Thomas r. Walker Pictures of Kemano BC mid 1950's

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Kitimat BC lies at the end of Kitimat Arm,
the Northern extension of the Douglas Channel,
about 70 km south of Terrace
about 400 miles north of Vancouver

Townsite planned by Albert Mayer, and Julian Whittlesey
Consultants from New York, hired by Alcan,
with the help of other experts and consultants.

Norman W. Hullah,
President of Hullah Construction Company Ltd.
They were the company that barged in
prebuilt houses and assembled them in Kitimat.
In 1948 Norman Hullah was 29 years old,
b- ca 1919, a Vancouver contractor.
He built prefab houses in an aircraft hangar
at 235 Pemberton Ave. Capilano.
He lived as an Executive, in West Vancouver in 1957.
Expanded to Calgary and Edmonton, became a huge developer.
alt name- Hullah Corporation

Johnson-Crooks Construction Corporation (BC) Ltd.
built houses at the townsite.
They were an American based Company.
They introduced Prefab trusses for roofs
They operated many sawmills in I think? Washington state.

Lots of green space, parks, and walkways
were built into this City of the Future.
Each subdivision had it's own shopping area, schools etc.
Industrial area was kept separate.
Recreation Center, Sports Fields, were all part of the planning.
A huge hospital was built, and half of it I don't think ever opened.
Anew hospital was built and the old one was blown up.
I see movies of this on you tube now.

By Oct 1956 there was 3 schools,
67 teachers, 1200 pupils,
and 13,000 people.
Rod and gun club, Curling club,
Hudson Bay Store nearly completed,
and first steps taken towards a golf course.
It was administered by a Reeve, and 6 Councillors.
There still was no road to Terrace.
Vehicles were brought in on boat or train.

1957 C.D. Sutherland, Accountant, employee of Alcan,
was President of the Kitimat Chamber of Commerce.

Postmaster Information:

Name of Postmaster	Date of Appointment	Date of Vacancy	Cause of Vacancy
Fredrick "Fred" Gordon Emmerson (Postmaster in 1963)	Feb 1, 1955	-	-
Edward Gordon Cronk	1952-05-08	-	Formerly Postmaster at Bamfield, B.C.

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Fredrick "Fred" Gordon Emmerson
served with the Air Force Overseas.
spouse- Dorothy Muriel Willson,
b- 1924, d- June 16, 2006 in Sidney BC
daughter of Arthur and Bessie Willson

There was a Post Office at the Kitimaat Mission
opened Mar 1, 1900, by G. H. Raley
closing Apr 25, 1943

Start of the building for the Townsite	More early Kitimat Construction
New Shopping Center	1956 party, Ed Dede on extreme left, with his wife next to him
Unknown man beside a Grader Snow removal 1955-56	Moving snow using an Osgood Shovel Snow removal 1955-56
1956 party, cutting the giant cake Grant doesn't remember the occasion, other than it was a "big deal"	1956 party, Bud Walker and his wife Bertie, in foreground
2 unknown men	Recreation Hall in Kitimat Grant tells me they used to chase bears up into the trees, at the Kitimat dump out of this truck. Al Brown's boys in front of box Ayce Walker, Grant's brother in rear.
Herb Skuce and his wife first guy hired by alcan here in 1950	First House being finished
July 28, 1954 Road from Smelter to Townsite	Aerial view of Eurocan Pulp Mill, ca: Aug 1990 photo courtesy Ron Anderson, Terrace BC This mill has since closed down.

Oct 1956 party at the Walker home in Kitimat
Names below as remembered by Grant Walker.
Back row L/R- unknown man, Nomi Dede,
unknown, unknown, Ed Dede, Mrs. Bigger.
Middle row L/R -4th. person Mrs. Auger. Neighbour,
Her husband was a French Canadian, worked for Alcan.
Front row L/R - Bud Bigger?, Bud Walker, unknown, unknown.

Finally got around to scanning 3 issues of the Kitimat Ingot, ca: 1954,
sent to me from a lady named Anne, from Toronto ON.

Please Click Link Below
http://gent-family.com/Kemano/kitimatingotpaper.html

Now that I figured out how to add videos to YouTube
I finally got some great old 8mm movies
taken by Bud Walker ca1956-57,
submitted by his son Grant Walker, added.
Not the best quality, but better than nothing.

Here is the longer versions of the videos below,
plus extra footage I cut off previously.
Longer Movie #1

Longer Movie #2

All these are movies of Shopping Centers,
Churches, and Housing areas, in early Kitimat.
The ones below I shortened up, for my own web site.

My Descriptions/Captions, might be wrong,
please send corrections if I am.

Movie 1
what is now City Center mall?

Movie 2
Movie 1 continued

Movie 3
Strip Mall? City Center?

Movie 4,
Hwy 37, Lahakas Blvd corner,
looking East, up to Kingfisher, I think?

Movie 5
looking west, at corner of Lahakas Blvd, from Hwy 37?

Kitimat First United Church Kitimat BC, 1
Kitimat First United Church Kitimat BC, 2
Cornerstone laid on November 25, 1956,
May 16, 1957 First United Church was dedicated.

Kitimat Christ Church, Anglican Church
Diocese of Caledonia
Anglican Church of Canada
located at 1739 Gryfalcon St.
Corner of Kingfisher Ave. and Gryfalcon St.

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Please note- Web Editor has never worked or lived in Kitimat.
I have never worked for Alcan.
This page was built to honour Bud Walker's photos.