Showing 52 results

This accession consists of W.D. Addison's collection of material related to the Nahanni area, including his own photographs, trip journals, and maps, the annotated bibliography and literature review he compiled, oral-history interviews he conducted, transcripts and catalogues he compiled and edited, photographs, documents, and maps he gathered from various sources, and correspondence he conducted with Nahanni old-timers and others.

20 of the photographs document mineral exploration at Great Bear Lake 1928-1932; the remaining 11 photographs feature Baker Lake and Chesterfield Inlet in 1928.

Records include photographs of ice road trucking and prospecting, mainly of the North Slave region. The photos span the eight and a half years Adolf worked for Curry Construction as an ice road trucker. Afterwards, he worked for trucking companies inside of Yellowknife. He bought his Agfa superslide camera in Germany before he moved to Canada in 1953.

This accession consists of one black and white photographic print of Hazel and Wes Drappo with Micky Hagan at a camp.

Records are comprised of a handwritten account of two prospecting trips taken in the 1940s by Lorne Bishop. It also includes a hand drawn map of the area from Great Slave Lake to Great Bear Lake.

Records are comprised of one field book attributed to Robert Lees. The book includes a prospectors supply list including food list, some prospecting notations and a few poems.

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.

Records include video recordings containing oral history interviews with prominent citizens of Fort Simpson including Albert Faille, Ted Trindell, George McPherson, Marguerite and Baptiste Squirrel, Red Thomason, and Joe Squirrel. In addition there is also footage of the breakup of the Mackenzie River. The footage was shot in 1972.

Records consist of a report on prospecting and mining operations in the Great Slave Lake area, which includes a number of adhered photographs. Also included are two shorter reports on prospecting and mining in the Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake regions, related correspondence, and seven plans noting mineral claims around the Great Slave Lake area.

Item :0001 consists of an interview with Gord Greenaway, a trapper who worked in the Yukon and western arctic. Item :0002 consists of an interview with Bill Rossing, a prospector who began working in the north in the 1940s. Both interviews contain biographical information on the men and include details on people whom they encountered as well as life in the north.

This accession consists of three field books kept by G.E. Midgley. The books contain incomplete diary entries and hand drawn maps of his prospecting activities.

The photograph depicts the members of the Prospectors and Developers Association who attended at a meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, on February 29, 1944. Members identified in the picture are Jack Horan, Tom Haegerty, Tom Cassady, 'Spud' Arsenault, Neil Campbell, Vic Ingraham, John Michalson, Albert Gagnon, Mr. Molstad, Alex Mitchell, Tom Payne, Jim McAvoy, Mr. & Mrs. McMillan, J.D. Nicholson, and Dr. Lilge.

The report, titled "Reconnaissance of Yellowknife River and Adjacent Lakes, Great Slave Lake, N.W.T., July 1 - Sept. 7, 1928", carries the name Henry L. Smyth, Jnr. on the cover. The map is of "Yellowknife River and adjacent lakes from Yellowknife Village north to the third portage," is also dated July 1-September 7, 1928, and was drawn by Mr. Smyth. Scale 1" to 4,000 feet. The present day site of Detah is indicated on the map as being Yellowknife Village. Mineral deposits in the area have been annotated onto the map.

The original audio cassette was copied to DAT circa 1988. The recording consists of an interview with K. Vaydik, a freelancer under contract with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Yellowknife. The discussion covered McDonald's early life, his activities as a geologist and prospector, travel to Yellowknife during the 1930s, a meeting with Jack Hornby, McDonald's opinion on developing a wilderness park at the east end of Great Slave Lake, trading posts, and his naturalist activities.

This accession consists of materials collected by John Parker and includes: one photograph taken in 1964 by Reimann Studios with the caption "A group of Edmonton's Quarter Century Club at a testimonial dinner held at the Elks Hall, Yellowknife, NWT"; one time book and three daily journals from Bear Exploration and Radium Ltd. Operations at Contact Lake for the years 1936-1938. The journals contain information on the weather and activites at the mine. The journals for the years 1936 and 1937 contain daily activity reports on individual workers at the mine. The time book documents the hours logged by the workers and the pay rates for the years 1936-1939.

Records include a map of the Yellowknife River and photographs of prospecting activities in the Yellowknife area. The photographs document scenes of prospecting camps and prospectors including Tom Hanson, Bill Larsen, Ben Sutherland, C. J. Baker and Hughie Muir.

Records consist of one explosives permit issued to A.V. "Fred" Giauque in August 1964, and a souvenir leaflet/folder from the Ingraham Hotel in Yellowknife. The explosives permit contains a photograph of Mr. Giauque who, along with two of his sons, moved to Yellowknife in 1938. He worked as a contractor for the U.S. Army on the Canol Project, and then began a career as a prospector. From the many claims he staked and then sold, both the Discovery Mine and the Rayrock Mine were eventually opened. Vic Ingraham moved to Yellowknife in 1937 and opened his first hotel, the Ingraham Hotel in 1941. The Ingraham Hotel featured in the pamphlet was the second hotel of that name built by Vic Ingraham in Yellowknife, and it was opened in 1947.

This accession consists of documents relating to oil exploration and development in conjunction with the Canol Project. The records relate to the Canol Project and include blank weekly time reports for Imperial Oil Limited, operating instructions for flares, and material cost records.

This accession consists of the renewal surface lease #27, issued on 9 January 1940 to Alexander Ernest Sutherland, concerning a claim at Port Radium Lot 13, Block 15.