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Jim Hanna's Pictures,
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Helicopter / Airplanes at Kemano

S55 Sikorsky lifting off. Bell 47 helicopter sitting on the pad Machines were owned by Alcan. They then contracted Okanagan Helicopters to do the maintenance and flying.	Noorduyn Norseman Mk V c/n 29-1 Pacific Western- CF-OBG originally built for Ontario Provincial Air Service in June 1945 sold to Central BC Airways, in July 1951. PWA in 1955. Taken out of service in May 1970.
Bell 47 Helicopter  Taking Off	Queen Charlotte Airlines (QCA)  Canso at Kemano wharf
CF-FBW S55 Sikorsky Sikorsky Const # 55161 Commercial version with 600 hp, (472 kW) R-1340 engine when it operated at Kemano. Later converted to S55T, 1972 owned by Frontier Helicopters, a division of Conair Aviation Ltd. Now shown written off S55 History- Other military names- H-19 Chickasaw, Westland Whirlwind First flight Nov 10, 1949 Used by US military in Korean War, and early Vietnam War	Fairchild 71C Plane Nurse- Norma Key Unknown Planes Landing at the Kemano Wharf

Camp 2600

Camp 2600	Black Bear and Cub  at camp 2600
Old Buildings Camp 2600	Camp 2600

Tunnel / Penstock Work

Wye Junction Penstock	Welding Cans
Penstock Tunnel  before Liner Insert	Penstock Liner  being Installed
Concrete Pump  and Liner	Welding Can  Manifold Section
Welding Liner	Wye Section
Penstock Liner on wharf Ted Kipp standing beside it.	Main Wye Section No 2 Penstock
Rock Conveyors to Elbow 2600'	More detail and history of the Penstock, Tunnel etc., in the Bud Walker Section. See Index on the top left

Mountain / Scenery Views

Looking East up the Valley Summer	Kemano Valley  Looking South
Siffleur Lake, NE of Kemano Lat - 53°37' North Long- 127°45' West	Road to Wachwas -Bob Simpson

Jack Montgomery

l/r- Marjory, Nick Guild, Jack Montgomery Jack Montgomery was a very close friend of Jim Hanna.  Jim, and his wife Jean, and their family, took Jim in as part of their own family, at their home in Wachwas (which Jim helped to build) When Jim first met Jack he was employed by M-K to maintain office equipment. When that contract expired, he accepted a job with Alcan,  and became an Operator, then Supervisor In the Control Room of the Powerhouse. He retired in 1985, as Powerhouse Maintenance Coordinator. Sad to report he passed away Sept 14, 2007 in Ottawa Canada.

Various Scenes at Kemano

Inside MK Quonset Charlie Lucas on right	Kemano Laundry Winter 1955
Personnel- Payroll Office Winter 1955	Kemano Camp 5 Townsite Winter 1955
Bad Winter in Camp	Camp from Batch Plant- 1956
Townsite Camp	Camp 5- Winter 1956
Snow Clearing	Concrete Batch Plant
First Salmon of the Season Jim Hanna on the right	Concrete Batch Plant
Transmission Tower Jim Talbot at the base They look big until you see the man standing there, and then they look unbelievably big!	Walk to Tahtsa l/r- Frank Thompson, Cost Engineer Doug & Barb Ellis Family, Chief Acct. Rudi, Jim, Chuck Peters

Kitimat

Delta King River Boat Used as temp housing on the beach at Kitimat

Kitimat Wharf Welcome sign at the wharf