MK Bay

MK Bay (53˚59'00" 128˚39'00" E side of Kitimat Arm, N of Wathl Ck, just SE of Kitimat). This name, adopted in 1987, is an abbreviation for Morrison-Knudsen, the large US corporation that built the transmission lines from the massive power-generating station at Kemano to the aluminum smelter at Kitimat, 75 km N, in the mid-1950s. The Boise-based company used this bay as a base during the construction process. Morrison-Knudsen was involved in some of N America’s largest construction projects,...

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