Photo showing the Anderson children sitting on a horse from left to right: Beth Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Bert Anderson, Don Smith, and Mr. McBeth from Hartley Bay holding the horse.
Photo showing the Anderson children sitting on a horse from left to right: Beth Anderson, Gordon Anderson, Bert Anderson, Don Smith, and Mr. McBeth from Hartley Bay holding the horse.
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 opening to the Kitimat Yacht Club basin. Sailboats and the Alcan dock in the distance.
Photo showing view of Kitimat River Bridge looking west, east pier in foreground showing whalers in place with sheet piling driven to grade, in center: pier, and on right: two bearing piles driven to required bearing. On left, sixty foot pile in place for splicing, temporary bridge crew completing placing rock in pier.
Photo showing view of Kitimat River Bridge looking west, east pier in foreground showing whalers in place with sheet piling driven to grade, in center: pier, and on right: two bearing piles driven to required bearing. On left, sixty foot pile in place for splicing, temporary bridge crew completing placing rock in pier.
Photograph of mountain side, three muck cars pulled by a mining locomotive on rail tracks. Bottom of photo has large black bear squating on the side of the tracks, defecating.
Photographer Harry McGee. Donated by his daughter Christine Del Duca. Originally sent to DOK Mayor's Office.
Scope and Content
Photograph of mountain side, three muck cars pulled by a mining locomotive on rail tracks. Bottom of photo has large black bear squating on the side of the tracks, defecating.
Photo showing "Jalopy" stays in Kitimat. Wally Melville buys Creed family's veteran automobile. In car: Wally Melville, wife Grace, daughter Aleta; Aubrey Creed and son Dio to the right.
Photo showing "Jalopy" stays in Kitimat. Wally Melville buys Creed family's veteran automobile. In car: Wally Melville, wife Grace, daughter Aleta; Aubrey Creed and son Dio to the right.