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.
Photograph of an ambulance service that was inaugurated by the municipality and is now operated by the firemen in the Townsite. The service is available for serious accidents on a 24-hour day basis. Here firemen Warren Banks and fire chief Aubrey Creed demonstrate the use of a stretcher which has been fitted to the new fire box red ambulance unit. The ambulance will be fitted with a siren, radio, and a flashing red sign. Phone number for emergency calls is 110. All municipal firemen are trained first aid attendants.
Photograph of an ambulance service that was inaugurated by the municipality and is now operated by the firemen in the Townsite. The service is available for serious accidents on a 24-hour day basis. Here firemen Warren Banks and fire chief Aubrey Creed demonstrate the use of a stretcher which has been fitted to the new fire box red ambulance unit. The ambulance will be fitted with a siren, radio, and a flashing red sign. Phone number for emergency calls is 110. All municipal firemen are trained first aid attendants.
