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  • Here are entered works relating to localities or communities in which people live.

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    229 Archival description results for Human settlements

    201 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
    104 · Fonds · 1937-1938

    This fonds contains .5 cm of textual material and 41 black and white prints taken by Wilfred H. Kennedy who lived in the north in the late 1930s. He worked on the boats travelling the Mackenzie River before moving to Yellowknife, where he was employed at Con Mine. The photographs depict Eldorado Mines, Great Bear Lake and Con Mine, Yellowknife. There are images of miners and other residents of Yellowknife, including the members of the first hockey team in the community. There are also photographs of some of the first buildings in the community. There is also a letter from Alex C. Mosher, and a number of newspaper clippings dating from 1938 which were annotated by Alex Mosher.

    Yellowknife Local History Project
    Wop May
    N-1992-213 · Accession · [1928-1948], copied 1980-1981
    Part of Wop May fonds

    These are copies of photographs which belonged to Wop May. Though many of the images are not dated, the original photographs appear to date from circa 1928 to 1948. Many of the photographs were taken in northern Alberta, but locations in the Northwest Territories include Aklavik, Cameron Bay, Fort Norman [Tulita], Rae, Arctic Red River [Tsiigehtchic], Hay River, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, and Fort Resolution. The images include pilots, aircraft, mining exploration, and various aspects of air mail delivery and the aviation industry.

    Cunningham, Frank J.G.
    N-1988-023 · Accession · 1946-1948

    This accession consists of 110 photographs documenting the construction of Yellowknife buildings and services in the late 1940s, and a visit from Governor General Viscount Alexander in 1946, attributed to Frank J.G. Cunningham. Also within this accession is a poster, dinner menu and a letter written by miner Daniel L. Davis.

    Cunningham, Frank J.G.
    G-1992-037 · Accession · 1984-1985
    Part of Northwest Territories. Legislative Assembly fonds

    Records include interim and final reports from the Special Committee on Housing and recordings of the public and other community hearings. The DAT cassettes were copied from the original audiocassettes in October 1995; the recordings are in a variety of native languages and contain simultaneous translations. The transcripts of the recordings are grouped as follows: Baffin/High Arctic Tour, June 1984; Western Arctic Tour, July 1984; Southern Mackenzie Tour, August 1984; Yellowknife/Kitikmeot Tour, September 1984; and the Keewatin Tour, October 1984. The November 1984 interim report is available in both English and Inuktitut syllabics.

    N-2005-016 · Accession · [195-]

    Records include photographs of Didi Woolgar, artist. Most date from the 1950s.

    Woolgar, Didi
    N-2002-036 · Accession · [195-]

    All of the images are of government-built structures and sites such as residential buildings, hospitals, housing units, proposed school sites, a bridge, Federal Day School and various school buildings. The images are from Yellowknife, Fort Rae (Behchoko) and Jean Marie River areas throughout the 1950s.

    Grainge, Jack
    N-1992-262 · Accession · [1958-1969]

    Records include photographs of Inuvik during the period from the late 1950s to 1969. Depicted in the photographs is construction of Inuvik, people, and aerial views of Inuvik.

    Grainge, Jack
    Hamilton, Margaret E.
    N-1992-247 · Accession · [1941-1942], copied 1992

    The photographs depict the Canol camp and Norman Wells area.

    Hamilton, Margaret E.
    Harris, Gordon S.
    N-1992-134 · Accession · 1953-1954, copied [1982]

    Records include photographs of Fort Rae (Behchoko). Topics include paying treaty, people of Fort Rae including Naomi Murphy and an Oblate priest Father Amoreaux.

    Town of Pine Point
    N-1999-028 · Accession · [1960-1985]

    The textual records are comprised of one pamphlet about the community of Pine Point. The photographs are all of former Pine Point town councillors.

    Holman Historical Society
    N-1982-003 · Accession · [1950-1979]

    The majority of the images appear to have been taken by Roman Catholic Father Maurice Metayer and show Holman, the old settlement of Holman at King's Bay, and residents of Mashoagak.

    McNeil, Tom
    N-1992-151 · Accession · 1938, copied 1982

    Records include copies of photographs of Yellowknife. Two of the original photos were taken in 1938 and feature the town of Yellowknife. One image shows a Yellow-knife Bus Line's bus, and one image shows people watching a hockey game at an outdoor rink.

    Murray, Thomas, Rev.
    N-1987-023 · Accession · 1930-1935

    The images show Aklavik and the All Saints' Anglican Mission in Aklavik.

    Murray, Thomas
    N-1992-197 · Accession · 1948, copied 1986

    This accession consists of one 16 mm film reel of the 1948 National Film Board of Canada film "Yellowknife, Canada", and one copy of the film on Umatic videocassette. The images in the film include views of Yellowknife, mining, the pouring of a gold brick, and the Snare River Power Dam.

    National Film Board of Canada
    Riddoch, Frank
    N-1992-180 · Accession · 1942-1950

    This accession consists of 3 black and white photographs of Fort Smith.

    Rivett, Audrey
    N-1996-003 · Accession · [1950s]

    The textual records consists of a wine list from the Ingraham Hotel, brochures from Yellowknife invitations to gold brick pourings and other social events. The photographs were collected by the donor, and were taken by the Royal Canadian Air Force. They consist mainly of aerial photographs of communities along the Mackenzie River.

    Rivett, Audrey
    N-2015-008 · Accession · 1927-1930

    The photos were created between 1927 and 1930. Most of the images depict the day-to-day life of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers in and around the communities of Fort Norman (now Tulita), Fort Good Hope, Fort Franklin (now Deline), and Fort Simpson. There are also a number of images of scenery along the South Nahanni River.

    N-2004-025 · Accession · 1951

    Records include photographs of Paulatuk taken in 1951. The photographs depict scenes in the community including the church, a Catholic minister, and Inuit men, women and children.

    N-2017-007 · Accession · [1934-1967]

    The records, created by the Pappas family and their relations, document settler life in Yellowknife and Outpost Island mine.

    Pappas, George
    N-2000-012 · Accession · [1959?]-1976

    Photographs depict people, places, and events which took place in Fort Good Hope from 1959-1976. Most of the photographs depict church functions, including the interior/exterior of the church, murals, the altar, communions, weddings, funerals, and baptisms/christenings. Photographs also depict the Mackenzie River and the ramparts, barges and freight, wildlife, aerial photographs, seasonal camps, hauling wood, traditional garments and gloves, school photographs, and construction projects.