Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.37

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.39

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.40

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.41

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.42

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.43

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp. Quonset Huts.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.26

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa camp shower rooms.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.33

Scope and Content

Photograph of Lake Tahtsa Train.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Accession Number

2014.1.7

Scope and Content

Interior of the Lake Tahtsa tunnel intake

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.27

Scope and Content

Photograph of man with fish. Lake Tahtsa Intake Construction.

Material Type

Virtual Exhibit

Description

Kitimat was the place to be in North America in the 1950s. The massive Alcan project in the northwest British Columbia was completed in just five years - dam, tunnel, powerhouse, Kemano, transmission line, smelter, and Kitimat. Browse through Kitimat history with these project images - a BC digital collection. The project was one of the most photographed and filmed construction jobs in BC history.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

March 18, 1953

Scope and Content

Photo depicts the placing of men and machines in a typical "Copco" drilling set-up on the West Tahtsa main bore jumbo.

Part Of

Kitimat Museum Website Collection

Description Level

Item

GMD

graphic material

Date Range

September 29, 1953

Scope and Content

Photo depicts four men inside a material skip from 2600' level going to the top of the surge shaft area.

Part Of

Rolland Meyers Collection

Description Level

Series

GMD

multiple media

Date Range

1951-1952

Accession Number

2001.26.1-2

Scope and Content

Two grey three ring binders containing photos, maps and typewritten reports dated 1951 and 1952 detailing the Morrison-Knudsen Kemano Project involving Kemano, Canyon River and Tahtsa Lake Tunnel Project.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.24

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky. Manager - commissary and recreation. Lake Tahtsa intake construction.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.25

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky and another man at dock at Lake Tahtsa.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.22

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky and another man at Lake Tahtsa dock.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.32

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky seated in bunkhouse.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.23

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky wearing hard hat. Lake Tahtsa intake construction.

Part Of

Holisky Collection

Description Level

Item

Date Range

1951

Accession Number

2014.1.31

Scope and Content

Photograph of Mr. Holisky with fish - man seated on boat in background.