Slide showing cleared area at smeltersite for smelter construction. Equipment and cranes are visible working. In the distance are building structures, and in the foreground are powerlines. On the bottom left a person can be seen walking.
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 cleared area at smeltersite for smelter construction. Equipment and cranes are visible working. In the distance are building structures, and in the foreground are powerlines. On the bottom left a person can be seen walking.
N/W corner of Smelter Site, looking east. North access road in left foreground. Area for service buildings in center foreground. Cold deck pile No. 1 in right foreground. Overburden disposal ramp in background.
N/W corner of Smelter Site, looking east. North access road in left foreground. Area for service buildings in center foreground. Cold deck pile No. 1 in right foreground. Overburden disposal ramp in background.
Photograph of aerial photograph taken from over townsite camp looking toward City Centre showing extent of clearing in C-I area. Haisla Blvd. can be seen on left-hand side of the picture. At bottom a single structure can be seen. Some snow is behind it. In the very back Douglas Channel is visible.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial photograph taken from over townsite camp looking toward City Centre showing extent of clearing in C-I area. Haisla Blvd. can be seen on left-hand side of the picture. At bottom a single structure can be seen. Some snow is behind it. In the very back Douglas Channel is visible.
Photograph of aerial looking south-east across neighbourhood A with neighbourhood A-II clearing in foreground and Minette Bay in the background. Nechako Centre and School are visible.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial looking south-east across neighbourhood A with neighbourhood A-II clearing in foreground and Minette Bay in the background. Nechako Centre and School are visible.
Photograph of looking scross the north east corner of neighbourhood C-1 towards the City Centre. Note the temporary decked logs in the foreground and the permanently decked logs along the edge of the City Centre. Man and machine visible on far right.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking scross the north east corner of neighbourhood C-1 towards the City Centre. Note the temporary decked logs in the foreground and the permanently decked logs along the edge of the City Centre. Man and machine visible on far right.
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of aerial view looking west showing C-II clearing in lower left hand corner, low rental housing area and neighbourhood C-I in centre, and new camp site clearing left-centre. Camp is at Riverlodge site. Kitimat River bridge visible behind. Lots of snow on ground.
Photograph of the clearing operations north of Haisla boulevard. Falling operations in the hospital site. Smoke in middle and cars in the road to the right.
Land clearing of Kitimat. All aerials for development.
Custodial History
From the files of Ray Hunstone. Photos from an Alcan binder, have Alcan numbers.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the clearing operations north of Haisla boulevard. Falling operations in the hospital site. Smoke in middle and cars in the road to the right.
Photograph of looking east showing the clearing operations north of Haisla Boulevard. Note falling operations in the Hospital site. Cranes in cleared area, and vehicles on the road to the right. Smokes visible in center.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of looking east showing the clearing operations north of Haisla Boulevard. Note falling operations in the Hospital site. Cranes in cleared area, and vehicles on the road to the right. Smokes visible in center.
