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 a ship on the Douglas Channel. Ship is black and white with two red and black smokestacks.
Photo showing long tow, M.V. Sunpalermo, damaged by an explosion in her boiler room, being towed out from Kitimat by Vancouver tug, La Pointe. The damaged and loaded vessel was towed all the way to Vancouver for repairs.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Transportation
(a)Ships and Boats
Scope and Content
Photo showing long tow, M.V. Sunpalermo, damaged by an explosion in her boiler room, being towed out from Kitimat by Vancouver tug, La Pointe. The damaged and loaded vessel was towed all the way to Vancouver for repairs.
Photo showing Mrs. J. Peel, daughter Louise and Jill Gregory, daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. They are three of almost 4,000 Kitimatians who called on H.M.C.S. Crescent when she was in port on the weekend. Here Mrs. Peel and the two girls are caught by the Sentinel camera, checking one of the many complex, strange things used to equip a vessel of the destroyer escort class.
Northern Sentinel - (A)Historical
(1)Royal Canadian Navy
(a)Personnel
(b)Visits
Scope and Content
Photo showing Mrs. J. Peel, daughter Louise and Jill Gregory, daughter of Sergeant and Mrs. J. F. Gregory. They are three of almost 4,000 Kitimatians who called on H.M.C.S. Crescent when she was in port on the weekend. Here Mrs. Peel and the two girls are caught by the Sentinel camera, checking one of the many complex, strange things used to equip a vessel of the destroyer escort class.
Photograph of a ship at Kemano. There are people on the ship, and standing around on the dock outside of it. The dock is wet. Snowy mountain in background.
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 a ship at Kemano. There are people on the ship, and standing around on the dock outside of it. The dock is wet. Snowy mountain in background.
Photograph of a walkway on the side of a ship. Walkway is wood, and walls, cieling, and posts around it are white. Possibly either the MV Nechako or Queen of the North. Mountains visible in 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 a walkway on the side of a ship. Walkway is wood, and walls, cieling, and posts around it are white. Possibly either the MV Nechako or Queen of the North. Mountains visible in background.
