Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
The Kitimat Valley Naturalists are a non-profit organization with the goal of learning about and enjoying the natural history of the Kitimat Valley. They were founded in 1996 and are still active as of 2023. Their projects include an annual Christmas bird count, construction of bat condos, monitoring amphibian numbers, and mapping eelgrass beds in the Douglas Channel.
Custodial History
Items were donated by Susan and Walter Thorne, longtime members of the Kitimat Valley Naturalists, on February 16th 2023. The fonds was arranged and described by Museum staff in April 2023.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of two files of materials collected and produced by the Kitimat Valley Naturalists:
F1) Contents of the secretary-treasurer's duotang, 1996-1998. Includes meeting minutes, correspondence, receipts, financial documents, mailing lists, 1997 annual report, photocopied map, events schedule, Federation of BC Naturalists membership info, sign-up sheet for Douglas Channel boat trip, correspondence from Creston Valley Wildlife Area, materials re: Gisela Mendel Native Plant Garden, draft write-up for Iron Oxbow Wildlife Viewing Area along the Kitimat River, and ephemera from the inside front cover of the duotang (receipt from Fed. of BC Naturalists, business cards for Aurora Charters and Reid Crowther Consulting Engineers).
F2) Materials related to Pine Creek Protective Covenant, 2003-2014. This covenant was established by Rio Tinto Alcan, the Haisla Nation, and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, to protect the Pine Creek hiking trail and its watercourse near Minette Bay. Folder includes correspondence, signage text, Land Title Act forms, maps, and a Master Watercourse Crossing List from Coastal GasLink.
Notes
Three reports collected by the KVN - "An Assessment of the Kitimat Iron Oxbow Proposed Wildlife Viewing Area," "Blue Carbon - The Case for the Conservation and Enhancement of Estuarine Processes and Sediments in BC," and "Coastal Wetlands Habitat Assessment and Classification for Northwestern British Columbia" - have been added to the Museum's Reference Library.
Conservation
Removed from original duotang/folders. Staples removed.
Storage Location
Box 29
Arrangement
F1) has been left in original order, apart from ephemera which was removed from the inside cover of the duotang.
F2) has been arranged in roughly chronological order.
The Kitimat Chinese Association was founded in 1985. Their purpose was to connect all Chinese Canadians in Kitimat, with the local people too. They encouraged the members involved in the community to show and share Chinese culture with the people in Kitimat. Like activities in Multicultural Day, Canada Day, Canada Cancer Society's Relay of Life, etc. Every year they had three gatherings, summer picnic, Christmas and Chinese New Year. The association disbanded in December 2008 as most of the members got older and retired.
Custodial History
Donated by Huey-lin Wu
Scope and Content
1 photo album containing various photos from Kitimat Chinese Association events. Photos include-
Children and adults in traditional Chinese clothes
Traditional dances
Groups and children at the First Baptist Church
A meeting in a classroom
Radley Park picnic
Events at Frank Melanson Memorial Hall
Christmas events
New Years event 1997 (year of the ox)
Potluck Dinners
Flyer for Multicultural Festival Potluck Dinner and Performance 1997
Album containing photos and clippings of the Kitimat Youth Soccer Association Fields development. Official Sod Turning Ceremony was Thurs. July 1, 1993 (Phase 1), Clearing/Grading July 1995 (phase 2), and Full Field Soccer completed Spring 1997.
Album containing photos and clippings of the Kitimat Youth Soccer Association Fields development. Official Sod Turning Ceremony was Thurs. July 1, 1993 (Phase 1), Clearing/Grading July 1995 (phase 2), and Full Field Soccer completed Spring 1997.
Notes
Album dismantled and contents sorted into envelopes for safer archival storage. Album used an adhesive which was not ideal for the preservation of the photos. Album pages copied and put into archival storage.
Slides showing "Paintings from the Kitimat Valley" by Edward Epp, the museum stairs before the wall covering was added (shows concrete), Mrs.Markland (Mission School Teacher), a Kitlope women cleaning fish, and Mrs. Laurence with girls from the Haisla Girl's Home.
