Includes info on entry, activities, expenses, and receipts.
New Year letter written by the association president Amy Mung thanking the members for their support and contributions, member totals, and encouraging members to get involved and support functions. Back of letter has 1985 report attached.
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)
Two issues of British Columbia History featurning article "Transportation In Moving Men, Machines, and Materials on the Kitimat Project" by Louise Avery, and one Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure
British Columbia History. Journal of the British Columbia Historical Federation
Spring 2010
Vol. 43 No.1
Summer 2010
Vol. 43 No.2
Kitimat Centennial Museum brochure. At Our community museum you can... (1997)