Slide showing a large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
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 large, round container. Possibly a reel of transmission line. Outside of container reads "Aluminum Company of Canada Limited". Other crates visible behind.
A Linhof large format camera. There is a view finder at side with rubber eye cup. A hand screw at the top. There are dials, buttons, and levers around the camera. At one side there is a door that reveals a bellows lens when opened. A tripod mount at the bottom. There is a leather strap attached on one side.
A Linhof large format camera. There is a view finder at side with rubber eye cup. A hand screw at the top. There are dials, buttons, and levers around the camera. At one side there is a door that reveals a bellows lens when opened. A tripod mount at the bottom. There is a leather strap attached on one side.
Photograph of a man holding a large salmon at Kemano. Salmon has a rope tied around its tail that the man is holding it by. Man is wearing what looks like a type of hardhat. There is a house behind him.
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 man holding a large salmon at Kemano. Salmon has a rope tied around its tail that the man is holding it by. Man is wearing what looks like a type of hardhat. There is a house behind him.
Photograph showing a man operating a very large machine (possibly a log loader). The man is lifting up a log and another man is at the bottom of the log helping. There is man beside the log and the other man and his shirt has a number on the back of it. In the distance there are more people, a forest and a mountain. Part of Loggers Supplement 1972.
Photograph showing a man operating a very large machine (possibly a log loader). The man is lifting up a log and another man is at the bottom of the log helping. There is man beside the log and the other man and his shirt has a number on the back of it. In the distance there are more people, a forest and a mountain. Part of Loggers Supplement 1972.
Photograph of road shown running across the upper half of the photo is the railroad grade at Kitimat and the road bisecting the photo cuts through the northern side of the Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd.property.
Photograph of road shown running across the upper half of the photo is the railroad grade at Kitimat and the road bisecting the photo cuts through the northern side of the Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd.property.
Photograph of Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd. property showing the railraod grade in the upper part of the photo and the Campbell-Bennett access road bisecting the image. The site was previously cleared by Alcan.
Photograph of Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd. property showing the railraod grade in the upper part of the photo and the Campbell-Bennett access road bisecting the image. The site was previously cleared by Alcan.
Photograph of Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd. Warehouse, showing the front, including office section and the 18 feet snowfall that happened late December, 1953.
Photograph of Kitimat Builders Supplies Ltd. Warehouse, showing the front, including office section and the 18 feet snowfall that happened late December, 1953.
