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The black and white images document a ceremony to erect a plaque at Port Radium on July 16, 1978 commemorating the uranium industry. The colour print depicts the unveiling of a plaque erected at Fort McPherson on July 7, 1977. Included in the images are Chief Johnny Kay [Kyikavichik], Dr. Henry Cook, R.P. Malis of Parks Canada, Father G. Duchaussois and Mr. Chuck Vaydik of the Northwest Territories Chamber of Mines.

This fonds consists of photographs documenting commemorative plaques at Port Radium and Fort McPherson, a visitors book from the Parks Canada cabin at Virginia Falls (Nahanni National Park), and photographs documenting the monument to Sir John and Sir James Ross at Taloyoak, Nunavut.

The fonds additionally includes materials relating to a Historical Resources Inventory of the Nahanni region. Parks Canada commissioned W. D. Addison and Associates in a series of four contracts to document Nahanni history. During the summers of 1974 to 1977, oral history interviews were conducted with 43 people associated with the Nahanni Park region. Several of the interviews were published in an internal Parks Canada document, "Manuscript Report Series No. 196: Nahanni National Park Historical Resources Inventory."

Series consists of recordings [:0033] and transcript with an introduction [2-7], of an interview with Philip Howard, July 22, 1977.

Series consists of a recording [:0034] of an interview with H. Camsell. July 23, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0035] of interviews with J. Lafferty, July 30-31, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0032] and transcript with an introduction [2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 2-6] of interviews with Charles Hansen, July 13-15, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0031] of interviews with S. R. McMillan, July 12 and 14, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0030] and transcript with an introduction [3-8] of an interview with Mrs. W. A. M. Truesdell and her son Donald Truesdell, July 8, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0029] and a transcript with an introduction [1-5, 1-6, 1-7] of interviews with Milton Campbell, July 6-8, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0028] and transcript with an introduction [3-3] of an interview with A. S. McNeil, March 26, 1977.

Series consists of 6 cassette recordings [:0005] of an interview with R. M. Patterson, July 1974, 5 reel to reel recordings [:0027] and transcript with an introduction [3-4] of an interview with R. M. Patterson, March 24, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0036] and transcript with an introduction [3-7] of interviews with Ted Trindell, July 31 and August 1, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0037] and transcript [3-5] of an interview with Fred Sibbeston, August 5, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0026] of an interview with Bill Cormack, March 17, 1977.

Series consists of recordings [:0025] and transcript with an introduction [3-1] of an interview with Duncan Martin, March 15, 1977, a copy of excerpts from "Headless Valley, South Nahanni and Flint River, N.W.T" a report by L/cpl. D. C. Martin dated November 18, 1936 [3-2].

Series consists of recordings [:0024] and transcript with an introduction [1-11] of interviews with Carl Falcon, March 13-14, 1977. The transcript includes Appendix 1: "Statutory information for Liard-Nahanni Gold Placers Limited, 1939" and Appendix 2: Carl Falcon's report on Flat River placer gold deposits, 1938.

Series consists of recordings [:0023] and transcript with an introduction [3-10] of an interview with Lloyd Tyerman, September 1, 1976, and a map [0042] of Flat River annotated by Tyerman.

Series consists of recordings [:0022] and transcript with an introduction [2-1] of an interview with Dick Field, August 26, 1976.