Fonds 255 - Parks Canada fonds

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Parks Canada fonds

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  • Cartographic material
  • Sound recording
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  • Graphic material

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Northwest Territories Archives

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255

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  • 1972-1982 (Creation)
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    Parks Canada. Prairie Region

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86 DAT cassettes and other materials

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Parks Canada. Prairie Region

Administrative history

Parks Canada was established in April 1973 when the Conservation Program changed its name to Parks Canada; at the same time, Parks Canada absorbed the National and Historic Parks Branch. Before this, the name Parks Canada was used unofficially to describe the functions of the Conservation Program. In June of 1979, Parks Canada was transferred to Environment Canada. In 1986, the name was changed to Parks and in 1987; it changed again to Canadian Parks Service. In 1993, the name reverted to Parks Canada and its functions became part of the new department, Canadian Heritage. The mandate of Parks Canada is to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada's natural and cultural heritage and to foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations.

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This fonds consists of photographs documenting commemorative plaques at Port Radium and Fort McPherson, a visitors book from the Parks Canada cabin at Virginia Falls (Nahanni National Park), and photographs documenting the monument to Sir John and Sir James Ross at Taloyoak, Nunavut.

The fonds additionally includes materials relating to a Historical Resources Inventory of the Nahanni region. Parks Canada commissioned W. D. Addison and Associates in a series of four contracts to document Nahanni history. During the summers of 1974 to 1977, oral history interviews were conducted with 43 people associated with the Nahanni Park region. Several of the interviews were published in an internal Parks Canada document, "Manuscript Report Series No. 196: Nahanni National Park Historical Resources Inventory."

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      The original sound recordings and copies of the transcripts are held by the National Archives of Canada. Some of this material was published in a Canadian Parks Services document: Manuscript Report Series No. 196, "Nahanni National Park Historical Resources Inventory."

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      86 DAT audio cassettes, 66 audio reels, 68 audio cassettes, 42 cm of textual material, 6 maps and 6 photographs

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      No access restrictions.

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