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  • Snow Clearing Equipment
    Photo showing Jim Whelan, Municipal sub-foreman; snow clearing equipment
  • Kildala School Sports Day
    Photo showing Kildala school Sports Day: Mrs. Mary Connolly, Carol Graham, Susan Stiff, Karen Innhart, Geoff Harris, Donald Major. Bicycle Decorating Competition.
  • Construction Of Kildala Wading Pool
    Photo showing construction of Kildala wading pool, construction concrete forms. In Background: Mrs. Bill Norman, Mrs. Walter Zet, Mrs. Minori Nishi, Mrs. W.B Patton. In Foreground: Archie Beyerstein, Bill Patton, Jim Ditomassi, Norm Handford, Minori Nishi, Walter Zet, Frank Gulpers.
  • Kitimat homes and gardens
    Photo depicts Johnson-Crooks homes and their backyard gardens.
  • Permanent wharf construction site
    Photo depicts the dredge and dragline excavating the channel from the dock to deep water, a truck dumping gravel for the foundation blanket into the bottom of a dump scow. The view looks toward the construction site for the permanent wharf from the south dike of the graving dock, crew bunkhouses of Smeltersite in the background.
  • Drag installation on Lotus Seeker
    Photo depicts the drag for leveling the foundation blanket, being installed on the bow of the Lotus Seeker owned by the B.C. Bridge & Dredging Company.
  • Sawmill
    Photo depicts worker Max Audet lifting by hoist lumber at the sawmill at Anderson Creek.
  • Kitimat Rod and Gun Club fish derby
    Photo depicts a man weighing a fish. He stands beside many other fish caught during the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club Fish Derby.
  • Soccer team Kitimat All Stars
    Photo depicts soccer All Stars posing in front of a Canadian National Railway train, before leaving for Vancouver via Canadian Pacific Airlines from the Terrace Airport.
  • Kitimat Golf Club construction
    Photo depicts construction of the Golf Club building located on the flats by Anderson Creek, near Smeltersite.
  • Rod and Gun Club Interior
    Photo depicts the interior of the Kitimat Rod and Gun Club, showing chairs in front of the fireplace.
  • Kitimat's first ice rink
    Photo depicts people ice skating on the outdoor rink in Kitimat.
  • Soccer crowd in Kitamaat
    Photo depicts the crowd watching the Portuguese vs. Haisla match in Kitamaat.
  • Children tobogganing
    Photo depicts two children, Diane and Arthur Gooding tobogganing down a hill in Kitimat.
  • Congregation at Kitimat Presbyterian Church
    The congregation at the Presbyterian Church in Kitimat on Christmas Day.
  • Kitimat's First Opera
    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.
  • The Vancouver Symphony Visits Kitimat
    An audience applauding the Vancouver Symphony at a performance inside the Mount Elizabeth High School gymnasium.
  • Tommy Hunter visits Kitimat
    Tommy Hunter and his band on stage during his visit to Kitimat.
  • Kitimat Pipe Band
    Photo depicts the Kitimat Pipe Band performing at Kitimat's new indoor rink.
  • Piper Major Jack Geddis Piping
    Piper Major Jack Geddis pipes for the last trip of the Canadian Pacific steamship, Princess Patricia.
  • Remembrance Day ceremony
    Photo depicts a Remembrance Day ceremony underway in Nechako Theatre in Kitimat. The Volunteer Firefighter's wreath is laid by Fire Chief Aubrey Creed. On the stage from the left are Reverend Graham Tucker, Dr. R. G. Davidson, and A. E. Vrooman, colour bearer of the Canadian Legion.
  • Soap Box Derby Entrant
    A boy sitting in his derby racer, sponsored by Kitimat Rotary, on Quail Street in Kitimat. The Shop-Easy and Nechako Centre are visible between the houses.
  • Super Valu float
    Photo depicts the Super Valu float at Nechako Centre after the Dominion Day parade in Kitimat.
  • High jump
    Photo depicts an athlete going over the high jump at a track and field meet in Kitimat.
  • Miss Kitimat Crowning
    Mayor Sam Lindsay crowns Miss Lion's Club Judy Cockriell Miss Kitimat with princesses Judy Conrad (left) and Joan Blaikie (far right).