This accession consists of files from many different GNWT departments, including Education, Social Services (and predecessors), and Local Government, relating to the operation, administration, and closure of the community of Port Burwell. The records were collected by the Office of the Commissioner after the community was abandoned. The records include settlement manager monthly reports and correspondence, settlement council minutes, school records (including enrollment and attendance and student files), financial records (including aircraft tender documents, operations funding, cheque books and banking records, and ledgers), fishery plant records, building and public works records, health and welfare records,employment records, and a guestbook. The accession also includes several files from the Department of Local Government which relate to the Baffin Region more generally or to other communities, including Pond Inlet, Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Nanisivik, Eskimo Point (Arviat),
G-1992-019
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Accession
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1972-1979
Fait partie de Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds
G-1999-040
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Accession
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1970-1980
Fait partie de Northwest Territories. Office of the Commissioner fonds
The textual material relates to the Commissioner's Tours of communities and regions within the Northwest Territories. The audiocassettes contain sound recordings of Hamlet Council meetings, Town Council meetings, public meetings and speeches made by the Commissioner Stuart Hodgson.