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Douglas, Robert
N-1992-142 · Accession · 1955, copied 1980

This accession consists of one copy of a photograph of Game Division employees in 1955. Back row from left to right: Ernie Camsell (Rae), Art Look (Fort Good Hope), P. X. Mandeville, (Wood Buffalo Park - WBP), Phillip Bourque (WBP), Ozzie Eliason (Rae), Bill Day (Fort Simpson), and Grahame Douglas (Reindeer Station). Front row from left to right: F. A. MaCall (Fort Smith), R. Douglas (Fort McPherson), Art Brown (Fort Smith), Dr. Ward Stevens (Supt.), Ev. Essex (Fort Smith - NZ), Louis Reese (Aklavik - NZ), Timmy Timmons (Fort Norman), and Ken Cooper (Aklavik).

Norm Simmons fonds
154 · Fonds · 1960 - 1980

This fonds consists of 163 photographs (47 colour and 11 black and white copy negatives and 105 copy colour transparencies), 111 maps and map fragments and 20 cm of textual material. The 58 copy negatives and Simmons's journal document the construction of a mooseskin boat and its use. The boat was constructed between May 22 and 28, 1968, on the Gravel (Keele) River and taken down to Fort Norman (Tulita). People identified in the images include George and Vivian Pelissey, Gabe Etchinelle, Madeline Karcaji, Fred Andrew, and Jonas McCauley. The 105 colour transparencies date from 1967 through 1980 and depicts aboriginal life in the Mackenzie Mountain region including: caribou hunting, work on a moose hide boat, drying meat, fishing, camps, and Simmons's work with Dall's Sheep. The images includes views of the Moose Horn (Mountain) River, Caribou Flats by the Gravel River, Drum (Wrigley) Lake, and Punk Mountain. Included in the images are views of Gabriel Etchinelle, Jonas McCauley, Vivian McCauley, George Pelissey, Perry Linton, Leon Andrew, Jimmy Mendo, Maurice Mento, Cecile Hatchelle, Madeline Karkagie, Stella Mendo, Joe Blondin, David Yallee, Alfred Lennie and Gordon Yakelaya.

Also included in this fonds are a handwritten and typed English translation of the French article "Les Chitra-Gottineke" by Jean Michea, published in the National Museum of Canada Bulletin No. 190, "Contributions to Anthropology, Part II", 1960. Muriel Cooper, wife of Steve Cooper, Park Warden at Nahanni Butte, did the translation. The 111 maps and map fragments feature communities, lakes, rivers, canyons and mountain ranges from Fort Simpson up to the Mackenzie Delta region, and including the Yukon - NWT border. The field notes that accompany the maps include a 32 page typewritten gazetteer, as well as the handwritten notes for the gazetteer. There are also handwritten lists recording information about traditional place names of features in the Mackenzie Mountains. Simmons informants included Gabriel Etchinelle, Madeline Karkagie, George Pellissey, Vivian McCauley,and Maurice and Stella Mendo. The place names were written in a 'folk' phonetic form but a few are written by the elders are in syllabics. Files include research notes, field notes, drafts of papers and correspondence related to his studies of Dall's sheep in the Mackenzie Mountains in the 1970s, and correspondence with anthropologists such as Beryl Gillespie.

Simmons, Norm, 1934-2016
N-1979-029 · Accession · [1955]

The photo depicts the participants of a Game Wardens' conference held in the Yellowknife Elks Hall in 1955. In the front row, left to right: Frank McCall, Bob Douglas, Art Brown, Ward Stevens, Evan Essex, Louis Reese, R. C. (Tim) Timmins, and Kenneth Cooper. In the back row, left to right: Ernie Camsell, Art Look, P. Mandeville, Philip Bourque, O. F. (Aussie) Eliason, William Day, Graham Douglas.

G-2000-015 · Accession · 1967-1975
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Industry and Development fonds

Records include correspondence and reports regarding commercial fishing and the production and marketing of handicrafts, as well as monthly reports from the Game Management Officer in Rae-Edzo (Behchoko) and the Area Industrial Development Officer for the Yellowknife Area. These records were managed by the Central Registry.

G-2009-047 · Accession · [1938-1969]
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Industry and Development fonds

Records date from [1938-1969] and relate to wildlife management. The files include lists of people eligible for general hunting licenses, game officer reports, trapping area listings for the Aklavik region. Also include among the lists are geneaology (family lists) for the Inuvik and Arviat (Eskimo Point) areas. Many of the listings related to general hunting licenses contain personal information such as place of residence and birth dates of individuals.

