The person closest to the camera has his back turned and is drinking from a water bottle. The man on the right is sitting in his snowmobile and is resting his helmet on his lap. He is wearing a jacket with two stripes going down his arm. The two people in the far back are looking at something to their right, and the other two individuals on the left are also drinking.
The person closest to the camera has his back turned and is drinking from a water bottle. The man on the right is sitting in his snowmobile and is resting his helmet on his lap. He is wearing a jacket with two stripes going down his arm. The two people in the far back are looking at something to their right, and the other two individuals on the left are also drinking.
The fonds consists of Clague's correspondence with Jennie Lomas of Duncan, BC.
4 folders
1-1 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1910
1-2 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1911
1-3 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1910
1-4 Herbert Clague, correspondence (typescript), 1911
Herbert (Bert) Clague was born in Sheffield, England, and gained a certificate in practical metallurgy from Sheffield University. In 1906, he came to Canada, first working in Montreal and Prince Rupert. He established his permanent home in Duncan, BC in 1910. Clague articled as a BC Surveyor and, during the summers of 1910 and 1911, conducted provincial government surveys in the Kitimat Valley. In 1912, he married Jennie Lomas of Duncan, BC. Clague Mountain in the Kitimat area is named in his honour.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of Clague's correspondence with Jennie Lomas of Duncan, BC.
4 folders
1-1 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1910
1-2 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1911
1-3 Herbert Clague, correspondence, 1910
1-4 Herbert Clague, correspondence (typescript), 1911
Notes
Title based on the contents of the fonds. Typescripts of the correspondence are available.
7 photograph prints : color ; 12.5 x 18cm
1 photograph print : color ; 13 x 15cm
2 photograph prints : color ; 8 x 11.5cm
1 photograph print : color ; 6 x 11cm
1 photograph print : color ; 4 x 4cm
1 photograph print : color ; 12.5 x 9cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Images taken from atop Clague Mountain looking down on Kitimat.
Notes
71.75.4 and 71.75.4.0 to 13 (Missing 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20 x 25cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 9cm
4 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
Photo showing historic porch from which acting-sheriff J.A.R. Homer read the proclamation uniting the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia into a single colony; here examined by L.J. Wallace, provincial general chairman.
Photo showing historic porch from which acting-sheriff J.A.R. Homer read the proclamation uniting the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia into a single colony; here examined by L.J. Wallace, provincial general chairman.
Photo showing John Fisher, right, National Centennial Commissioner, pinning a gold medal leaf emblem on Bert Lange, chairman of Kitimat's Centennial Committee.
Photo showing John Fisher, right, National Centennial Commissioner, pinning a gold medal leaf emblem on Bert Lange, chairman of Kitimat's Centennial Committee.
Photograph showing Kitimat Centennial Museum's Display of Several things including Clague Mountain and evergreen trees. The Clague Mountain display is labeled; "Our Municipal Park 'Clague Mountain' and has a photo of Clague Mountain. There is another display labeled; "Know your Evergreens!" with 5 small tree trunks. There is a small rodent that resembles a ferret above the trees.
Photograph showing Kitimat Centennial Museum's Display of Several things including Clague Mountain and evergreen trees. The Clague Mountain display is labeled; "Our Municipal Park 'Clague Mountain' and has a photo of Clague Mountain. There is another display labeled; "Know your Evergreens!" with 5 small tree trunks. There is a small rodent that resembles a ferret above the trees.
Photo showing Miss Lucy Tolhurst of Kitimat in a pale blue Centennial gown owned by Mrs. Gordon Marshall. Her mother, Mrs. James Tolhurst holds her bonnet while Mrs. Hans Rosenblum fixes a curl.
Photo showing Miss Lucy Tolhurst of Kitimat in a pale blue Centennial gown owned by Mrs. Gordon Marshall. Her mother, Mrs. James Tolhurst holds her bonnet while Mrs. Hans Rosenblum fixes a curl.
