Photo showing Kitamaat's first hotel built by Walter Williscroft and owned by Charles William Clifford, Member of the British Columbia Legislature for the Skeena riding and promoter of Kitamaat for Canada's northern railway terminus.
Photo showing Kitamaat's first hotel built by Walter Williscroft and owned by Charles William Clifford, Member of the British Columbia Legislature for the Skeena riding and promoter of Kitamaat for Canada's northern railway terminus.
Title based on content of fond.
1. John Manders on the stairwell of the Delta King
2. John Manders w/fellow from Ireland, walking down hallway of Delta King
3. John Manders w/Mike Durin outside walkway on the Delta King
4. Panoramic view, Anderson Creek Camp, new bunkhouses, on the left, old
bunkhouses, Anderson Creek Bridge at the back, a bit of trailer court on the right
5. Anderson Creek Camp - old bunkhouses, Anderson Creek Bridge, Trailer Camp
6. Anderson Hill Trailer Camp
7. John Manders (right) & friend, outside CN Station
8. Locomotive, one of the first trains in Kitimat
9. Smeltersite looking southeast
10. John Manders on his 1996 Harley Davidson, FLHT
11. Slide Photo locomotive, one of the first trains in Kitimat
12. Slide photo John Manders (right) & friend, outside CN station
13. Slide photo Smeltersite looking southeast
14. Kitimat Hotel, which opened May 26, 1955
15. Panoramic view, Anderson Hill Trailer Camp & Anderson Creek Camp were two
separate places. In the panormaic view Anderson Creek Camp has barracks -
located in the left background. Anderson Hill Trailer Camp is located in the
foreground - all the way across the panoramic view
Photograph of the Kitimat Hotel in Service Centre. There are cars and trucks parked outside of it. There is an X with arrows drawn on the side of the building showing where the dining room for reception is.
Donated by Jackie Worboys. Given to the Jackie Mufford Worboys family by Wally Melville.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Kitimat Hotel in Service Centre. There are cars and trucks parked outside of it. There is an X with arrows drawn on the side of the building showing where the dining room for reception is.
An Ontario high school class seated at tables in the blue room at the Kitimat Hotel. There is a lady standing up speaking with her hand on her chest. She is wearing a white sweater over top of her shirt, and the man behind her is turned around in his chair looking at her.
An Ontario high school class seated at tables in the blue room at the Kitimat Hotel. There is a lady standing up speaking with her hand on her chest. She is wearing a white sweater over top of her shirt, and the man behind her is turned around in his chair looking at her.
Photo showing The Kitimat Hotel, now the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel, boasted the largest beer parlor in Western Canada in the early 1950s. Part of the big tap room is shown in a picture taken from the historical files of the Northern Sentinel.
Photo showing The Kitimat Hotel, now the Kitimat-Gordon Hotel, boasted the largest beer parlor in Western Canada in the early 1950s. Part of the big tap room is shown in a picture taken from the historical files of the Northern Sentinel.
There are five men and one woman standing in a row, posing for the camera man. The lady is the second one in from the left, and Mayor Sam Lindsay is the fourth one in from the left. There is striped wall paper in the background, and curtains to the right of the photograph.
There are five men and one woman standing in a row, posing for the camera man. The lady is the second one in from the left, and Mayor Sam Lindsay is the fourth one in from the left. There is striped wall paper in the background, and curtains to the right of the photograph.
Mauri Skogster (Eurocan Sr. Vice-President of Operations) sitting at the end of the table with the finnish delegation. The opening of Eurocan Pulp & Paper is taking place in the blue room at the Kitimat Hotel. The walls are striped, and there is a glass cabinet in the background.
Mauri Skogster (Eurocan Sr. Vice-President of Operations) sitting at the end of the table with the finnish delegation. The opening of Eurocan Pulp & Paper is taking place in the blue room at the Kitimat Hotel. The walls are striped, and there is a glass cabinet in the background.
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20 x 25cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 9cm
4 photograph prints : b&w ; 9 x 13cm
1 photograph print : b&w ; 13 x 18cm
Custodial History
Photographs taken by Gisela Mendel in her role as museum curator.
Scope and Content
Photographs of the first climb up Clague Mountain by the Kitimat Outdoor Club (1956). Also pictured is Babine Lake from the look out, a muskrat habitat at Kildala School, and finally an image of the outside of the Kitimat Hotel.
