Photos Courtesy Jim Hanna, who now lives in
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ca 2012,
Jim was originally from Christchurch NZ,
He came to Kemano in May 1955,
Left once from Terrace to Vancouver
for a short holiday,
Then left permanently Oct 1956.
These are  some great photos of Kemano,
from his personal collection.
He had enough pictures to start a separate web page,
but I wanted to leave the honour of the main web page,
to Grant Walker's Dad's photos,
and keep these extra new donated pictures,
as additional pages to that first collection.
All of these pictures are important to preserve
the history of this project,
and the men that worked there.

All photos in this section,
are copyright of Mr. Jim Hanna,
and I thank him for the donation

Jim Hanna
Photos of Jim taken by his friend
Bruce Moss, see bio below

Bruce Moss was a close friend of Jim Hanna.
I believe he was born ca 1927,
and raised until age 9, in Wellsford NZ.
Attended St. Paul's Cambridge School
 in Cambridge NZ. (1936-39)
He spent 2 years as a Pre-Med student,
but gave that up for a career, and love of Photography.
Came to Vancouver from Wellington NZ, in 1952,
worked as a clerk at a camera shop in Vancouver, BC.
He worked for a time for the Vancouver Sun,
before coming north to Kemano.
With no formal Photography training,
Bruce volunteered to carry the equipment for
David "Dave" S. Boyer of National Geographic, (see bio below)
and John W. Rawlings, for Vogue Magazine, (see bio below)
at Kemano, and learned some of the trade from them.
In late 1956 he worked his way back to NZ,
probably for Christmas, to spend time with his family.
He came back to Canada in 1957, as a freelance photographer.
Bruce Moss became a very famous "Canadian" Photojournalist.
His pictures have appeared in Time, Life, and National Geographic,
just to name a few.
He was a roaming writer/photographer/staffer for the
Montreal Star's "Weekend" Magazine, joining them in Sept 1959.
His pictures appeared in Popular Mechanics May 1969 issue for one.
Nov 10, 1958 he was in Lethbridge AB taking pictures at
a Remembrance Day Service.
He acquired his pilot licence in Canada,
and even bought his own plane,
a Cessna 172D Skyhawk, CF-OWL, built in 1962.
Const #17249777
While he lived in Canada, he used it for photo shoots.
He had a photo gallery exhibit of his work,
at the Percy Thomson Gallery in Stratford NZ,
in 2006, entitled "With My Own Eyes"
2011 he attended his school's 75th anniv.
so he is happily still going strong.
I actually had a phone call from Mr. Moss
ca Apr 2012, and I was as surprised as him.
Bruce and Jim Hanna have reconnected now.