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Construction of Pacific Western Airlines waiting room

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description232
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Scope and Content
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
226
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1955
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts construction of two pan-abode waiting rooms on the beach at Smeltersite for Pacific Western Airlines. A "Mallard" amphibian airplane unloads on the landing ramp in the background.
Notes
Pan-Abode is interlocking red cedar building materials invented in 1948 in British Columbia. The builders of Kitimat chose innovative materials such as Pan-Abode for the town. Pan-Abode was used in some of the first prototype homes on Kitimat's first streets - Oriole, Pintail, and Partridge. It is also an efficient building material as a structure can be assembled very quickly. Northern Sentinel Press Collection. P00226.jpg
Subject Access
Transportation
Airplanes
Images

Mr. Nykolaishen and Kitimat Prince

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description29031
Part Of
Campbell Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Accession Number
992.21.2
Scope and Content
Mr. Nykolaishen and Kitimat Prince
Part Of
Campbell Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
992.21.2
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1952]
Physical Description
2 photographs: b&w ; 12 x 9 cm 25.5 x 20.4 cm
Scope and Content
Mr. Nykolaishen and Kitimat Prince
Name Access
Nykolaishen, Mike
Subject Access
Construction
Kitimat-Kemano Project
personnel
Transporation
Airplanes
plane
sea
Kitimat Prince
Geographic Access
Smeltersite
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
James McNay Collection
Description Level
Item
Date Range
1951-1953
Accession Number
2022.3.123
Scope and Content
Slide showing an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
Part Of
James McNay Collection
Creator
McNay, James
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.3.123
Date Range
1951-1953
Physical Description
1 slide ; colour
History / Biographical
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 an airplane flying over the beach at smeltersite. Behind on the slope, the smeltersite bunkhouses are visible. Pipes can also be seen at the back of the beach area.
Subject Access
Smeltersite
Bunkhouses
Airplanes
Storage Location
Slide binder 7