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.
Postcard featuring colour photo of aerial view if Kitimat River and bridge in Kitimat BC.
Physical Condition
Good
Material
paper
Height
8.8cm
Width
13.8cm
Inscriptions
Reproduced from 35mm transparency
Published for The Hudson's Bay Company, Canada
Accession Number
2020.12.9
Biographical Notes
Items Collected by Malcom Baxter, former editor of NSP. Malcolm died in 2020. His father Basil, was very instrumental in the organization of Kitimat in the early years. Basil was married to Cathy Baxter and they had two sons - Malcolm and Michael. The items were delivered by Judith Cullington - Malcolm's sister-in-law.
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 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
