Kitimat Museum and Archives
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Series
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.650
Scope and Content
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2005.11.650
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
90 photos print : b&w
Scope and Content
Photographs consisting of images of men in Kitimat, water depth measuring stick, machinery, offices, buildings, Bank of Montreal, Boy Scouts camp, boy scouts flagpole, canoeing, boats, docks, Alcan construction, Delta King, trailers, Douglas Channel, Smeltersite, Smeltersite Project sign, Moore Creek falls, and Moore Creek bridge.
Subject Access
Industry
Early Kitimat
Storage Location
Photograph storage
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Fonds
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11
Scope and Content
Collection of various correspondence with Ron Whyte, and other documents.
Al Beaton cartoons (Joey and Sagimat-Employment)
Scout Camp News Vol 1 No 5
Northwest BC map (1951, The Aluminum Industry Comes to British Columbia)
Naming Dam at Nechako Clipping
Chapman's & Seymour Recreations Tournament of Champions 1st Half - 1956/57 team statistics
Kenney Dam naming ceremony map
The Kitimat Kid & Kemano Bill story
Kitimat vs Kemano Sagimat article (1956)
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2005.11
GMD
graphic material
Scope and Content
Collection of various correspondence with Ron Whyte, and other documents.
Al Beaton cartoons (Joey and Sagimat-Employment)
Scout Camp News Vol 1 No 5
Northwest BC map (1951, The Aluminum Industry Comes to British Columbia)
Naming Dam at Nechako Clipping
Chapman's & Seymour Recreations Tournament of Champions 1st Half - 1956/57 team statistics
Kenney Dam naming ceremony map
The Kitimat Kid & Kemano Bill story
Kitimat vs Kemano Sagimat article (1956)
Storage Location
Curator's Office Bay 1 Shelf 2 Box 15

Crane with a claw scooping up soil

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27147
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.565
Scope and Content
Photo of a crane with a claw scooping up soil at construction site
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.565
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.3 x 8.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a crane with a claw scooping up soil at construction site

Construction worker attached by his belt to wall

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27150
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.566
Scope and Content
Photo of a man at a construction site attached by his belt to the steel crossed vertical wall
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.566
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.4 x 9.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a man at a construction site attached by his belt to the steel crossed vertical wall

Cement pouring at Caisson

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27151
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Mar 1953
Accession Number
2005.11.567
Scope and Content
Photo of men working to pour cement at the Caisson site
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.567
GMD
graphic material
Date Range
Mar 1953
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 13 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of men working to pour cement at the Caisson site
Notes
"Pouring the cement on the Casson job March 1953"

Multi-storey building under construction

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27152
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.568
Scope and Content
Photo of the unfinished structure of a multi-storey building under construction
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.568
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.1 x 8.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of the unfinished structure of a multi-storey building under construction
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.569
Scope and Content
Photo of Caisson docks in water, two boats nearby
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.569
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.4 x 8.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of Caisson docks in water, two boats nearby
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.570
Scope and Content
Photo of a seal with its head emerged out of the water near a fallen tree with branches poking out of the water
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.570
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.3 x 9.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a seal with its head emerged out of the water near a fallen tree with branches poking out of the water
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.571
Scope and Content
Photo of rowboats tied to shore of a beach on a clear day, mountains in distance
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.571
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 10.2 x 8.1 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of rowboats tied to shore of a beach on a clear day, mountains in distance

Dock with supplies and large metal tank

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27156
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.572
Scope and Content
Photo of a dock with many piles of supplies on it and a large metallic tank at the end
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.572
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.4 x 8.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a dock with many piles of supplies on it and a large metallic tank at the end

Construction vehicles on sandhill

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27198
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.573
Scope and Content
Photo of a tractor working in a sandhill
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.573
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b& w ; 13 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a tractor working in a sandhill

Men and boys fishing on riverbank

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27199
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.574
Scope and Content
Photo of men and boys fishing on the riverbank
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.574
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.8 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of men and boys fishing on the riverbank
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.575
Scope and Content
Photo of the Hudson's Bay Company building front entrance
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.575
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 12.3 x 9.9 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of the Hudson's Bay Company building front entrance

Alcan smeltersite and storehouses

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27201
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.576
Scope and Content
Photo of the large Alcan smeltersite and storehouses
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.576
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 25.8 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of the large Alcan smeltersite and storehouses

Bunkhouses, trailers and forest

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27202
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.577
Scope and Content
Photo of large administrative building, bunkhouses, and parked trailers located in front of forest
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.577
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 22 x 20.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of large administrative building, bunkhouses, and parked trailers located in front of forest

Man wearing Kitimat, B.C. sweater

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27203
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.578
Scope and Content
Photo of a man smiling, wearing a Kitimat, B.C. sweater and holding a cigarette as he stands next to vehicle
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.578
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 22.8 x 20.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of a man smiling, wearing a Kitimat, B.C. sweater and holding a cigarette as he stands next to vehicle
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.579
Scope and Content
Photo of several buses parked on road, view of ocean and mountains in distance
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.579
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 22.7 x 20.4 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of several buses parked on road, view of ocean and mountains in distance

Pumphouses by river, men approaching

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27205
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.580
Scope and Content
Photo of two pumphouses near river, large puddle taking up parking lot. Workers approaching.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.580
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 23.4 x 20.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photo of two pumphouses near river, large puddle taking up parking lot. Workers approaching.

Men shoveling hole near parked tractor

https://collections.kitimatmuseum.ca/en/permalink/description27206
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.581
Scope and Content
Photo of three men shoveling out a hole near a tractor parked by the river. Snow on ground.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.581
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 22.7 x 20.3
Scope and Content
Photo of three men shoveling out a hole near a tractor parked by the river. Snow on ground.
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
GMD
graphic material
Accession Number
2005.11.582
Scope and Content
Photo of two bulldozers working on massive sandhill, view of the river below
Part Of
Ron Whyte Collection
Description Level
Item
Accession Number
2005.11.582
GMD
graphic material
Physical Description
1 photo : b&w ; 23 x 20.3
Scope and Content
Photo of two bulldozers working on massive sandhill, view of the river below