Items

• Kemano Camp 5
  Kemano Camp 5, 1950-1955
• BC Souvenir Pillow
  BC Souvenir Pillow with the new town of Kitimat on it.
• Curling League Crest
  Kitimat Works Sports Association (KWSA) 1958-59 curling league crest.
• Kitimat Pillow Illustration
  Kitimat pillow illustration by Al Beaton. Souvenirs were developed and sold through the Hudson's Bay Trading Company.
• It All Goes on the Table
  An image showing what the yearly Crawley & McCracken local food requirements were, as documented in 1956
• Framed Town Painting
  Original Kitimat Townsite in watercolour and mixed media. It is reputed that Alcan President R.E. Powell had this framed artwork in his office in Montreal.
• Construction worker wearing a Kitimat sweatshirt
  Photography of a construction worker wearing a Kitimat sweatshirt.
• Townsite camp flat tops
  Photograph of unidentified men in sports uniforms in front of a townsite camp flat tops
• Illustrated Map of the Alcan Project
  Published in The Alcan Story, Dietrich-Collins Equipment Ltd.
• Kenney Dam Naming Ceremony program map
  Kenney Dam Naming Ceremony program map with camp shown.
• John B. Whitton, “J.B.”
  Photograph of construction superintendent John B. Whitton, “J.B.”
• Stringing Transmission Lines
  Stringing transmission lines for Alcan project
• Cover of Canadian Geographic Journal, November 1959
  Front cover of the November 1959 issue of Canadian Geographic Journal taken by famed Canadian documentary photographer Malak Karsh. Karsh was hired in the 1950s by Alcan to take photographs of Arvida and Kitimat.
• Worker Feeding a Bear
  Kitimat Constructors crew member meets with a bear.
• Kitimat C.N. Station
  Kitimat CN Station with Mr. and Mrs. Campbell and daughter, Barbara
• Looking West in Pot Room 20
  Looking west in Pot Room 20, showing structural steel erected and plumed.
• Neighbourhood "A"
  Neighbourhood "A", Nechako, also known as "The Shield" (Old accession number. Photographer Fred Ryan
• Aerial View of Beach with Hospital
  “Beach Camp” becomes known as Smeltersite, hospital on the beach (centre).
• Tent Being Loaded
  Photo taken at Upper Townsite Camp showing tent being loaded for movement to Lower Townsite Camp
• Hudson's Bay Company Staff
  Hudson’s Bay Company staff. Jack Cummer is behind the Office Assistant (woman in checkered shirt on left).
• Badminton Patch
  Patch with black back and silver front with black text and red and blue banner. Inscribed with Kitimat Badminton Club '54
• Kinsmen Club - Kitimat's First Service Club (Charter)
  Photo showing Kitimat's 1st Service Club - Kinsmen presented with Charter. L/R B/R Fred Heathcote, Louis Roberts, Stan Fryer, Rod MacDougall, David Allen, Lionel Baly. L/R F/R Oliver Tingle, Wally Melville, Jack Cummer, Deputy Governor Ken McConnell, Williams Timms, Alfred Blashill. Deputy Governor Harry Sheardown.
• Delta King Housing
  Delta King and housing for families, management, and administration (background),
• Joey" Hard Hat
  Joey hard hat hand-painted by original owner Al Beaton
• Transport Busses Waiting at Smeltersite
  Bunkhouses (background), Hudson’s Bay Trading Company (centre) and buses waiting to transport workers to the job sites.