G-1988-010 · Accession · 1984-1986
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

"Koukdjuak Crossing: Caribou Tagging on Baffin Island" was produced in 1984 and is 18 minutes long. It explains the caribou-tagging program, as it existed on Baffin Island up to that date. The film shows Paul Kraft and crew ear-tagging caribou on the Koukdjuak River, and then explains how this has contributed to knowledge of caribou movements on south Baffin. This film is available in English (:0001) and Inuktitut (:0002). "To Have Forever: Hunting the Bathurst Caribou Herd" was produced in 1986 and is 26 minutes long. This film shows the importance of the Bathurst herd to three different cultures: Inuit, Dene and non-natives. Hunters are shown in summer, fall and winter, and different meat handling techniques are compared and contrasted. This film is available in English (:0003) and Innuiaqtun (:0004). The Innuiaqtun version is available on VHS videocassette only.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Conservation Education and Resource Development division
G-1991-002 · Accession · 1951-1955
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

The files contain Robert Douglas' monthly patrol reports from September 1951 to January 1955 as well as some correspondence. The reports are in general more detailed than typical patrol reports of the time, and include summaries of the warden's duties, weather reports, wildlife observations, hunting, trapping and fishing activities, lists of game taken and licenses issued. They were created by the federal Forest and Wildlife office in Rae and from Fort Smith, and kept by the Conservation Education division of the Department of Renewable Resources.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Conservation Education and Resource Development division
G-1992-014 · Accession · [198-?]
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

One series of posters documents the NWT Winners for the annual National Wildlife Week Poster Contest, another series warns of the dangers of bears. A third series relates to Wildlife Regulations on hunting and the export of animals/pelts/meat outside the Northwest Territories. The Wildlife Ordinance posters are often duplicated to allow for the use of the following four languages: English, French, Syllabics and Inuktitut (Roman Orthography).

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services division
G-1993-010 · Accession · 1972-1986
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

The records include correspondence, minutes from Regional Superintendents meetings, regional reports from Fort Smith, Inuvik, Baffin, Keewatin and the Kitikmeot, correspondence and minutes from the meetings of the Regional Hunters and Trappers Associations and Renewable Resource Officer reports from the communities and regions of Fort Smith, Inuvik, Kitikmeot and the Keewatin.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services division
G-1993-011 · Accession · 1961-1986
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

These files consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, field project reports, reports of regional and community wildlife officers, fur records, forms and reference material kept by the division. The records relate to a variety of activities such as: hunting, trapping, enforcement of wildlife regulations, animal studies, fisheries, training, and organizational structure. The records show evidence of the division's activities, programs delivered, and the impact the division's policies may have had on the residents of the Northwest Territories. Reports from the five administrative regions of the Government of the Northwest Territories (Fort Smith, Inuvik, Keewatin, Baffin and the Kitikmeot which was once part of the Fort Smith region) have been kept in an effort to document regional activities and responses. Some files were created by the division's predecessors.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Field Services division
G-1994-002 · Accession · 1975-1980
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Records consist of correspondence, divisional reports, minutes of meetings and copies of agreements between the Federal Government and the Government of the Northwest Territories. The records show evidence of the department's activities, programs delivered, and the impact the department's policies may have had on the residents of the Northwest Territories.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Directorate
G-1994-004 · Accession · 1953-1985
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Records consist of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, memorandums, policies and chronos. The records relate to the division's activities, the programs delivered and the transfer of responsibilities for forestry and fire management from the federal government to the GNWT. There are also files documenting the monitoring of animal species, particularly caribou. Some files were produced by the division's predecessors.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Management division
G-1994-008 · Accession · 1947-1984
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

The textual records primarily consist of game and wildlife officer reports as well as reports and correspondence of various regional projects and programs. The textual records also consist of reports and correspondence related to the administration of organized hunts, fishing licenses, and land use permits in the Fort Smith Region, in addition to proposals for regional department reorganization, policies and procedures, and game surveys. The cartographic records consist of maps that have been annotated by various Fort Smith Region trappers.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Fort Smith Regional Office
G-1998-008 · Accession · 1977-1992
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Records primarily consist of files related to various committees, Hunter and Trapper Associations from the five administrative regions, and various regional, area, and game councils. Records also relate to development and assistance programs and projects, forest fire protection, firearm safety, traps, and the management of bison, muskox, reindeer, and furbearing animals, among other subjects.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Wildlife Service
G-1999-017 · Accession · 1986-1992
Part of Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources fonds

Included are records relating to Administration, Personnel, Policy and Directives, Finance and Budget, Training, Lands and Properties, Associations, Committees and Boards, Native Organizations, Wildlife and Habitat Management, Research and Field Studies, Resource Development, Fisheries and Forestry Legislation and Enforcement, Licenses and Permits, Conservation Education and Pollution Control.

Northwest Territories. Department of Renewable Resources. Fort Smith Regional Office