Photograph of Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau standing with two other men at the Cassiar Mine.
Photograph depicts Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau shaking hands with two men upon arrival in Cassiar.
File contains photographs depicting four different tours that took place at the mine, plant, and towns owned by Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Tours include Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's visit to Clinton Creek in 1968 and Member of Parliament Iona Campagnolo's visit to Cassiar in 1978. Photographs also depict a party of ambassadors touring Cassiar in 1970, and the dedication of a building in the Cassiar plant in the late 1970s.
This file includes two major photographic collections concerning the construction and development of the underground mine at Cassiar, title the McDame Project.
The first collection includes fifteen monthly progress reports documenting the development from July 1988 to December 1989. The progress reports are authored by G. Verret, and were distributed to the executives of Cassiar Asbestos in Vancouver as well officials of the B.C. Government and other creditors of the Corporation. Most images are annotated and dated. Many of the loose photographs are accompanied by an inventory sheet.
Subjects depicted include: the staging area prior to mine development, the initial development of the “Vent Portal”, a jumbo drill working on the mine face, the working face marked for drilling and wired with fuses, a Caterpillar dozer clearing snow after an avalanche, scene of a fire in winter time, complete conveyor sump decline, mining vehicle parked on the “Lay-Down Area” presumably near the portal, the working face of the mine at various stages of development, 1563 portal being slashed, the removal of the overburden for the tramline loading station site, the construction of the transfer tower(s), construction of the stockpile area, the construction of a sedimentation pond, a presumed cave in, construction of footings for the conveyor, construction of the tramline loading terminal station, construction of the crusher building, a slash titled “Breakthrough in Access Ramp”, storage of powder and fuses, a washout in conveyor decline, fog at the portal in -30 degrees Celsius, the 1290 junction flooded, a slab of shotcrete which fell on and injured a miner while shotcreting, shotcrete blasted off walls for repairs, images of the “Hilti-test”, shots showing grade of drift, and structural failures in the 1350 adit.
Locations and structure within the underground mine depicted include: yellow ventilation ducting, ground support including steel screen and shotcrete, steel cables bolted unto ground support, puddles in the adits, the access road to the lay-down area, the exhaust drift, “Fans and Heaters in the 1415 adit”, the 1350 sump, the access ramp to the 1320, the exhaust ramp safety bay, the conveyor decline, the ventilation adit, the 1563 portal, the temporary repair shop at the 1415 portal, junctions of various drifts, the ”Fresh Water Pump & Pumphouse on lower Creek”, the “Ventilation Raise/1563 Platform”, a “Diamond Drill Station” at 6066 North in the underground mine, the “Bridge to the Gravel Pit”, the “Crushing and Screening Plant” in the gravel pit, the ventilation bulkhead in the conveyor decline, and the “Powder Magazine”.
People depicted include Rose Gay and R. Tyne on a tour of the underground mine, a geologist with a rockhammer, a miner identified as A. Jacobs working, contract miners Bruno and Marbel from Canadian Mine Development, and unidentified miners rockbolting, shotcreting, and drilling using jackleg drills.
Vehicle and mining equipment depicted include jeeps, pickup trucks, a front end loader, an unidentified a small unmanned tracked machine with a long arm, scoop trams, a land cruiser, an ore truck with a flat tire, the cone crusher, a “scissor lift”, a mobile shotcrete machine, a new grout pump, a new Boart Jumbo Drill, and a detached bucket half of a 413 ore truck.
The second collection depicts the McDame Project construction in 1986 and 1987.
Content of these photographs includes: various machinery used for excavating and drilling, underground progress of tunneling, supports, wire meshing, rock formations in mine, and exposed asbestos. There are no annotations regarding this photographs.
Subseries consists of correspondence and accompanying informational material related to federal and provincial elections. Records include newspaper clippings, reference material, candidate lists, campaign pamphlets, and reports. Includes correspondence regarding by-elections, electoral processes, and voting legislation.
Subseries consists of correspondence and accompanying informational material related to political parties, especially the Liberal Party of Canada. Records include newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletter, brochures and pamphlets, meeting minutes, questionnaires, reports, news releases, speeches, and lists of election results. Includes correspondence regarding the Progressive Conservative Party, the Communist Party of Canada, the National Liberal Party, and provincial Liberal parties. Most records and correspondence relate to the Liberal Party and include mention of Liberal Party activities and meetings, the official language policy, election strategies, fundraising and donations to the Liberal Party, Campagnolo’s 1979 re-election campaign, political debates, youth caucus events, Liberal appointments, Liberal associations in northern BC, and Liberal conventions.
