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The accession is comprised of telegrams and correspondence concerning the construction of a landing strip at Wrigley in 1938.

This accession consists of one copy of a pamphlet from Mackenzie Air Service entitled, "Schedules, Tariffs: Serving All Mining Areas and Trading Posts in the Canadian Northwest from Edmonton to the Arctic".

The textual material dates from 1978-1988 and consists of Exhibit Storyline and Exhibit Content Plans for the North and South Galleries at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. In addition, there are Exhibit scripts for Chapters in Our History, The North before People, Greenland Kayak Exhibit, Dene Women's Art Exhibit and the traveling exhibit about "The Land." The textual material also includes two Pilot's Log Books from 1928 and 1946 that belonged to Walter James Beaumont. The sound recordings contain interviews with J. Davids and H. Hollick-Kenyon, Denny May, Cam Jordheim and Mark Dodd. The content of the material focuses on aviation in the north, bush pilots, and Wop May. It is likely that this material was used in developing the aviation exhibit at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. The 2 videocassettes are in Umatic or Betacam formats and consist master copies of "Trapline Lifeline" and "Wings of Change." "Trapline Lifeline" was a traveling exhibit that examined the history and modern-day realities of fur trapping. The exhibit contained an audio-visual section that included video footage of interviews with trappers and an overview of life in northern communities. "Wings of Change" is the video component from the aviation gallery at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

Records include documents relating to the B and C Arctic Airports transfer agreement with the Federal government, including an MOU from 1991, briefing notes regarding the transfer from 1988-1989, and a briefing book regarding the agreement from 1990-1991.

Records include files on departmental organization, personnel policy, staffing policy, an information technology strategy and a review of the department's finance and administration functions. There are also records of DOT submissions regarding the NWT Public Service Vehicles Act, the National Transportation Agency Review Commission and the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation are also included. This accession also includes Deputy Minister briefing books for Main Estimates and the Standing Committee on Finance, as well as Briefing Notes and Options Papers. As well, agreements relating to the devolution of Arctic 'A' airports (Yellowknife, Hay River, Norman Wells, Inuvik, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Cambridge Bay, Iqaluit and Resolute) to the department, and an organizational review relating to the transfer of responsibilities are also included in this accession.

Records include files related to devolution and the transfer of responsibilities relating to Arctic 'A' Airports from the Federal to the Territorial Government as well as departmental interaction with Transport Canada. Records also consist of briefing notes and ministerial correspondence with the Director's Office. There are also records that relate to Aviation Studies, Arctic Airports Management Team, Arctic Airports Staff Meetings, Arctic 'B' and 'C' Airports Steering Committee, Senior Management Committee, Airports Training Committee, Departmental Management Group. Additionally records include files related to Airport Planning, Emergency Services, Municipal Administration Certification Group (MACP), Advisory Committee Northern Development (ACND), Northern Air Transport Association (NATA), Airport Operations Sub-Committee, and the Air Navigation Sub-Committee. Records also include project files related to the Rae/Edzo Community Planning Report, the Engineering Site Report for development of the airstrip at Snowdrift (Lutselk'e), and the Arctic Airport Master Plan for Pine Point. The photographs date from the 1970s and document airstrip construction in various Northwest Territories communities.

Records relate to the transfer of the Arctic Airports program from the Government of Canada to the Government of the Northwest Territories. Records also include decision papers, memorandum of agreement and correspondence related to the transfer Arctic Airports to the GNWT. In addition, there are terms of reference and minutes from the Arctic Airports Transfer Management Committee, and meeting minutes from the Airports Working Group.

Records include guiding principles for transfer of airports from the GNWT to the communities through the Community Transfer Initiative. Records also include briefing notes, terms of reference, meeting minutes, discussion papers and correspondence. In particular records focus on the transfer of airports in the Keewatin region.

Records include files on airport safety and a Crash Fire Rescue (CFR) policy.

Records include files related to the transfer of airport services in the Keewatin, Senior Management Committee (SMC) meetings, northern roads development policy, winter roads, division of assets with the creation of Nunavut, and studies related to ports and wharves.

Records include Ministerial and Deputy Minister chronos, and one file regarding an airports conference.

Records include files related to management of departmental responsibilities in regards to the creation of Nunavut.

Files relate to Community Aerodrome Stations (CARS) and include the CARS Journal newsletter (1998-2001), CARS Program Management and Operations Manual, planning files for an informational video, and photographs of staff, aircraft, and training sessions.

Records include operational manuals, operational directives, implementation plans, regulations, policies and procedures, meeting minutes correspondence and contract agreements.

This accession consists of records of the Corporate Services division of the Department of Transportation, including an Airport Runway Study, Community Access Program agreements, and reports and lists from the Math and Science Awards program.

Records include Department of Transportation Engineering Recruitment Plan, issues files relating to distracted driving and airport taxi services (including a petition signed by Yellowknife taxi drivers), meeting materials, briefing materials for the Deputy Minister (topics include City of Yellowknife Bypass road, Dettah Access Road, YKDFN Economic Development Opportunities), records relating to a review of the Business Incentive Policy (BIP), records relating to the development of P3 (Public Private Partnership) guidelines, and the Deputy Minister's briefing books for presentations to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure on Air Market Development and Runway Issues.

This accession consists of records from the Environmental Affairs division of the Department of Transportation. Records include environmental reviews and assessments, in particular soil and groundwater monitoring and remediation of Arctic 'A' airport sites. Also included are environmental reviews and workshops relating to winter roads, ice roads, and prospective resource extraction (mining) projects.

Textual records include two telegrams from 1937 relating to the flight of Sigismund Levanevsky of the U.S.S.R.; one autographed program "Commemorating Bush Pilots of Canada", August 20, 1967, Yellowknife; and one Canadian Airways Limited card showing flight routes. The photographs, most obtained from Matt Berry, relate to aviation in the north. The images feature views of life in numerous NWT communities, and activities such as mining. The map illustrates the route flown by W.L. Brintnell in G-CASK during August of 1929. The 21 day (105 hours), 1000 miles trip from Winnipeg (Manitoba) and back included stops in Fort Simpson, Fort Norman, Aklavik, Dawson (Yukon), Prince Rupert (B.C.), Edmonton (Alberta). Some of the photographs in this accession are copies of images held by the National Archives of Canada (NAC). The NAC's reference number for the items in their holdings has been recorded in the accession file.

The accession consists of a commemorative album titled "The Edmonton Bush Pilots: Northwest Territories Centennial Flight, August, 1970" compiled on behalf of the City of Edmonton for the NWT Centennial. It is a tribute to the importance of aviation in the histories of both Edmonton and the Northwest Territories. The album contains: a list of bush pilots; a chronology of events from 1904-1970, relating to the Edmonton Industrial Airport (Blatchford Field) and the associated pilots; brief profiles of selected bush pilots; and 23 black and white copy photographs of aviation, dated primarily in the 1920s and 1930s.

This accession consists of one report entitled "Northerners of Renown". This report contains short biographical notes on Peter Baker, Archie McMullen, John H. Parker, Oliver Lawson Stanton, R. J. "Jack" Stevens, W. Leigh Brintnell, A. J. "Bert" Boxer, Gordon Ingraham, Henry Busse, George Pinsky, Arthur Umbach, Ernest Boffa, Norman W. Byrne, J. H. Sissons, J. Murray "Jock" McMeekan, and G. Gordon Latham.