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Heavy Equipment Working at Camp 5

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Part Of: Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1950s

Accession Number: 2002.44.53

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5.

Part Of: Feliks Rewers Collection

Creator: Feliks Rewers

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2002.44.53

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1950s

Physical Description: 1 photograph print : b&w ; 1.75 x 2.75 in

Custodial History: Wanda Rewers

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5.

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Heavy Equipment Working at Camp 5

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Part Of: Feliks Rewers Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1950s

Accession Number: 2002.44.54

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5. Man standing next to large vehicle.

Part Of: Feliks Rewers Collection

Creator: Feliks Rewers

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2002.44.54

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1950s

Physical Description: 1 photograph print : b&w ; 1.75 x 2.75 in

Custodial History: Wanda Rewers

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kemano project. Heavy equipment working at camp 5. Man standing next to large vehicle.

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Kitimat Townsite Report

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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: Bud Powell Collection

Creator: Alcan

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2022.22.163

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1951-1952

Physical Description: 1 report book

History / Biographical: 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: 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.

Subject Access: Kitimat-Kemano Project; Kitimat Project

Storage Location: Archives Bay 1 Shelf 3 Box 21

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Kitimat Town Plan Topography

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1952

Scope and Content: Photo depicts a model of Kitimat's topography with the town in situ.

1 image

Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

Item Number: 5

GMD: graphic material

Responsibility: Clarence S. Stein, Coordinator & Director of Planning; Mayers & Whittlesy, Town Planners; M. Milton Glass.

Date Range: 1952

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photo depicts a model of Kitimat's topography with the town in situ.

Notes: Image scanned from publication "Kitimat: A New City", Architectural Forum (July 1954), special reprint. Roger Willcox Collection

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Townsite Clearing

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: ca. 1952

Scope and Content: Image depicts two bulldozers involved in full-scale clearing of the townsite in the background, with a survey level on a tripod in the foreground.

1 image

Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

Item Number: 151

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: ca. 1952

Physical Description: 1 slide : col.

Scope and Content: Image depicts two bulldozers involved in full-scale clearing of the townsite in the background, with a survey level on a tripod in the foreground.

Notes: Alcan had over 300 people on their survey team. -- Title based on content of slide. Mike Kinnear Collection

Subject Access: Towns

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Townsite Camp

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: ca. 1953

Scope and Content: Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.

1 image

Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

Item Number: 215

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: ca. 1953

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photo depicts a general view of the buildings at the Townsite Camp.

Notes: Title based on content of photograph. Willard Stewart Collection 983.52.23

Subject Access: Camps

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Hullah Houses

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1954

Scope and Content: Photo depicts the Hullah houses, prefabricated and assembled on site.

1 image

Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

Item Number: 171

GMD: graphic material

Responsibility: Photographer Fred Ryan.

Date Range: 1954

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photo depicts the Hullah houses, prefabricated and assembled on site.

Notes: Title based on content of photograph. School District No. 80 Collection 982.91.23

Subject Access: Hullah Construction; Townsite

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Men Working a Game at the Fair

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Part Of: Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: [August 21, 1954]

Accession Number: 2005.8.8954

Scope and Content: Photograph showing Lionel Houle and two unknown men working a game at Kitimat's "Frontier Day".

Part Of: Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2005.8.8954

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: [August 21, 1954]

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b & w ; 15 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph showing Lionel Houle and two unknown men working a game at Kitimat's "Frontier Day".

Name Access: Houle, Lionel

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Kitimat planning conference

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1955

Accession Number: 2005.8.1405

Scope and Content: Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.

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Part Of: Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level: Item

Item Number: 176

Accession Number: 2005.8.1405

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1955

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photo depicts three men examining a map. From left is Alcan's Chief Planner James Dudley from Vancouver; Town Planner Albert Mayer; Julian Whittlesey of New York.

Notes: Northern Sentinel Press Collection

Name Access: Dudley, James; Mayer, Albert; Whittlesey, Julian

Subject Access: Planning

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Photobook of Early Kitimat and Alcan Smelter

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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: Lydia Strecheniuk Collection

Description Level: Series

Accession Number: 2022.14.7

GMD: graphic material

Physical Description: 1 photograph print : 9x9cm ; colour

Custodial History: Donated by Carol Larson. Originally belonged to her mother, Lydia Strecheniuk.

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.

Subject Access: Townsite; Mount Elizabeth; Sand Hill; Kitimat-Kemano Project; Smeltersite

Storage Location: photograph storage

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Author Working on Story Material During Visit to Kitimat

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Part Of: Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: [Febuary 2, 1956]

Accession Number: 2005.8.8750

Scope and Content: Photograph showing O.B.E., M.M., Canadian club speaker, author and journalist, William Courtenay working on story material during his visit to Kitimat

Part Of: Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 2005.8.8750

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: [Febuary 2, 1956]

Physical Description: 1 photograph ; b & w ; 20 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph showing O.B.E., M.M., Canadian club speaker, author and journalist, William Courtenay working on story material during his visit to Kitimat

Name Access: Courtenay, William

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Floor Plan for the Hudson's Bay Company Store

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Part Of: Hudson's Bay Company Collection

Description Level: Item

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1956-1985

Accession Number: 985.44

Part Of: Hudson's Bay Company Collection

Description Level: Item

Accession Number: 985.44

GMD: graphic material

Date Range: 1956-1985

Physical Description: 1 plan : 29.5 x 23.5 in

Notes: Floor plan created for the Kitimat Hudson's Bay store. The Hudson's Bay Company operated in Kitimat - first at Smeltersite, then in City Centre - since August 18, 1952. The City Centre store opened on December 12, 1956 and closed on June 15, 1985.