This series consists of photographic prints, mostly collected by Stuart Hodgson during his tenure as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. They document many facets of his time in the north as Commissioner, including gala events, formal dinners, and balls, the Arctic Winter Games, visits of political and Royal dignitaries, touring the communities of the Northwest Territories, Council sittings, working with cairns during the Franklin Probe expeditions, accepting his honourary doctorate from the University of Calgary, his investiture to the Order of Canada, his Outstanding Achievement in Public Service award, as well as his time with the NWT Council and subsequent Legislative Assembly, opening ceremonies for the Arthur Laing building and the Stuart M. Hodgson building, and the Caribou Carnival. Also included are two photographs of a proposed model of the Museum of the North (later the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre). The textual records consist of photocopies of album covers as well as correspondence and ephemera that accompanied the photographs.
[Pierre Trudeau rides a skidoo on ice, Pelly Bay? 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau kneels on top of a Ski-doo 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau atop a Ski-doo 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau looks through a pair of binoculars 1970]
[Two young people and one older woman stand outside. Two of them wave Canadian flags. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau smiles while standing beside an Inuit man who also smiles. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau, an Inuit man and Stuart Hodgson all smile while standing outside. 1970]
[An unidentified Inuit man squints his eyes as he looks into the distance. 1970]
[An unidentified Inuit man squints and smiles as he looks at the camera. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau stands beside two sled dogs and a sign that reads Welcome to Pelly Bay. 1970]
[An unidentified Inuit man stands holding a harness with several dogs standing in front of him. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau extends his hand for a sled dog to smell beside a sign that reads Welcome to Pelly Bay. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau stands outside the Koomiut Co-op Store, Pelly Bay. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau stands in a crowd of people at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]
[Stuart Hodgson and Pierre Trudeau smile in a crowd of people at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau points while Stuart Hodgson looks on at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]
[Stuart Hodgson and Pierre Trudeau smile beside a crowd of people at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]
[Ed Ogle (of Time Magazine) and Stuart Hodgson interact at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]
[Pierre Trudeau stands in a crowd of people (RCMP Staff Sgt. Dave Friesen in white hat) at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. 1970]