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Aerial view of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description107
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
101
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27 KMA website collection P00101.jpg
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Anderson Hill Camp buildings

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description220
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
999.4.4
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
214
Accession Number
999.4.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings at Anderson Hill Camp. Trailers and wash houses are in the foreground. The men's bunkhouses of Anderson Creek Camp are in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. John Manders Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Barges loaded with flat-top houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description223
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Accession Number
77.58.10
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
217
Accession Number
77.58.10
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two barges moored in Douglas Channel and loaded with flat-top house sections for construction workers and their families.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Temporary housing destined for Kitimat was assembled at Vancouver Tug and Barge below the Lion's Gate Bridge in three sections, then barged to Kitimat - 10 houses or 30 sections on each barge. -- Electrician Bill Frahler wired approximately 2,000 houses in Kitimat camps and townsite between 1954 and 1958, working first for Johnson-Crooks then Straits Construction, both U.S. contractors. Pat Jimenez Collection
Subject Access
Construction of Buildings
Housing
Images

Barges unloading housing materials

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description171
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
165
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 30, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view of Minette Bay scow grid with two barges being unloaded. The left barge is loaded with Johnson Crooks materials and the right barge with Hullah Construction materials.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. BC-2-1061. Alcan Collection 78.11.89
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Bill Richards at Camp No. 11 in winter

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description127
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view showing Camp No. 11 with towers No. 114R and 115L. Superintendent Bill Richards is in the foreground walking away from the camp towards the photographer. View is looking towards Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
121
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 05, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a general view showing Camp No. 11 with towers No. 114R and 115L. Superintendent Bill Richards is in the foreground walking away from the camp towards the photographer. View is looking towards Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1423. Alcan Collection
Name Access
Richards, Bill
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images

Boardwalk between houses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description175
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 09, 1954
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
169
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 09, 1954
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the boardwalk between homes 36 and 32 on Finch Steet in the Nechako neighbourhood. View is north-east looking towards Nalabila Boulevard.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- This house type was called a "chicken coop". -- Photograph taken from Fulmar Street. Alcan Collection 73.3.6.1
Subject Access
Towns
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
112
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 08, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts bull cooks preparing Camp No. 8 for occupancy. Twin Peaks is in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-827. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
120
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts buildings in Camp No. 11, constructed on raised platforms and connected by elevated boardwalks in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Alcan Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca.1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two workers looking on as a Sikorsky S-55 helicopter brings in a load of supplies to the transmission line camp atop Kildala Pass.
Notes
Photographed by the International Harverster Company, manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.82
Subject Access
Camps
Transmission line
Construction
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
113
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
October 22, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a view from Camp No. 4 in the "Hanging Valley" below Kildala Pass, upper right. Tower No. 130L is in the foreground. Telephoto view.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1368. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
2002.32.17
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
91
Accession Number
2002.32.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fritz Wurster Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Camp No. 5 mess hall interior

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description103
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
97
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
July 10, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men gathered inside the mess hall at Camp. No. 5, Kemano for the 6:30 p.m sitting.
Notes
Alcan ID No. KR-417. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Camp No. 10 tents and cook

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description123
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
May 12, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the "main street" of Camp No. 10 partially cleared. A cook stands beside one of several new tents that have been erected.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
117
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
May 12, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the "main street" of Camp No. 10 partially cleared. A cook stands beside one of several new tents that have been erected.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-922. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the area between Twin Peaks and Pass Summit showing Camp No. 10, the concrete batching plant and several of the tower sites. View from Twin Peaks.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
116
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
September 20, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the area between Twin Peaks and Pass Summit showing Camp No. 10, the concrete batching plant and several of the tower sites. View from Twin Peaks.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-520. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Transmission line
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
119
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952 or 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts two buildings at Camp No. 11 constructed on raised platforms in anticipation of the snow.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Fritz Wurster was Kemano's Ingot photographer. Fritz Wurster Collection 2002.32
Subject Access
Transmission line
Storage Location
Album
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
211
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Negative No. 25284. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Carpenters roofing house

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description174
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 14, 1953
Accession Number
985.65.430
Scope and Content
Photo depicts carpenters installing aluminum roofing to a D7 house in Kitimat's townsite. View is looking north-west.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
168
Accession Number
985.65.430
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
December 14, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts carpenters installing aluminum roofing to a D7 house in Kitimat's townsite. View is looking north-west.
Notes
Alcan ID No. BC-2-719. Hal Whiting Collection
Subject Access
Towns
Images

Century House, City Centre

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description259
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Accession Number
78.11.126
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
253
Accession Number
78.11.126
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1959
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w 1 negative : b&w ; 6x7.5cm
Scope and Content
Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection. Negative found in 2014.14 collection.
Subject Access
commerce
Images

Clive Erwin's Commissary, Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description211
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 19, 1951
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men shopping at Clive Erwin's Commissary in the Townsite Camp.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
205
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
September 19, 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts men shopping at Clive Erwin's Commissary in the Townsite Camp.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection 73.3.2.24b
Subject Access
Stores
Images

Day Camp at Hirsch Creek

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description11218
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1959
Accession Number
2005.8.2007
Scope and Content
Photo showing summer playground, day camp at Hirsch Creek
Part Of
Northern Sentinel Press Ltd Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.8.2007
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
30 July 1959
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 8" x 6"
Custodial History
Northern Sentinel Box #3 - (A)Historical (1) School District #80 (a)Summer playground program
Scope and Content
Photo showing summer playground, day camp at Hirsch Creek
Subject Access
Public Spaces
Storage Location
Artifact Storage
Images

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