Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
Four postcards featuring images of early Kitimat and Alcan.
5 - The Townsite - Birds Eye View
6 - Camp 5 - Kemano
7 - The Kitimat Townsite
8 - The Kitimat Townsite - Mt. Elizabeth
Postcard featuring colour photo of aerial view if Kitimat River and bridge in Kitimat BC.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
8.8cm
Width
13.8cm
Inscriptions
Reproduced from 35mm transparency
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Accession Number
2020.12.9
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Picture postcard showing an aerial view of the Nechako neighbourhoods under construction. In the foreground of the photo are Ptarmigan, Plover, Pintail, and Partridge streets. Behind them to the right are some trees, and to the left is an empty area where Nechako School would later be built. In the background runs Nalabila Blvd. with some of the curved streets (Starling, Swallow) running off of it. A black mark has been drawn near the upper middle of the card, indicating where the sender lived (at the 'curve' of Starling Street').
Message from sender (possibly Mike or Nancy Marciniak) on back:
"This picture of Townsite was taken last year, now the whole area is nearly filled with houses. I live near the centre where the cross is.
Three years ago this was all forest, the same as you see all around the edge of the town."
Physical Condition
Fair
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some creases in postcard, especially at upper and lower right-hand corners. All corners have been worn down. Back of the card is yellowed and has some smudges and stains on it, including a brown teardrop-shaped stain below the "Put Stamp Here" label.
Width
8.5 cm
Length
13.7 cm
Inscriptions
"THE TOWNSITE" BIRDS EYE VIEW Kitimat, B.C., Canada
P9733
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Plastichrome (R) by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
Reproduced from 35MM Transparency
Date Range
[1955]
Accession Number
2014.13.39
Biographical Notes
Nancy Anne Hickinbottom was born in Kitimat in 1957 to Mike (Miecyszlaw) and Nancy Marciniak, who lived in the town during its early days.
