Image depicts an air mail envelope for Queen Charlotte Airlines.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- First air mail service was introduced by Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1952. Previously, mail was carried by the CP steamship Princess Norah. Queen Charlotte Airlines was purchased by Pacific Western Airlines in 1955. Hal Whiting Collection
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo depicts two men kneeling beside the first bags of mail to arrive via Pacific Western Airlines. On the right, Captain T. M. Kellough for PWA delivers the bags to on the left, Kitimat Express driver Lloyd Kaberg, at the wharf, Smeltersite. Northern Sentinel Press Collection
Photo showing First Ice Hockey Rink built southeast of Nechako Centre by Municipal Staff Members. (L) Lynn Craig; (R) Kim Creed with sticks; (B/G) John Bush, Peter Springer, Nyl Creed, Judy Kreller, Sharon Sestrap, Anne Sheardown.
Northern Sentinel: Box #4: (A) Historical (1) District of Kitimat (a) Recreation - Ice Hockey Rink
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Photo showing First Ice Hockey Rink built southeast of Nechako Centre by Municipal Staff Members. (L) Lynn Craig; (R) Kim Creed with sticks; (B/G) John Bush, Peter Springer, Nyl Creed, Judy Kreller, Sharon Sestrap, Anne Sheardown.
Photo depicts three men wearing aluminum hardhats giving the Haisla Look-Out sign a coat of linseed oil. One man holds a ladder steady and the bucket while another on the ladder and the man standing on the left brush the wood log supports of the sign.
Photo depicts three men wearing aluminum hardhats giving the Haisla Look-Out sign a coat of linseed oil. One man holds a ladder steady and the bucket while another on the ladder and the man standing on the left brush the wood log supports of the sign.
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Title based on content of photograph. -- No. 2178.
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
The Annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originially presented to the District of Kitimat by the Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
The annual Jaycee clean up of the town included the Haisla Look-Out sign, originally presented to the District of Kitimat by the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce and created in colour by Bill Diesing.
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People putting up a sign that says "Kitimat Aluminum City of Canada" at the Haisla Look-Out (later known as the Viewpoint and Coghlin Park).
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Kitimat's first opera, presented by the Canadian Opera Company, November 25, 1961. "Orpheus in the Underworld" was presented courtesy of a Canada Council Grant and the sponsorship of the Kitimat Concert Association.
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
Photo depicts First Burns Night in Anderson Creek Mess Hall at Smeltersite. One man plays the bagpipes while another follows with the haggis held high.
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Title based on content of photograph. Ken & Joyce MacKinnon Collection
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
Photo depicts H.R.H., Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip inspecting the first ingot poured at the new smelter in Kitimat. President R.E. Powell (right) and Manager A.W. Whitaker Jr. (left).
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Title based on content of photograph. Alcan Collection