Slide showing the smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
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 the smeltersite bunkhouses. The Hudson's Bay Company building is to the right. Construction material is visible on the beach in the fireground. Powerline poles also visible on far right.
Slide showing Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
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 Hudson's Bay Company at smeltersite. In front is a white bus, and the slope leading down to the beach. Two people are standing down there. Powerline pole to the left of them. In the background the bunkohouses and other houses are visible.
Photograph of Smeltersite Bunkhouses. Back of the photograph reads: 'More bunkhouses & married quarters behind them. The dark building with the buses parked in front of it is the cafeteria, downstairs is the Hudson's Bay store & at the right hand and it is the Post Office.'
Photograph taken by Dave Geddes, Bank of Montreal, and given to Sylvia Anderson
Scope and Content
Photograph of Smeltersite Bunkhouses. Back of the photograph reads: 'More bunkhouses & married quarters behind them. The dark building with the buses parked in front of it is the cafeteria, downstairs is the Hudson's Bay store & at the right hand and it is the Post Office.'
Photograph of second floor entrance of Hudson's Bay company's building in the city centre a few moments after the building officially opened. Very crowded.
Photos belonged to Raymond Stanyer who worked in Kitimat, and were donated by his wife, Pat Stanyer
Scope and Content
Photograph of second floor entrance of Hudson's Bay company's building in the city centre a few moments after the building officially opened. Very crowded.
Photo showing 2nd Floor (near main entrance), 'Opening date of the Hudson's Bay Company. Opened 12 December 1956 - City Centre. - closed 15 June 1985. Smeltersite Hudson's Bay Company opened 18 August 1952 - closed 1961.
Photo showing 2nd Floor (near main entrance), 'Opening date of the Hudson's Bay Company. Opened 12 December 1956 - City Centre. - closed 15 June 1985. Smeltersite Hudson's Bay Company opened 18 August 1952 - closed 1961.
Photo showing Opening of the Hudson's Bay Store - Upper City Centre - 12 December 1956. L/R C. Harford, Asst.General Manager, Bay Stores; J.C. Frank, Zone Manager; Mrs. P.E. Radley, wife of Alcan's B.C. Project Manager; Bay Manager, Robert L. Haas.
Photo showing Opening of the Hudson's Bay Store - Upper City Centre - 12 December 1956. L/R C. Harford, Asst.General Manager, Bay Stores; J.C. Frank, Zone Manager; Mrs. P.E. Radley, wife of Alcan's B.C. Project Manager; Bay Manager, Robert L. Haas.
