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            16 Archival description results for Historic sites

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            N-2001-009 · Accession · 1997-2000

            Records were generated by a project undertaken by the Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group and include one report entitled "Places We Take Care Of" that identified and made recommendations about the protection, preservation and promotion of heritage places and sites important to the history and culture of the Sahtu Dene and Metis. Records also consist of copies of oral history transcripts from Délı̨nę, Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope. Interviews were carried out as part of the project to identify additional culturally significant and historic sites.

            Sahtu Heritage Places and Sites Joint Working Group
            Parks Canada fonds
            255 · Fonds · 1972-1982

            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."

            Parks Canada. Prairie Region
            Parks Canada
            N-1992-117 · Accession · 1979
            Part of Parks Canada fonds

            This accession consists of two photographic prints documenting the unveiling of the monument to Sir John and Sir James Ross. Item :0001 shows (left) Douglas Harper, Director of Parks Canada; (right) Dr. J.E. Rea, Historic Sites and Monuments Board, and item shows the monument covered by Canadian Flag prior to the unveiling.

            This material was generated by the renovation project of Our Lady of Good Hope, Roman Catholic Church in Fort Good Hope. The textual records include reports on the history of the building, its condition before and after the renovation, and the renovation work itself. The blueprints document the specifications for the renovation project. The majority of the photographs document the building itself; there are also copies of photographs of people in the community.

            G-1988-011 · Accession · 1987-1988
            Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

            This accession consists of materials produced in an attempt to document an old Catholic Mission building in Fort Resolution. The building was constructed in 1905 and demolished in 1987, and was primarily used as a residence for priests and brothers. Prior to its destruction, staff from the NWT Archives along with an architect visited Fort Resolution and conducted an initial survey of the building. In the following months Gail Beaulieu interviewed Father Louis Menez and Violet Beaulieu about the history of the building. Records in this accession include sound recordings and transcripts of the two interviews; architectural drawings of the basement, main, second, and third floors of the building, based on measurements taken during the survey; and a photograph of the mission building.

            Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications. Museums and Heritage division. NWT Archives
            G-1993-007 · Accession · 1960-1986
            Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications fonds

            These records document the museums and heritage activity of the Government of the Northwest Territories. They provide evidence of the functions of the Northwest Territories Historical Advisory Board, the Northwest Territories Heritage Council, and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Included are documents from the Archaeological and Historic Sites program, Education and Extension program, Territorial Plaquing program, Exhibits program, Museum grants, NWT Archives, and Archaeological Permits. The records consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, policy, procedures, regulations and a few photographs that remain in the original files. Also included are files on various conferences such as the Canadian Conference on Historical Resources, the Northern Museums Conference, and Committees such as the Interdepartmental Committee on Archaeology, the Canada-NWT Consultative Committee on Parks and the Museum Advisory Committee.

            Northwest Territories. Department of Culture and Communications. Museums and Heritage division
            323 · Fonds · 1920-1975

            This fonds consists of 50.3 cm of textual records, 31 black and white photographs and negatives, 3 maps, and 1 architectural drawing. The textual material includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, reports on the Territorial Museum, project files, archaeological site regulations, and files on toponymic activities. Included among the correspondence files are the records of the Chairman of the Board, Alexander Stevenson, and of the Permanent Secretary of the Board. The photographs consist of 3 photographs possibly intended to be used in a pamphlet, 16 black and white negatives of Dene women and Inuit camps, 2 prints and 1 duplicate negative of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Sergeant Cook in Hay River and an image of Matt Berry, Val Patriarche, Jim Hall, and Ken Murray at Fort Rae in 1930. The images were collected by the NWT Historical Advisory Board as part of its mandate to acquire historical materials on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories. In addition, there are 9 photographs of Albert Faille's cabin, scow and warehouse at Fort Simpson. The pictures were taken on September 20, 1974 by Henry G. Cook for the Historical Advisory Board, as part of an inventory of Faille's effects. The architectural drawing shows the design for plaquing monuments and the three maps show areas of archaeological interest along the proposed Mackenzie Highway.

            Northwest Territories. Northwest Territories Historical Advisory Board (1969-1975)

            The material includes correspondence, minutes, annual reports, reports on the Territorial Museum, pamphlets, project files, archaeological and historic site regulations, and files on toponymic activities. Included among the correspondence files are the files from the Chairman of the Board, Alexander Stevenson and from the permanent secretary of the Board.

            N-1998-027 · Accession · 1970

            This accession consists of one map entitled "Canada Centennial Map: Northwest Territories 1870-1970." The map shows historic places and events across the Northwest Territories. The map was produced by the Federal Department of Energy Mines and Resources, 1970.

            Canada. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources
            Winter, Barbara
            N-1992-207 · Accession · 1981

            This accession consists of 20 black and white photographic negatives of the Parks Canada Historic Site ceremony at Fort Good Hope in August of 1981. Images include the interior and exterior of the Fort Good Hope Catholic church.

            Winter, Barbara
            G-2000-002 · Accession · 1986
            Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Education fonds

            Records include photographs of historic buildings and sites in Fort Smith. Chris Hanks, Sub arctic Archaeologist for the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, took the photographs in 1986. Chris Hanks delivered an anthropology course for the Renewable Resources Technology Program at Thebacha College in Fort Smith. Part of the program involved the documentation of historic buildings in the area.

            Elliott, R. C.
            N-1979-039 · Accession · 1973

            Records include images of the ruins of a whaling station at Cape Haven, Baffin Island; a Thule house at Navy Board Inlet; and the "Maud Bight" (ship) on Bylot Island.

            Elliott, R. C.
            Old Stope Association
            N-1989-005 · Accession · 1978

            This accession consists of two black and white photographs showing the renovation work being undertaken in the Wildcat Café in 1978. The first image depicts Old Stope Association board members, John Bayly and John Hull inside the café. The second shows the outside of the café.

            Old Stope Association