Photographs taken by Montserrat Gonzalez in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Slides showing "Paintings from the Kitimat Valley" by Edward Epp, the museum stairs before the wall covering was added (shows concrete), Mrs.Markland (Mission School Teacher), a Kitlope women cleaning fish, and Mrs. Laurence with girls from the Haisla Girl's Home.
Folder containing Kitimat 40th documents
- Friday Aug 5th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Saturday Aug 6th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Sunday Aug 7th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Kitimat 40th ad write-up
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting, Thurs July 21, 1994
- Letter to Mr. Harcourt
- Letter to Eric Sykes
- July 14, 1994 Ad #3 for insertion Wed/Sat, 20/23 July
- Letter to Anne Berrisford, text draft for next week's advertising
- Letter to Mr. Eric S. Sykes June 26 1994
- Letter from Eric Sykes June 22 1994
- Message from Anne B. Summer has Arrived.
- Letter to Mr. Hewitson x 2 June 22, 1994
- Letter to Mr. Eric S. Sykes 21 June 1994
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 16 June 1994
- Letter to Anne Berrisford from Art Pugh
- Letter to Anne Berrisford from Martin Gould, June 17 1994
- Letter to Les & Beth Holroyd, June 14 1994
- Letter to Anne Berrisford form Gail Guise
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 14 June 1994
- Inter-office memo from Dennis Affleck to Anne Berrisford
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 6 June 1994
July 1st week celebrations - Canada 125 letter. 14 June 1993
Folder containing Kitimat 40th documents
- Friday Aug 5th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Saturday Aug 6th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Sunday Aug 7th, 1994 Bus Schedules
- Kitimat 40th ad write-up
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting, Thurs July 21, 1994
- Letter to Mr. Harcourt
- Letter to Eric Sykes
- July 14, 1994 Ad #3 for insertion Wed/Sat, 20/23 July
- Letter to Anne Berrisford, text draft for next week's advertising
- Letter to Mr. Eric S. Sykes June 26 1994
- Letter from Eric Sykes June 22 1994
- Message from Anne B. Summer has Arrived.
- Letter to Mr. Hewitson x 2 June 22, 1994
- Letter to Mr. Eric S. Sykes 21 June 1994
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 16 June 1994
- Letter to Anne Berrisford from Art Pugh
- Letter to Anne Berrisford from Martin Gould, June 17 1994
- Letter to Les & Beth Holroyd, June 14 1994
- Letter to Anne Berrisford form Gail Guise
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 14 June 1994
- Inter-office memo from Dennis Affleck to Anne Berrisford
- Alcan 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee Meeting 6 June 1994
July 1st week celebrations - Canada 125 letter. 14 June 1993
Collection of photographs pertaining to the 1993 BC Winter Games in Kitimat. Photo content includes speakers, performances, Scouts, cake, children, Kit the Fox, signs, Mayor Rick Wozney, various other unidentified people, and possibly the opening ceremony. Photos are all attached to together in various sections. There is also one photo mounted on a blue backed mini poster. Photo is of a group of men in suits. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
Donated by Laurie Graham from the City Centre Mall Office.
Scope and Content
Collection of photographs pertaining to the 1993 BC Winter Games in Kitimat. Photo content includes speakers, performances, Scouts, cake, children, Kit the Fox, signs, Mayor Rick Wozney, various other unidentified people, and possibly the opening ceremony. Photos are all attached to together in various sections. There is also one photo mounted on a blue backed mini poster. Photo is of a group of men in suits. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
Photograph of a group of men in black suits and black a red striped ties with a blue district of Kitimat sign behind them. It is mounted on a white sheet with a blue paper backing like a mini poster. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
Donated by Laurie Graham from the City Centre Mall Office.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of men in black suits and black a red striped ties with a blue district of Kitimat sign behind them. It is mounted on a white sheet with a blue paper backing like a mini poster. Text on poster reads "Kitimat Winter Games 1993 Come Together You Do This I'll Do That".
This item is part of a large collection of photographs from Prince Rupert Daily News that was first transfered to the Prince Rupert City & Regional Archives. Images pertaining to Kitimat/Kemano were subsequently transfered to our repository
Scope and Content
Photograph of three men working on DC#4 Casting (casting aluminum ingots at Alcan).
