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.
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
Slide showing dirt road leading to a bridge over a river/creek, possibly Anderson Creek. Grassy area on other side with white foundation structures for transmission line. Mountains in background. Mount Elizabeth partially visible on left side.
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 dirt road leading to a bridge over a river/creek, possibly Anderson Creek. Grassy area on other side with white foundation structures for transmission line. Mountains in background. Mount Elizabeth partially visible on left side.
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Photo depicts Auguste Buteau, Alcan Conductor Division Inspector, stamping his initials into a completed joint for the transmission line to mark it as O.K.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-1143. -- Mr. Buteau was from the Isle Maligne in Quebec. Each joint in the transmission line had to be inspected and stamped. Alcan Collection
Photograph of camp 8 logs cut for transmission line in background. Ground is covered in cut logs in the centre and right. A road is running through the logs. Some smoke can be seen to the right of the road. Left area is cleared out. Tent houses can be seen towards the back. Clearing with cut logs continues up the mountain in the back.
Kemano Timber Limited photos. The President and CEO was Ernest G. McCorkell.
Custodial History
Photos donated by James (Jim) Stewart.
Scope and Content
Photograph of camp 8 logs cut for transmission line in background. Ground is covered in cut logs in the centre and right. A road is running through the logs. Some smoke can be seen to the right of the road. Left area is cleared out. Tent houses can be seen towards the back. Clearing with cut logs continues up the mountain in the back.
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
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.
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
