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This fonds consists of two maps, 465 photographs, 43 DAT audiocassettes and 17 audio reels. The majority of the material consists of a collection of oral histories and photographs accumulated by the Fort Good Hope Community Council via their Dene Language and Historical Research Project. The oral histories were created because of the Dene Language and Historical Research Program. The photographs, collected from individual photographers, represent an artificial collection of historical photographs. Photographers include: Mr. Cassien Edgi, Brother Mahe and Alphonsine McNeely. The maps consist of town plans dealing with land use and development in the municipality of Fort Good Hope. One plan contains the text of the Fort Good Hope Community Plan. The second plan indicates zoning and focuses on the Jackfish Creek Redevelopment.

This fonds consists of approximately 1.15 m of textual material, 60 maps, 3 architectural plans and 84 photographs generated by the Local Trustee Board, Municipal District of Yellowknife, Town of Yellowknife, and the City of Yellowknife between 1940 and 2005.

The textual materials, which date from 1940 to 2005, include Local Trustee Board/City Council meeting minutes, correspondence files, Centennial Committee records, licenses, Yellowknife Board of Trade records, and by-laws. Subject files also include road construction, hospital construction, health and welfare, taxes, elections, federal funding, lot development, budgets, infrastructure development and the construction of housing. There are records from the Town's Planning Committee including budget information, utility franchise information, and records relating to town planning and zoning. A select number of municipal financial statements can also be found within this fonds.

This fonds also contains a select number of reports commissioned by the city and presented to council on issues such as the Yellowknife School District and water and sewage systems. Also included are reports delivered by the City of Yellowknife Heritage Committee, a committee funded directly by the City of Yellowknife. These records include "Policy for the Preservation and Development of Yellowknife's Heritage Resources," prepared by the Yellowknife Heritage Committee (1986), and a copy of the pamphlet entitled "Four Walking Tours of Yellowknife Old Town" (1987). As well, there are several reports authored between 2001-2005 documenting abandoned or demolished Yellowknife buildings as well as an inventory of New Town Historical Buildings.

The cartographic materials consist of maps of Yellowknife, development plans for Frame Lake and the capital site, street lighting plans, plans for water and sewage services, and zoning plans.

There are also architectural plans documenting the renovation of City Hall in 1969.

The graphic content, dating from 1920-1973, depicts meetings of the Municipal Council, municipal buildings, houses and businesses in the town. Buildings depicted include the Gerry Murphy Arena, the Municipal Town Hall, City Hall, the Bellanca Building, St. Patrick's High School, William McDonald High School and Mildred Hall Elementary School. Several photographs feature airplanes operated in Yellowknife by local transportation companies. There are also photographs taken during a dinner attended by Commissioner Stuart Hodgson and Bishop Henry Cook to mark the unveiling of Pilot’s Monument in Yellowknife.

The material was amassed in the course of developing the Nanisivik town site near Arctic Bay on Strathcona Sound and consists of correspondence, minutes, agreements, plans and charts.

The line transparencies document settlement plans throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Communities represented are: Arctic Bay, Broughton Island (Qikiqtarjuaq), Cape Dorset, Coppermine (Kugluktuk), Enterprise, Fort Franklin (Deline), Fort Providence, Hall Beach, Hay River, Igloolik (Iglulik), Paulatuk, Pond Inlet, Rankin Inlet, Resolute Bay, Sachs Harbour, Sanikiluaq, Snowdrift (Lutsulk'e), Trout Lake, and Wrigley.

Records include community and regional land use plans, primarily related to Fort Simpson and Pine Point. Also includes land use reports.

This accession consists of records from the Department of Local Government relating to community planning, zoning, and the construction of community facilities. The records include correspondence, policies and procedures, goals and objectives, zoning bylaws and maps, decision papers, news releases and articles, briefing notes, working group and committee records, Council minutes, terms of reference, Commissioner's Proclamations/Orders for establishment of hamlets, Summary Paper Land Use Planning Policy Proposal Proposal for a New Lands Policy, Plan Approval Process, Task Force Issues Transfer of Administration & Management of Renewable Resources, Statement of Issues Planning, Construction and Operation of Community Facilities, Core Community Recreation Facilities Inventory, and Options for Planning and Constructing Recreation Facilities.

Accession consists of Zoning By-Law 57 for the Hamlet of Pond Inlet which includes a topography map. There is also a Pond Inlet Community Plan Background Report from March 1990 which includes a topography map, land development map and an infrastructure map. Additionally, there is a Pond Inlet Community Plan map for 1987-2007.

This accession consists of material created by the Department of Local Government and the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs relating to land administration and community planning. The records relate to the Land Development Loan Fund Act and Regulations, Commissioner's Land Act and Regulations, briefing notes, Resolutions from the Association of Municipalities and GNWT follow-up, surveys and mapping, agricultural policy, land use policy development, airport lands and transfer, recreation lease policy around Yellowknife, Land Development and Disposal, Land Administration Policy and Practice, Land Disposal Policy and Directive, Land Pricing Policy and Directive, Land Valuation Policy and Directive, Land Pricing and Subsidy Policy, and Land Lease-Only Policy and Directive. The records include correspondence, legislation, policies and directives, guidelines, assessment reports, Records of Decision, discussion and decision papers, options paper, studies and reports, briefing notes, news releases and articles, land use applications, meeting notes, band council resolutions, legal opinions, program information, maps, and reference material.

Records include community plans from the City of Yellowknife and property assessment records, including a land valuation file, a Board of Revision file and Assessment Appeal Tribunal files. Also included are records related to interdepartmental committees where the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (Lands Administration) was the lead, a capital planning proposal related to land use and planning from Fort Simpson, and a couple of operational procedures files for the Lands Administration division.

Records include operational evaluation files of the communities of Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, and Tuktoyaktuk, as well as planning and management files related to the Tulita Recreation Complex, and the Enterprise Community Hall. Also included are plans and programs related to community planning and land use, and one report about the Norman Wells Pipeline Project.

Operational records include community development files, particularly those related to community boundaries, but also including a handful of more general community files. Operational records also include files related to land reform and land development and community planning files relating to bylaws. Administrative records include files relating to legislation/regulations, briefing notes, municipal finance review, guidelines for funding programs and policies, community empowerment (specifically the transfer of infrastructure), an administrative agreement, an interdepartmental committee on agriculture development, and a NOGAP (Northern Oil and Gas Plan) project.

Records include a Lands Administration guide, a community plan for Fort Simpson and its accompanying maps, and a zoning bylaw for Fort Simpson with its accompanying maps.

Records include background reports, superseded community plans (sometimes called land use plans), and superseded zoning bylaws from various communities.

Records include community planning annual reports, various resources prepared for community governments, various superseded community plans and zoning bylaws, and an organizational impact analysis report.

This accession consists of material records from the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and its predecessor, the Department of Local Government relating to community planning and zoning. The records include correspondence, bylaws and bylaw check sheets, Council minutes, news articles, development appeals, public hearing minutes and other comments, presentation notes, municipal and community plans, land use plans, development maps, Rae-Edzo Community Planning Report 1987, Fort Simpson Island Airport Runway Inspection and Evaluation, and material relating to the legal surveys, including background information.