Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
tiny bend on bottom left corner
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.11
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of smeltersite main camp by the shore. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
Kitimat smeltersite construction began in 1951 - during the first stages of construction, housing for over 2,300 men was needed. The main camp near the smelter housed 1,000 men. The river boat, the Delta King, housed another 250 men.
Accession Number
2018.26.12
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of tunnellers inside Mount DuBose in Kemano. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of tunnellers inside Mount DuBose in Kemano. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Height
16.8cm
Width
12cm
Inscriptions
Inside Mount DuBose in Kemano - a power tunnel 25 feet in diameter and ten miles long was drilled from four headings. The tunnellers met at the heart of the mountain.
Accession Number
2018.26.13
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Delta King. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very small crease in centre near top
Height
12cm
Width
16.8cm
Inscriptions
The Delta King - from Sacramento - a stern-wheeler river boat was purchased, transported up the BC coastline and beached near the Kitimat smeltersite. It was converted into exceptional stately quarters for 250 construction and smeltersite workers.
Accession Number
2018.26.14
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Postcard featuring image of the Giant Spruce. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Postcard featuring image of the Giant Spruce. Text on front reads "Celebrate 50 years with us this summer", "Alcan & Kitimat - partners since 1954" "Kitimat Works 50 years"
Physical Condition
good
Material
paper
Condition Remarks
Very small crease in centre near top
Height
16.8cm
Width
12cm
Inscriptions
An old growth forest located in Kitimat, BC where you can visit "The Giant Spruce" located in Radley Park. It was registered (in 1983) as the largest living Sitka spruce in BC, over 500 years old.
Accession Number
2018.26.15
Biographical Notes
Allen Veasey was the Services, Interface & Risk Manager for KMP
Two stamp cancels, Kemano Post Office: 1) #643645, Jul 20, 2000, Kemano, B.C. V0T 1K0, and 2) Roller stamp which prints "Kemano B.C." among 8 horizontal lines.
Two stamp cancels, Kemano Post Office: 1) #643645, Jul 20, 2000, Kemano, B.C. V0T 1K0, and 2) Roller stamp which prints "Kemano B.C." among 8 horizontal lines.
Colour postcard of Lakelse Lake, mountains in the background. In foreground man is sitting on a rock at lake's edge. On back titled "Popular Lakelse Lake, Good camping, boating, and fishing. Terrace, B.C. Handwritten message in black ink and addressed to Mrs. C. Newton.
Colour postcard of Lakelse Lake, mountains in the background. In foreground man is sitting on a rock at lake's edge. On back titled "Popular Lakelse Lake, Good camping, boating, and fishing. Terrace, B.C. Handwritten message in black ink and addressed to Mrs. C. Newton.
