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Indigenous Rock Painting

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27817
Part Of
Museum Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1830]
Accession Number
78.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Indigenous Rock Paintings found along Highway 16 close to prime Reeher.
Part Of
Museum Collection
Creator
Gisela Mendel
Description Level
Series
Series Number
118
Accession Number
78.12
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Gisela Mendel
Date Range
[ca. 1830]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : color ; 9 x 12.5cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Indigenous Rock Paintings found along Highway 16 close to prime Reeher.
Notes
78.12.6
Subject Access
Indigenous
Storage Location
Curator's Office
Part Of
P.C. Townsend Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Accession Number
78.52.11
Scope and Content
photo showing cooks tent camp #2
Part Of
P.C. Townsend Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.52.11
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
P.C. Townsend
Date Range
1911
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12x8
Scope and Content
photo showing cooks tent camp #2
Subject Access
Camps

Carving Canoe - Rocks Being Heated for Steaming

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28967
Part Of
McClure Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1941]
Accession Number
987.27.5c
Scope and Content
Photograph of Micah Shaw carving a canoe with possibly Charlie Shaw, his son, and heating rocks for the steaming with a boat in background.
Part Of
McClure Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
987.27.5c
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1941]
Physical Description
1 photograpgh : b&w ;12.2 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Micah Shaw carving a canoe with possibly Charlie Shaw, his son, and heating rocks for the steaming with a boat in background.
Notes
According to Mike Robinson, the small winding creek at the far right as known as Qwenish, and was a route the Haida would sometims take inland to raid the Haisla. Part of series of seven photographs depicting the construction of a canoe using traditional tools and methods.
Name Access
Shaw, Micah Shaw, Charlie
Subject Access
First Nations
Haisla
Geographic Access
Kitamaat Village
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Neville Anthony Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1949
Accession Number
981.27.32
Scope and Content
Photo showing a view of Kitimat Valley
Part Of
Neville Anthony Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
981.27.32
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Neville Anthony
Date Range
1949
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing a view of Kitimat Valley
Part Of
Chester Steele Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Accession Number
2000.32.14
Scope and Content
Photograph of penstock lineres for the drop from top of tunnel to the powerhouse 26,000 feet. Camp 5, Kemano.
Part Of
Chester Steele Collection
Creator
Chester Steele
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2000.32.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1950
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 4 x 5 in
Scope and Content
Photograph of penstock lineres for the drop from top of tunnel to the powerhouse 26,000 feet. Camp 5, Kemano.

Kemano Tunnel Contruction Adits

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description30325
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Accession Number
2002.44.17
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano tunnel construction adits. Shown.
Part Of
Feliks Rewers Collection
Creator
Feliks Rewers
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2002.44.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1951
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 3.25 x 4.5 in
Custodial History
Wanda Rewers
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kemano tunnel construction adits. Shown.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two men standing beside the aluminum-sided quounset huts at Horetzky Creek Camp.
Notes
Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.71
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description40
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Hal Whiting Fonds
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

Truck on Horetzky Valley Road

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description28714
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
34
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project.
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International truck heading to Horetzky Creek Camp on the Horetzky Valley Road.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company had several roads such as this one, constructed to get workers and equipment to the various work sites for tunnel construction. 985.65.80
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

West Tahtsa Lake tent camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description34
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
28
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 13, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts workers walking down the boardwalk between tents at West Tahtsa Lake Camp.
Notes
Alcan ID no. KR-26. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 September 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.2
Scope and Content
Photo showing view of tunnel portals
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.9.2
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
19 September 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 7" x 5"
Scope and Content
Photo showing view of tunnel portals
Subject Access
Kemano

Horetzky Camp quonset hut construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description38
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Morrison-Knudsen Company
Description Level
Item
Item Number
32
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 21, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Horetzky Camp's many aluminum-sided quounset huts during construction. The camp is situated at the foot of Mt. Horetzky.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Camps
Images

West Tahtsa Lake camp and intake

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description33
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
27
Accession Number
73.3.9.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 26, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 3"
Scope and Content
Photo depicts West Tahtsa camp and intake.
Notes
Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Tunnels
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. October 1951]
Accession Number
2014.14.13
Scope and Content
Photograph of 68-man bunkhouses #1 & 2 at permanent campsite, looking west.
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.13
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. October 1951]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 28cm x 21.5cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of 68-man bunkhouses #1 & 2 at permanent campsite, looking west.
Notes
Red Binder - found in Collection - BC-2-38
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. October 1951]
Accession Number
2014.14.14
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 68-man bunkhouse # 1 and 2 at permanent campsite, looking south.
Part Of
Kitimat Heritage Advisory Commission fonds
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2014.14.14
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. October 1951]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 28cm x 21.5cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 68-man bunkhouse # 1 and 2 at permanent campsite, looking south.
Notes
Red Binder - Found in Collection - BC-2-39
Storage Location
Photograph Storage
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
01 October 1951
Accession Number
73.3.9.6
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano camp number two
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
73.3.9.6
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
01 October 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4" x 4"
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kemano camp number two
Subject Access
Kemano

Kemano Tunnel Construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14077
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
71.90.10
Scope and Content
Photo showing construction in Kemano tunnel
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
71.90.10
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
W. Melville
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 6" x 5"
Scope and Content
Photo showing construction in Kemano tunnel
Subject Access
Drills
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a International diesel TD-24 spreading a layer of large stones at the base of the Nechako Dam.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
18
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a International diesel TD-24 spreading a layer of large stones at the base of the Nechako Dam.
Notes
ID no. C 5927. -- Title based on content of photo. -- These layers of various size rock stone and clay will all slope towards the rock fill at about a 45 degree pitch. Official naming ceremony renamed dam the Kenney Dam. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.56
Subject Access
Dams
Images

Powerhouse incline diagram

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description63
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Scope and Content
Diagram depicts penstock number 1 and 2 showing elevations.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
57
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1952
Physical Description
1 plan : blueline
Scope and Content
Diagram depicts penstock number 1 and 2 showing elevations.
Notes
Penstock No. 2 was completed after the smelter had started aluminum production with Penstock No. 1. -- Tunnel No. 2 with penstocks No. 3 & 4 was the Kemano Completion Project which was cancelled in 1991. Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Tunnels
Storage Location
Box 23
Images

No. 2 House at the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36211
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2015.114.4
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

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