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Kitimat Alaska border town grows into BCs future city
Kitimat emerges as a rapid boom town built by Alcan with a planned downtown, six neighborhood sectors, and homes offered at bargain prices. Construction crews fill Dunkhouses and the Delta King while a new school, bank, and shops attract workers and families amid mountains and Minette Bay.
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Weill
Montreal
Kitimat
Canada
Alaska
Vancouver
Duke of Edinburgh
Proud Aluminum Company of Canada
Alcan
British Columbia
Kemano
Minette Bay
Sacramento
P. T. Sampson
Frank Bower
Marguerite Cavill
Charles Pelletier
Kstimatian
Pelletier
Mell Cassman
Mary Howard
Bill Sparks
Kitimat Reeve
Dowtown
Cyril McC. Henderson
Reeve Sparks
Terrace
B.C
Jack Hills
Royal Bank of Canada
Donald Forward
Chamber of Commerce
RCMP
Bob Ford
Forward
Northern Sentinel
Howard Mitchell
Sentinel
Anderson Creek
Mitchell
Bob Jamieson
Jamieson