Postcard featuring image of Hirsch Creek Park shoreline. People on beach and bridge in background.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
10.5 cm
Length
15 cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat, British Columbia "The Aluminum City"
Hirsch Creek Campsite is one of the fine campgrounds available to the outdoor visitor. Fishing in the area is exellent.
Postcard featuring highway 37 with view of Mount Elizabeth in background.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Slight wear on edges
Height
10.5cm
Length
16cm
Inscriptions
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 Village across Kitimat channel.
2 postcards featuring Moore Creek Falls in Kitimat BC.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
15cm
Width
10cm
Inscriptions
Moore Falls
Kitimat, British Columbia
'Nature's Theatre' presents the pristine waters of Moore Falls - cascading over a time-worn rock face, and resting in a placid pool below, before escaping on its course to the Douglas Channel. The falls are located a few minutes drive south of Kitimat.
Postcard featuring an image of a crucible of molten aluminum in the Alcan potlines.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat, British Columbia. "The Aluminum City." "ALCAN'S" smelter here has an installed capacity of 260,000 tons annualy in the potline shown. A crucible of molten aluminum is lifted for transport to the casting department. Photo - courtesy Aluminum Co. of Canada, Ltd
Postcard featuring an image Kitimat, B.C. looking east down Haisla blvd with the hospital in view.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
9cm
Width
14cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat, B.C. "The Aluminum City"
Kitimat British Columbia
This thoroughfare largely divides the 4 sections of this professionally planned and completely new "Aluminum" City. Part of the residential section is seen above the hospital.
Postcard featuring image of the Kitimat marina on the Douglas Channel.
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Some light scratches
Height
10.4cm
Width
14.9cm
Inscriptions
Marina at Kitimat British Columbia, Canada. The marina at Kitimat is located on the Douglas Channel -a 140 km. fiord connecting Kitimat to the Inside Passage. It is a convenient launch site to access the Pacific Ocean for fishing or sightseeing.
Accession Number
2018.26.17
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
