Photo showing CNR laying track to Kitimat - Terrace. Laying steel by hand previous to the track layer coming in. (Note: photo looks like just coming out of Terrace because of the size of the mountain in the background and the closeness).
Photo showing CNR laying track to Kitimat - Terrace. Laying steel by hand previous to the track layer coming in. (Note: photo looks like just coming out of Terrace because of the size of the mountain in the background and the closeness).
Photo showing 1st train over CNR line linking Terrace with Kitimat 14 January 1955.
L/R Jim Douglas (CNR Veteran Conductor); George Little (Terrace-Pioneer); Wilbur H. Sparks (1st Reeve of Kitimat)
Photo showing 1st train over CNR line linking Terrace with Kitimat 14 January 1955.
L/R Jim Douglas (CNR Veteran Conductor); George Little (Terrace-Pioneer); Wilbur H. Sparks (1st Reeve of Kitimat)
Photograph of 4-pole structure that will temporarily serve the electrical districtbution for the City Centre. Note the external steps on the South Side of the Alcan commecial building.
Photograph of 4-pole structure that will temporarily serve the electrical districtbution for the City Centre. Note the external steps on the South Side of the Alcan commecial building.
Photograph of the official opening of highway 25 between Terrace and Kitimat, Nov 1957. Cutting the ribbon is Phil Gaglardi, Minister of Highways. Standing to the left of him is an RCMP officer and a photographer. There is a big crowd of people in the background.
From the years 1953-1958, Mike Kinnear took photos during his school years, until graduation, while working for Fred Ryan Ltd. after school and holidays. Photos for him was a hobby, and he took many photos of the smelter and townsite as it grew around him. Mike also took a number of photos for the Kitimat Northern Sentinel, during the Ken Brumley and Pixie Meldrum years as editors. Mike and his family left Kitimat in 1958, but he spent the best part of 40 years in the photographic field, mainly in the retail/wholesale part of the photo industry.
Custodial History
Donated by Margaret and Mike Kinnear.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the official opening of highway 25 between Terrace and Kitimat, Nov 1957. Cutting the ribbon is Phil Gaglardi, Minister of Highways. Standing to the left of him is an RCMP officer and a photographer. There is a big crowd of people in the background.