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  • Photo depicts a crowd of mostly men gathered to watch Peggy Burbidge crowned Miss Kitimat at the Elk's Smeltersite Carnival on Dominion Day. Don Stewart, Kitamaat, Haisla Nation, in the crowd (lower left of centre).
  • Photo depicts the exterior of the United Church in Kitimat.
  • Dr. Evelyn Fox lighting candles at an event for the Kitimat Business and Professional Women's Club.
  • Kiwanis holds ceremony for the unveiling of the Kiwanis clock, City Centre, June 3, 1967, a Centennial year celebratory project. Mayor Sam Lindsay holds onto the ribbon tied around the clock pole. Northern Sentinel editor Pixie Meldrum stands in front of the group on the right.
  • Two members of the Kinsmen Club, from the left, Mike Skitcko and Dave Barclay, donating an anesthetic machine to the Kitimat General Hospital. Dr. Barbara Kraft is on the far right.
  • Lions's Club Annual Trade Fair opening at the YMCA, now Riverlodge, May 30, 1968. The First Trade Fair was held in 1963. By the fifth fair, 9, 362 people attended the three-day event and a parade with the Kitimat Elk Twirlettes, Kitimat Pipe Band, Mount Elizabeth Band and the Sea Cadets opened the event.
  • Photo depicts the adding of the Nechako Toastmasters Club sign to the sign post.
  • Photo depicts the top students at Cormorant Elementary School.
  • Photo depicts a citizenship ceremony in Kitimat. People seated in the background look on as the presiding judge congratulates the new Canadians.
  • Photo depicts a night school English class at Mount Elizabeth High School.
  • Photo depicts night school English class held at Nechako Elementary School. From left is Frida Meuser from Germany, Jacob Hadland from Norway, Frank Ginur from Austria, and Crista Mais from Portugal.
  • Photo depicts members of the Luso Canadian Association made up of members of the Portuguese community in Kitimat gathered to discuss the expansion of the Association.
  • Photo depicts two women teachers inside the kitchen of the teacherage in the Bennett Apartments. Janet Camazzola on the left.
  • Miss Olive Scott instructing her new students in one of the recently completed nine classrooms in Nechako School.
  • Haisla students arriving by boat from Kitamaat to go to school in the new town of Kitimat.
  • The interior of the new Nechako Theatre in Nechako Centre, Kitimat.
  • The exterior of the new Kitimat Public Library at Nechako Centre, Mount Elizabeth in the background.
  • Mount Elizabeth High School Band performing with Director Denis Tupman in front of the Shop-Easy store at the Nechako Centre.
  • Patrons seated at the counter inside Sheardown's "Coffee Cup", located in the Nechako Centre. From left standing are staff members Susan Simmons, Armida Campbell, and Manager P.C. Staniforth.
  • Photo depicts the exterior of the newly completed Nechako Centre in Kitimat, Shop Easy at the end of the complex. A bulldozer compacts the gravel - site preparation for the parking lot.
  • Aerial of Kitimat's office building in the downtown area. The Royal Bank of Canada occupied the main floor, and Property and Power Operations for the Aluminum Company of Canada occupied an upper floor. Kildala Neighbourhood is shown in the background.
  • Order of the Royal Purple, Kitimat Chapter, held their annual fashion show at the Legion. A model walks down the runway as people seated at tables look on.
  • Kitimat residents gathered outside the Hudson's Bay Company store in City Centre for the grand opening.
  • Tables set inside Helen's Cafe at City Centre, Kitimat.
  • Children skating on the outdoor skating rink in Kitimat located on the lower parking lot of City Centre.