Blanket with map of northwest BC including Kitimat; 4 images of industrial development at Kitimat; logo for JGC Fluor/BC LNG JV, "Safer Together" symbol, and Haisla Nation logo. Very soft, with dark blue background and white reverse.
Blanket with map of northwest BC including Kitimat; 4 images of industrial development at Kitimat; logo for JGC Fluor/BC LNG JV, "Safer Together" symbol, and Haisla Nation logo. Very soft, with dark blue background and white reverse.
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
One small crease near top
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kemano 1951 - the main construction camp housed 2,450 single men and 44 families, complete with recreational facilities, school, and mess hall to feed 800 men in shifts around the clock. Another camp for 250 families in trailers and prefabricated houses was established half way to the Kemano dock.
Accession Number
2018.26.9
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of main construction camp in Kemano in 1951. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kemano 1951 - the main construction camp housed 2,450 single men and 44 families, complete with recreational facilities, school, and mess hall to feed 800 men in shifts around the clock. Another camp for 250 families in trailers and prefabricated houses was established half way to the Kemano dock.
Accession Number
2018.26.10
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
tiny bend on bottom left corner
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.11
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.12
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very small crease in centre near top
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
The Delta King - from Sacramento - a stern-wheeler river boat was purchased, transported up the BC coastline and beached near the Kitimat smeltersite. It was converted into exceptional stately quarters for 250 construction and smeltersite workers.
Accession Number
2018.26.14
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
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.
