Photo showing conference of Deanery of Metlakatla, back to front, left to right: Mr. John Denning, Mr. James Cooke, Mr. Donald Steele, Mr. William Letnes, Mr. Malcolm Reid, Mr. Philip Douglas-Tourner, Mr. Denis Barber, The Ven. Arch Deacon John Robinson, The Rev. Norman Southcott, Mr. Richard Wright, The Rev. A.P. Horsfield, The Ven. Rev. Geoffrey Flagg, Mrs. L.A. Duncan.
Photo showing conference of Deanery of Metlakatla, back to front, left to right: Mr. John Denning, Mr. James Cooke, Mr. Donald Steele, Mr. William Letnes, Mr. Malcolm Reid, Mr. Philip Douglas-Tourner, Mr. Denis Barber, The Ven. Arch Deacon John Robinson, The Rev. Norman Southcott, Mr. Richard Wright, The Rev. A.P. Horsfield, The Ven. Rev. Geoffrey Flagg, Mrs. L.A. Duncan.
Jamieson came to Kitimat from Vancouver to work on the Alcan project in 1952. With his first pay cheque he bought a small "Pony Kodak" camera at the local store (Hudson Bay?), and started taking coloured slides of the Kitimat from 1952-1953. Left Kitimat at the end of August 1953 to move to Montreal.
Scope and Content
Slide of digging bitto and pipe used by hydraulic dredge at Kitimat.
Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Photo showing a BE 22-B Trench Hoe digging the trench for sewer and water lines to the family quarters at the Kitimat Construction Camp. These were prefab buildings which were completed at the rate of two daily.
Four men standing aboard the Island Prince. (l-r) _____?, Don Murray, _____?, Sam Lindsay. All four men are wearing suits, and the man on the far left has his hands behind his back. The rest of the men have their hands by their side.
Four men standing aboard the Island Prince. (l-r) _____?, Don Murray, _____?, Sam Lindsay. All four men are wearing suits, and the man on the far left has his hands behind his back. The rest of the men have their hands by their side.
Slide showing front end loader digging. Two shirtless men are on it. One is operating, and the other is standing while holding onto the machine in the front. Behind, construction is visible.
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 front end loader digging. Two shirtless men are on it. One is operating, and the other is standing while holding onto the machine in the front. Behind, construction is visible.
A side view of the Island Prince in the water. There is a group on people onboard at the front of the ship, and according to the numbers at the bottom front of the boat, the water level is at 13.
A side view of the Island Prince in the water. There is a group on people onboard at the front of the ship, and according to the numbers at the bottom front of the boat, the water level is at 13.
