This fonds consists of one folder of text and approximately 865 photographs taken during the time Bart Hawkins spent in the north at various Royal Canadian Mounted Police stations, including Fort Simpson, Yellowknife, Port Radium, and Fort Liard. Included among the images are views of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) duties, some recreational activities of the RCMP and views of the scenery in the regions where Bart Hawkins was stationed. Many of the images show RCMP personnel and facilities. Also included are images of treaty payment days and Port Radium mine. The textual material consists of two pamphlets from the city of Yellowknife.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of 118 black and white copy negatives. The images include locations such as Aklavik, Baker Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Chesterfield Inlet, Coppermine, Shingle Point (Yukon), and Herschel Island (Yukon). Images feature Inuit, buildings (including igloos), boats and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) personnel.
Sans titreThis block contains the following series:
- [500-510] Administration of the N.W.T. - Council
- [520-529] Municipal Administration - N.W.T. & Y.T.
- [530-539] Ordinances - N.W.T.
- [540-549] Justice - Police Services
- [550-559] Health
- [560-569] Welfare & Social Services
- [570-579] [Territorial Secretariat] Misc.
- [590-599] Liquor, N.W.T.
The photographs depict John Denison, famed builder of northern ice roads. One, taken in 1939, shows Denison in his RCMP dress uniform. The other is a traditional portrait of him in suit and tie.
Sans titreThis accession consists of photographs relating to the 1932 search for Albert Johnson, the "Mad Trapper". The images include: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) personnel - Sgt. R. F. Riddell, Sgt. Earl Hersey; Jack Bowen; Wop May; and Albert Johnson after death.
This accession consists of one VHS videocassette entitled Lord of the Nahanni - Memorial to Poole Field. Field Poole (1880-1948) was a former Royal Northwest Mounted Police officer who lived for many years in the Ross River and Nahanni River area and worked as a trader and prospector. The video was produced by the Albert Faille Wilderness League and was written and directed by Dr. Norman Kagan of Minnesota.
Sans titreRecords include photographs taken primarily during John A. MacRae's time with the RCMP in the Northwest Territories. The images include: (:0001) [John A. MacRae] in winter clothing; (:0002) John A. MacRae in standard RCMP uniform; (:0003) Henry A. Larsen and John A. MacRae by the St. Roch; (:0004 & :0005) native woman and child.
This accession consists of four colour photographs and 0.5 cm text. Three photographs depict the posthumous awarding of a Coronation Medal to Michael Amarouk. Amarouk's wife, Martha Kigjugalik, accepted the medal presented by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Corporal Clare Dent, surrounded by Kigjugalik's family. The other photograph shows Superintendent H. A. Larsen presenting an RCMP Long Service Medal to retired S/Cst. Parker at Baker Lake, the first Inuit man to receive this award. The photo was taken by Dent. Also included in this accession are 0.5 cm of textual material consisting of photocopies of typewritten accounts by Dent of these and subsequent events.
Sans titreRecords include photographs of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) banquet held in Pine Point. Images include large group portraits of people attending the banquet.
The photographs document a variety of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) detachments and personnel, the 1973 RCMP Ball, the Flat River Patrol of the South Nahanni, Governor General George Vanier's 1961 tour of the Northwest Territories. Locations include Hay River, Fort Smith, Yellowknife and Inuvik. The map, (National Topographic System Sheet 106 M) depicts Fort McPherson, and is annotated with the location where the Dawson Patrol died in 1911 and the location where Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper, killed an RCMP constable in 1932.
The photographs document the search for, and burial of, the members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Patrol, commonly known as the Dawson Patrol or Lost Patrol. The Dawson Patrol was led by Inspector Francis J. Fitzgerald. The patrol attempted to travel from Fort McPherson to Dawson City.
Records include correspondence, program descriptions and proposals related to Legal Aid training program, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Special Constable program. In addition, there are minutes from meetings of the Labour Standards Board.
