Kitimat Museum and Archives
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2009.1.12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, Kitimat
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.12
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Frank Diersen
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 6.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp, Kitimat
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Accession Number
2013.1.25
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp
Part Of
Alberto Moreira Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2013.1.25
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Found in Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[5 Nov 1952]
Accession Number
2017.54.22
Scope and Content
Looking south east. Townsite Camp showing Mess hall. 2 H Type Bunkhouses 8 Man bunkhouses and wash houses and rows of tents.
Part Of
Found in Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2017.54.22
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[5 Nov 1952]
Physical Description
1 negative : b&w ; 6.3 x 4.7 cm
Scope and Content
Looking south east. Townsite Camp showing Mess hall. 2 H Type Bunkhouses 8 Man bunkhouses and wash houses and rows of tents.
Notes
BC- 2-245
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Bunkhouses
Storage Location
Negative Storage

Aerial view of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description107
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Creator
Alcan
Description Level
Item
Item Number
101
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fred Busby Collection 2002.27 KMA website collection P00101.jpg
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Townsite Construction Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description18409
Part Of
Stewart Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
983.52.23
Scope and Content
Photo showing townsite camp and residential structures for workers at the Alcan Project and construction.
Part Of
Stewart Collection
Creator
Willard Stewart
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
983.52.23
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 4.5 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing townsite camp and residential structures for workers at the Alcan Project and construction.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp

View of Kemano townsite

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description106
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
100
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
November 10, 1960
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the permanent Kemano townsite at Camp No. 5. View is looking towards beach. Seen on the left are permanent homes for powerhouse staff. On the right are the temporary buildings known as quonset huts used during the construction years as crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. 2KR-298. -- Permanent housing construction began in 1957. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Kemano
Camps
Images

Townsite Camp Temporary Housing

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description14965
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955 - 1956]
Accession Number
2009.1.11
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp temporary housing, car in foreground.
Part Of
Frank Diersen Collection
Creator
Frank Diersen
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2009.1.11
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1955 - 1956]
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.7cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Townsite Camp temporary housing, car in foreground.
Name Access
Diersen, Frank
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

No. 2 House at the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36211
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Accession Number
2015.114.4
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.4
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1952
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. There is a man standing in the doorway. It was the home of Art and June Coultan. Around the house are pipes and barrels. There is forest behind.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

No. 2 House at the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36212
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Accession Number
2015.114.5
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. The house has lots of plants growing outside of it.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.5
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1956
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 20.3 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the No.2 house at the Kitimat townsite camp. The house has lots of plants growing outside of it.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Photo of a Painting of the Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description36213
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2015.114.6
Scope and Content
Photograph of a painting of the townsite camp as it was in 1952. The painting shows the camp in the distance in winter. There are trees and tree stumps in the foreground. On the right is a cougar.
Part Of
Terry Poirier Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2015.114.6
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm
History / Biographical
The painter was Art Appleton, one of the dishwashers at the camp. He was believed to be about 45 years old and a bachelor. He was blind in one eye and painted with his good eye. He later committed suicide.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a painting of the townsite camp as it was in 1952. The painting shows the camp in the distance in winter. There are trees and tree stumps in the foreground. On the right is a cougar.
Notes
The original was an oil painting.
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
Photograph storage

Aerial View of Townsite Camp

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description15410
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
5 November 1952
Accession Number
78.11.33
Scope and Content
Photo showing an aerial view of townsite camps looking South showing Mess Hall, 2 "H" Type Bunkhouses
8 Man bunkhouses and washhouses and rows of tents.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.11.33
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Alcan Photo
Date Range
5 November 1952
Physical Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 27 x 21 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing an aerial view of townsite camps looking South showing Mess Hall, 2 "H" Type Bunkhouses
8 Man bunkhouses and washhouses and rows of tents.
Notes
Alcan #BC-2-245
same as 73.3.3.17
Subject Access
Townsite Camp
Kitimat-Kemano Project

Trenching Sewer and Waterlines for Lower Townsite Camp.

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description16032
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Jan 1956
Accession Number
76.65.49
Scope and Content
View of Johnson Crooks backhoe trenching for sewer and waterlines in 1955 extension to lower townsite camp.
Part Of
Alcan Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
76.65.49
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
19 Jan 1956
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 8.8 cm
Scope and Content
View of Johnson Crooks backhoe trenching for sewer and waterlines in 1955 extension to lower townsite camp.
Notes
J-2-232
Subject Access
Construction
Kildala
Townsite Camp
Storage Location
photograph storage
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
22
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
April 24, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an aerial view of East Tahtsa camp, end of the road from Burns Lake.
Notes
Title based on content of photo. -- Alcan no. KR-880. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images

Panorama of Camp No. 5

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description96
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 16, 1952
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a panoramic view of Camp No. 5 in Kemano at the foot of Mount DuBose.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
90
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
February 16, 1952
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a panoramic view of Camp No. 5 in Kemano at the foot of Mount DuBose.
Notes
Morrison-Knudsen Company Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Storage Location
Box 23
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Accession Number
2002.32.17
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
91
Accession Number
2002.32.17
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts Camp No. 5 in Kemano with quonset hut crew quarters.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. Fritz Wurster Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
January 20, 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
94
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Power Operations, Alcan Primary Metal B.C.
Date Range
January 20, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts a section of Camp No. 5, Kemano, also known as "The Village", looking north-east along one of the streets in the Wachwas trailer camp in winter.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan ID No. KR-702. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
211
Accession Number
73.3.4.1
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
June 10, 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts the Campbell-Bennett Camp in the foreground, with the C.N.R. grade looking north from the sandhill.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- Alcan Negative No. 25284. Alcan Collection
Subject Access
Camps
Images
Part Of
Bray Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Accession Number
983.74.9
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kildala Camp 3 during the Alcan Project.
Part Of
Bray Collection
Creator
John Bray
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
983.74.9
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1951
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
Photo showing Kildala Camp 3 during the Alcan Project.
Subject Access
Camps
Part Of
P.C. Townsend Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
1911
Accession Number
78.52.11
Scope and Content
photo showing cooks tent camp #2
Part Of
P.C. Townsend Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
78.52.11
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
P.C. Townsend
Date Range
1911
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12x8
Scope and Content
photo showing cooks tent camp #2
Subject Access
Camps

International Crawler at Camp No. 5

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description98
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
ca. 1953
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International crawler hauling one of the temporary living quarters at Camp No. 5 in Kemano.
Part Of
Kitimat Museum Website Collection
Description Level
Item
Item Number
92
GMD
graphic material
Responsibility
Photographed by the International Harvester Company.
Date Range
ca. 1953
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photo depicts an International crawler hauling one of the temporary living quarters at Camp No. 5 in Kemano.
Notes
Title based on content of photograph. -- The International Harvester Company were manufacturers of construction equipment purchased for the Project. Hal Whiting Collection 985.65.77
Subject Access
Camps
Images