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"Kitimat scenery" postcard

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Part Of
Nute family fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
c. 1977
Accession Number
2022.32.16
Scope and Content
Postcard showing a view of the highway from Kitimat in winter. Caption: "KITIMAT SCENERY, B.C. Here one can get a magnificent view of the mountains surrounding the city of Kitimat while leaving the town and driving towards Terrace. Kitimat is a model city built by top planners in order that up to 50,000 people could be housed and serviced. The basic industry is a huge Aluminum Smelter, lumbering, some fishing and tourist trade. The name Kitimat was derived from the Indian (sic) Village across Kitimat channel." Edges of postcard are wavy.
Part Of
Nute family fonds
Creator
Lakeside Photo Studios, Williams Lake, B.C.
Photo taken by Ken Buchanan.
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.32.16
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
c. 1977
Physical Description
1 colour postcard; 14 x 9 cm
History / Biographical
The road in this photo, Highway 25, was renamed to Highway 37 in 1986.
Custodial History
Donated by Meg Walker, granddaughter of John and Marjorie Nute, on October 11th 2022.
Scope and Content
Postcard showing a view of the highway from Kitimat in winter. Caption: "KITIMAT SCENERY, B.C. Here one can get a magnificent view of the mountains surrounding the city of Kitimat while leaving the town and driving towards Terrace. Kitimat is a model city built by top planners in order that up to 50,000 people could be housed and serviced. The basic industry is a huge Aluminum Smelter, lumbering, some fishing and tourist trade. The name Kitimat was derived from the Indian (sic) Village across Kitimat channel." Edges of postcard are wavy.
Notes
Collected by Rev. John and Marjorie Nute, who worked at the Kitimat Presbyterian Church in summer 1977.
Geographic Access
Kitimat

Skeena River, Highway 16 West posctard

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36148
Part Of
Nute family fonds
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
c. 1977
Accession Number
2022.32.17
Scope and Content
Postcard showing the Skeena River and mountains near Terrace. Caption: "Here one can view the beauty abounding in the Skeena area a few miles north of Terrace. At this point one can first glimpse the Seven Sisters range which are portrayed here on sharp left of snow-capped peaks." Edges of postcard are wavy.
Part Of
Nute family fonds
Creator
Lakeside Photo Studios, Williams Lake, B.C.
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2022.32.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
c. 1977
Physical Description
1 colour postcard; 14.8 x 10.5 cm
Custodial History
Donated by Meg Walker, granddaughter of John and Marjorie Nute, on October 11th 2022.
Scope and Content
Postcard showing the Skeena River and mountains near Terrace. Caption: "Here one can view the beauty abounding in the Skeena area a few miles north of Terrace. At this point one can first glimpse the Seven Sisters range which are portrayed here on sharp left of snow-capped peaks." Edges of postcard are wavy.
Notes
Collected by Rev. John and Marjorie Nute, who worked at the Kitimat Presbyterian Church in summer 1977.
Geographic Access
Skeena River