Subseries consists of correspondence relating to the Department of External Affairs and international relations issues in general. Includes news releases and correspondence about the Trident nuclear submarine base in Bangor, WA; international aid; federal disaster relief, especially in regard to flooding in northern BC; the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA); the Canada Israel Committee; human rights issues; the Law of the Sea Conference and maritime boundaries; and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Photograph depicts a portrait of Monique Begin speaking at a microphone.
Photograph depicts Jean Chretien smiling while posing with a pen and paper at a desk.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Senator Guy Williams, president of the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia, in a crowd. Senator Williams wrote on the reverse, "My compliments The best to you Iona."
Photograph depicts Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau laughing with MP Iona Campagnolo who is dressed as Santa Claus at a Caucus Christmas Party in Ottawa.
Photograph depicts Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau hugging a man dressed as Santa Claus during a Christmas party.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Otto Lang being recorded during an interview in front of a large painting of mountains by unknown reporters with a microphone and a video camera.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing with two unknown Liberal caucus members and holding a piece of paper.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo during an interview with Minister of Transport Otto Lang and unknown reporters.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo during an interview with Minister of Transport Otto Lang and an unknown reporter with a microphone.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Otto Lang being recorded during an interview by unknown reporters with a microphone and a video camera.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with MP Art Lee and other Liberal caucus members.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with olympic skier Nancy Green Raine, Pierre Trudeau, and a senator.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with olympic skier Nancy Green Raine, Pierre Trudeau, and a senator.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding files and walking into parliament.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo holding files and walking into parliament with an unknown man.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo posing with an unknown man wearing a suit in front of a podium for her Liberal re-election campaign.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo posing with an unknown man in front of a podium for her Liberal re-election campaign.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking at a Liberals community meeting in Kitimat.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with a young man, possibly at a Young Liberals Forum.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with a young man, possibly at a Young Liberals Forum.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Colleen Reguisit from Prince Rupert and Roselyn Wolos from Kitwanga, possibly at a Young Liberals Forum.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Colleen Reguisit from Prince Rupert and Roselyn Wolos from Kitwanga, possibly at a Young Liberals Forum.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Colleen Reguisit from Prince Rupert and Roselyn Wolos from Kitwanga, possibly at a Young Liberals Forum.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo smiling while listening to Maurice Strong at his Liberal nomination event in Toronto.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with two unknown men and Maurice Strong at his Liberal nomination event in Toronto.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing in front of a microphone at the Liberal nomination event for Maurice Strong.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo standing in front of a microphone at the Liberal nomination event for Maurice Strong.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo and Maurice Strong clapping at his Liberal nomination event in Toronto.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with Maurice Strong at his Liberal nomination event in Toronto.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo, two unknown men, and Maurice Strong at his Liberal nomination event in Toronto.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo gesturing at a table while speaking with Liberals at a meeting at the Lions Club in Masset.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo shaking hands with a man at a Liberals meeting at the Lions Club in Masset.
Photograph depicts a group picture with Iona Campagnolo awnd Masset Liberals at a meeting at the Lions Club in Masset.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo with Masset Liberals for a meeting at the Lions Club in Masset.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo speaking with a group of Masset Liberals at a meeting at the Lions Club in Masset.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and talking with an unidentified man in a home garden, possibly in Prince Rupert.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting on a beached raft reading documents at Kitimat Delta King Days Raft event. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting and posing in a boat during the Kitimat Delta King Days rafting event. Campagnolo is smiling and holding a life jacket.
Photograph depicts Iona Campagnolo sitting on a beached raft with an unidentified Alcan Kitimat employee at Kitimat Delta King Days Raft event. The Alcan employee is showing Campagnolo a document. Several unidentified people walk on the river bank behind them. Taken during Campagnolo's Skeena riding tour.
Photograph Iona Campagnolo standing on a beached raft with an unidentified Elks Lodge member during the Kitimat Delta King Days raft race event. Several unidentified men stand behind them.
Photograph Iona Campagnolo and unidentified others sitting on rafts pulled ashore during the Kitimat Delta King Days raft race event. Many unidentified others stand behind them.
Photograph depicts a hoist and many unidentified boats at the Prince Rupert marina.
Photograph depicts a ramp and boats at the Prince Rupert marina, including the "Northern Dawn".