Sans titreThe majority of the files contain copies of proposals or submissions made under the Victims Services Contribution Agreement Program. These files also include financial records, final project reports, and copies of the Contribution Agreements between the Department of Justice and various non-government organizations who received funding in order to deliver services in their communities such as healing workshops, parenting workshops, drug and alcohol counseling, and traditional camps. The remaining files include program implementation and evaluation files for the Community Constable Program, Victims Impact Statement program, as well as discussion papers about the Community Justice program, strategic framework for the Victims Services Program, and an evaluation report on the Community Constable Program in the NWT that was prepared by the Department of Justice.
Sans titreRecords include minutes, correspondence discussion papers and proposals from the Legislative Initiatives Committee, Aboriginal Justice Committee, Criminal Justice and Corrections Communications Committee and the Community Supervision Working Group. In addition, there are records created by the GNWT Law Enforcement Study that includes terms of reference, a discussion paper and a report on police services in the NWT. There are also reports on community justice in the NWT, program review report on legal aid services, departmental strategic planning and business planning documents, a copy of the Justice presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Programs, as well as Deputy Minister Chronos.
Sans titreThis fonds consists of approximately 70 cm of textual material, 3 maps and 211 photographs, produced or accumulated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1910 to 1980.
Many of the textual records are from the Arctic Red River detachment and date from 1925 to 1954. These include: patrol diaries (1927-1953, 1944-1948 missing); patrol reports (1926-1934); some annual reports (1927-1931); financial records (1926-1943); requisitions (1926-1954, with gaps); shipping invoices (1929-1933); ledgers; fur export tax receipts and returns (1929-1943); hunting and trapping permits and returns (1926-1943); game licenses (1926-1942); trading post permits (1929-1942); radio receiving license receipts and returns (1927-1953); crown timber returns (1926-1943); liquor permits (1929-1939); income tax returns (1929-1942); marriage licenses (1951-1953); vital statistics records (1926-1943); some hunting and trapping records pertaining to the Yukon (1929-1954); administrative records such as instructions of various kinds (192?-1950); correspondence (1926-1953); a file on the administration of estates (1926-1948); and two maps containing hunting and trapping information.
There is also a disc listing from 1969 related to the Inuvik region.
The photographs in this fonds cover a variety of subjects and locations, and were taken between 1910 to 1973. They include photographs of ceremonies and events: such as an RCMP centenary banquet held in Pine Point; an RCMP band tour; the dedication of a plaque on the Henry Larsen Building (RCMP detachment) in Yellowknife; Governor General George Vanier's 1961 tour in the Northwest Territories; and the search for, and burial of the members of the RCMP Dawson Patrol (the Lost Patrol).
Additional subjects depicted are the RCMP detachments and personnel across the north, Hudson's Bay Company buildings and employees, Anglican and Catholic missions, residents of the various communities across the Northwest Territories and the Flat River Patrol of the South Nahanni.
The map, (National Topographic System Sheet 106 M) of Fort McPherson, is annotated with the location where the Dawson Patrol died in 1911 and the location where Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper, killed an RCMP constable.
Sans titreRecords include a bound volume titled "Northwest Territories Police Court Record and Cash Book." The book contains the following information: No. of Docket, Date, Defendant, Offence, Days Imp't, Fines, and Costs for the court in Fort Providence. The book is dated beginning March 4, 1957 and ending November 13, 1961. The magistrate presiding is also noted.
Subjects include the Mackenzie River, Slave River, Great Slave Lake, Keewatin and Ungava.
The photographs document an RCMP band, commemorations of RCMP members lost to the search for the Mad Trapper and the lost Fitzgerald, Dawson-McPherson Patrol.
Sans titreRecords include discussion papers and agreements related to the transfer of Corrections and the Land Titles function to the Department. There are also minutes, activity reports and annual reports from the Legal Services Board, correspondence and reports from the Special Advisor on Gender Equality in the Justice system that conducted a gender equality review for the Department of Justice, as well as discussion papers, and notes from public consultations in the Baffin and Hay River that were held about gender equality. In addition, there are several negotiation, policy and meeting files related to the service agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and Royal Canadian Mounted Police. There is also discussion paper about Victims of Crime, Ministerial briefing notes, issue files and research material concerning the Task Force on Legal Aid and development of Human Rights legislation in the NWT.
Sans titreRecords date from 1976-1985 and include files from departmental committees such as Status of Women and Gun Control.
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