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Eskimos [Inuit] at Fort McPherson, 1892. Taken by James McDougall. Credit: Hudson's Bay Company. [A group of men, women and children take part in a traditional drum dancing event. Most wear skin clothing. Copy print from the Hudson's Bay Company Archives in Winnipeg.]

A. N. Blake and family.

Archdeacon Robert McDonald. [NWT Archives/Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of the Arctic/N-1979-059: 0001]

Colin, a Christian leader. Colin Vittchik [seated in an office, possibly of a church or government official. Original source & © unknown.]

[A portrait of Elizabeth (Elisabeth?) Chouinard (Chamois?), a Metis woman and first wife of Captain Peter Warren Dease]

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below, we have transcribed the original caption written on the back of the photograph by Albert E. Dease, using hard brackets to show where we have added and redacted words. We have redacted a derogatory term used to refer to Indigenous women. If you have feedback or questions, or would like to see the original non-redacted description, please contact the NWT Archives.]

Presumably the first wife of Capt. Peter Warren Dease (nee Elizabeth Chamois?), a N.W. [slur redacted]. 1796-1821. [signed] A.E. Dease. [Unclear what the dates represent, possibly the years they were married. Address label of Albert E. Dease, Walhalla North Dakota, applied to back of print.]

Loucheux Chief and Councillors taken in 1930's. Left to right: Old Chief Julius; John Kay [Johnny Kay, Sr. aka Kyikavichik], Abraham Francis; Andrew Kunnizzi

Miss Hind's class taken in front of the old school [at Fort McPherson. Teacher Margery Hinds, Anne Firth, Katherine Blake?, Susie Simon?, Wally Firth, ?, Frank Firth, ?,?,?, Charlie Firth, ?, Edward Blake?. Fall 1948-49].

Aunt Amilia Dease. Daughter of Capt. P. Warren Dease. Miss Amelia Dease, a daughter of Capt. Peter W. Dease. From A.E. Dease, Walhalla, N.D. 10-3-66. [Emily Amelia Dease was born 1870? in Charlotteville, Ontario. Wed Andrew D. McCall of St. Williams, October 1, 1889. Caption written by Albert Dease of North Dakota in 1966.]

Back row: Left to right: Jarvis Mitchell; John Martin. Front row: Left to right: Edward ? ; William Vaneltsi; Justin Colin

Reverend Julius Kendi, Old Crow, Y.T.

Sir John Franklin. [Photograph of a portrait drawing of Sir John Franklin.]

Adile Dease. Adile Dease grand daughter of Cap. P. Warren Dease. (Mrs. Adile Robert (nee Dease) a granddaughter of Capt. Peter Warren Dease). From: A.E. Dease, Walhalla, N.D. [Address label of Albert E. Dease applied to back of print.]

William Johnson Dease son of Richard William Dease (Clerk of the Peace and Clerk of the Dist. Court, Charlotteville (Ont), 1806-18). Eldest brother of Peter Warren Dease (1788-1863). He was named in honor of Sir William Johnson, maternal uncle of his grandfather, Dr. John Dease, a native of Ireland. A.E. Dease. 4-30-66. [Photograph of a photograph. Original likely taken in the 1860s. Caption written by Albert Dease in April 1966.]

Inspector F. J. Fitzgerald (Lost Patrol). F.J. Fitzgerald. Received from Insp. Smith in 1972-73. Larry Harris, Principal. [Fitzgerald was a member of the "Lost Patrol" who perished while travelling from Fort McPherson to Dawson, Yukon in 1911.]

Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (3rd from right) and his party at Arctic Coast. [Remainder of party unidentified.]

My grandfather, Capt[ain] William Dease, youngest son of Chief Trader John Warren Dease of the Hudson's Bay Co., a brother of Peter Warren Dease, who incidentally, was named for Admiral Sir Peter Warren, K.B., maternal uncle of Sir Wm. Johnson. Capt. William Dease resembled his eminent uncle, P.W. Dease according to the latter's granddaughter, Mrs. Adele Robert (late of Montreal) who rec'd a similar photo from me in the early 1920's. A.E.D. 4-30-66. [initials of Albert E. Dease]

Sahneuti: early Loucheux Chief and brother of Saveeyah.

[?] Isaac O. Stringer. Bishop Stringer.

Old Anglican Church in Fort McPherson, built by Reverend Hawksley. Note weather balloon in the sky.