Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
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Photo showing S.S. Oriana while still under construction. It was the largest built vessel in British shipyards since the war. The ship has more than 1,000 tons of aluminum in her structure, 900 of those tons were supplied by Alcan Industries Limited, the British counterpart of RioTinto Alcan in Canada.
Photo showing 'Kitmano' docked at Kemano, B.C. (part of the Alcan Project). L/R Bob Ashmore, Dan Hayes (Supt. Wharf Alcan: Kitimat Works); Arv Sestrap (Insurance, Charter Business); Canada Life, Resident, District Rep. Kitimat
Photo showing 'Kitmano' docked at Kemano, B.C. (part of the Alcan Project). L/R Bob Ashmore, Dan Hayes (Supt. Wharf Alcan: Kitimat Works); Arv Sestrap (Insurance, Charter Business); Canada Life, Resident, District Rep. Kitimat
Photo depicts passengers disembarking from the boat and seaplane docked at the wharf of the float camp on the Kildala Arm of Gardner Canal. Seen in the background is Dala Heights and the route of the transmission line.
Photo depicts passengers disembarking from the boat and seaplane docked at the wharf of the float camp on the Kildala Arm of Gardner Canal. Seen in the background is Dala Heights and the route of the transmission line.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-811. Alcan Collection
Photo showing history trading vessel, the S.S. Beaver with Rear Admiral M.G. Stirling, Maritime Commander (Pacific), left, and L.J. Wallace, General Chairman, Provincial Centennial Committee.
Photo showing history trading vessel, the S.S. Beaver with Rear Admiral M.G. Stirling, Maritime Commander (Pacific), left, and L.J. Wallace, General Chairman, Provincial Centennial Committee.
Photo showing the Union Steamships passenger vessel, Chilcotin, sailing from Kitimat for the last time after the company discontinued its coastal service. Captain Ray Perry (insert) was master of the ship on its last run.
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Photo showing the Union Steamships passenger vessel, Chilcotin, sailing from Kitimat for the last time after the company discontinued its coastal service. Captain Ray Perry (insert) was master of the ship on its last run.
Photo showing "even Ben Hogan would find it tough to sink a ball in Kitimat golf course's ninth hole after weekend storm turned course into skin-divers' playground. Vince Critchley stood in waist-high water to find ninth hole. This photo was taken at 1st Golf course behind the Alcan Plant.
Photo showing "even Ben Hogan would find it tough to sink a ball in Kitimat golf course's ninth hole after weekend storm turned course into skin-divers' playground. Vince Critchley stood in waist-high water to find ninth hole. This photo was taken at 1st Golf course behind the Alcan Plant.