Eskimos [Inuit] and their schooner from Banks Island. At Aklavik, 22 August 1938
A young eskimo [Inuit] family at Tuktoyaktuk, wireless station in background [August 1938]
Eskimos [Inuit] at Tuktoyaktuk (Give evidence of obvious Mongolian descent. Note double parkas of sail cloth outside and fur skin inside. Woman is wearing 'Mother Hubbard" made from cheap print goods. Temp. 38° above.) 21 August, 1938
Records include photographs taken in 1938 by A.H. Perry. Included in the images are aerial photographs of Tuktoyaktuk, the Mackenzie delta, Inuit families and Aklavik.
Perry, A. H.The Lower Arrow Lake at Nakusp, BC, looking south. April 1938.
(Aerial photograph of) The settlement of Aklavik in the Northwest Territories taken from a plane and looking westward. Richardson Range in the distance. The settlement is situated at the tip of the long point on the Peel Channel, one of 4 channels through which the Mackenzie River flows on its way to the Arctic Ocean. The settlement is 50 miles from the ocean, the surrounding country, lakes, ponds, channels, being quite typical of the 4500 square miles comprising the Mackenzie River delta., 22 August 1938
(Aerial photograph) of Tuktoyaktuk, on the lower arctic coast, a seasonal trading depot of the Hudson's Bay Co. View taken from plane looking westward, Richards Island in distance. This area is well north of the tree limit and at latitude of 70°N. About 130 miles NE of Aklavik. 21 August, 1938
In the Crowsnest Pass near the Alberta - BC boundary line. Crowsnest Lake in foreground, first ice has formed. The CP Railway shirts the mountains on the left side, November 1938