The photographs were taken, collected or purchased by the photographer for the GNWT. The photographs depict the following subjects: images of people, communities in the Northwest Territories, scenery, wildlife, traditional land use, hospitals, Royal Canadian Mounted Police buildings, schools, infrastructure of communities, water, air and land transportation, sports and recreation, hunting, fishing, traditional clothing, political leaders, government buildings, camps, mines, DEW line sites, events such as Arctic Winter Games, Expo '86, Canada Day, churches, airports, housing, dogsledding, fauna, arts and crafts and performing arts. Many of the photographs were taken by Tessa MacIntosh, Bob Wilson, Fran Hurcomb, Bruce Sekulich and D. Milligan, Government Photographers in the 1980s and early-1990s.
Northwest Territories. Department of Public Works and Services. Systems and Communications divisionBeluga whale hunting - Churchill [Photographer unknown]
Scenic - Boat - Transportation [Photo taken by Fran Hurcomb]
Scenic Arctic [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Hunting [Photographer unknown]
Scenic arctic - Rankin Inlet [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Arts & Crafts - print - Cape Dorset [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Scenic arctic - Strathcona Sound [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
[Building a snow igloo in the barrenlands.]
Inukshuks-Cape Dorset [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Cape Dorset [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Scenic Arctic (Arctic Bay) [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Scenic Arctic [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Scenic Arctic (Arctic Bay) [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Scenic Arctic [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Flora [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau [Trudeau wears a fur hat and parka at the March 1970 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife. Photographer unknown.]
Map NWT [Detailed map of the NWT, photographer unknown]
Scenic Arctic [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]
Fishing boats - Lake Harbour [Photo taken by Lorne Smith]