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Archival description

Many of the records were created while the division was part of the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Records include contribution files related to visitor centres and interpretive programs; design of interpretive displays, signage, and tourist guides and maps; reports on visitor surveys; plans for development of parks and other tourist facilities; policies and information about the division; and publications related to Expo '86.

Northwest Territories. Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. Parks and Tourism division
G-2003-015 · Accession · 1970-1996 (predominant 1988-1996)
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism fonds

Records include correspondence, designs, reports, contracts, and financial information relating to the development of signage, displays at visitor centres, and facilities at territorial parks.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks division

Records include Explorers Guides, issues of NWT Tourism Today magazine, and other promotional material and booklets related to canoeing, trail hiking, and parks. Some records were created while the division was part of the Department of Economic Development, and some were produced by arm's length agencies such as TravelArctic.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks division

Records include files related to policy, public relations, and departmental organization; licensing of tourist lodges and outfitters; production and marketing of arts and crafts; and industrial establishments such as sawmills and the Hay River Furniture Plant. The files were managed by the Central Registry. Some records were created by the department's predecessors: the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and related federal programs.

Records include meeting minutes, correspondence, and brochures from the NWT Hotels Association, Keewatin Tourism Committee, Northern Frontier Country Tourism Committee and the Arctic Coast Tourism Zone Association.

Northwest Territories. Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Tourism and Parks division

Records include policy files, reports and studies, correspondence, and case files related to tourism, co-ops, arts and crafts, community stores and other business, and loan programs. The files were held by the Central Registry and include some records created by the department's predecessors, including the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Industry and Development, and records from the federal government.

The records include files from the Directorate series (60 Block) of the Central Registry filing system and include policy files, organization and evaluation files, training files, long-range planning files, reports for headquarters and regional offices, conference and committee files, settlement files, materials related to the Council of the Northwest Territories and Commissioners tours. In addition, there are records relating to organizations involved in economic development in the north and files related to the Mackenzie Highway Committee and the Mackenzie Pipeline initiative.

Northwest Territories. Department of Industry and Development (1967-1973)

Records are from the Tourism series (61 Block) of the Central Registry system and include files on the development of the tourism industry in the Northwest Territories, such as administration, promotion, research and development. The files include copies of the Explorer's Guide, and records related to promotion efforts, fishing and hunting lodges.

Included among the files is information concerning the development of a tourism strategy for the Northwest Territories, pamphlets outlining fishing and hunting regulations, reports on Commissioners' tours, general information about the communities and attractions in the Northwest Territories. The records were produced by the Government of the Northwest Territories, the federal government, outfitters, tour operators and lodges concerned with promoting travel in the Northwest Territories.