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Records include a booklet titled The Story of Discovery, Northwest Territories, produced by the Discovery Women's Institute, which offers photographs and a history of the townsite and its residents. This accession also contains a program titled Commemorating the Dawson Patrol February 16-March 14, 1970 and a promotional pamphlet for the town of Yellowknife produced by the Yellowknife Board of Trade.

This accession consists of the visitors book from the Parks Canada cabin located at Virginia Falls, Nahanni National Park. The book contains the observations of people who visited the park between 1975 and 1982.

This artificial collection includes photos of the 1961 Northwest Territories Tourist Association convention, Con Mine, Discovery Mine, Giant Mine, Negus Mine, Rycon Mine and mining activities in the 1930s. In addition, there are images of Yellowknife, Detah (Indian Village) [Dettah], and Goldfields, SK in the 1930s and 1940s and Federal Government employees based in Yellowknife in the 1950s.

The records are from the Central Registry file system and contain files from the following program areas: Directorate (60 block); Tourism (61 block); Economic and Industrial (62 block); Game (63 block); Forestry (64 block); Fisheries (65 block); Administration (68 block); and Loans and Grants (69 block).

The records date from 1966-1973 and consist of four reports on tourism development in the Northwest Territories.

Records are from the Expo '86 exhibit and include the Content Master Plan for the Northwest Territories Pavilion at Expo 86; files submitted to the Executive Council; progress reports; a pavilion overview; and exit survey reports. The Content Master Plan documents the story line used at the pavilion and includes photocopies of images used, photocopies of artifacts to be displayed and the text that was to accompany these items.

The posters show northern scenery, people, polar bears, Inukshuks and the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights). The posters include images of both the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions of the Northwest Territories.

The records date between 1962-1988 and relate to the design, promotion and operation of the Expo '86 NWT Pavilion. Included in the Expo '86 material is the film entitled "N.W.T. Pavilion Expo '86." The bulk of the records are from the Tourism and Parks Division and include files concerning tourism policy, long range planning, staff and guide training material, the Economic Development Agreement (EDA) program, tourism development strategies and studies such as the Great Bear Lake Management Study, as well as NWT tourism statistics and user surveys that were conducted by the department. There are also records concerning the development of Visitor and interpretive centres, Territorial Parks, campgrounds and signage, as well as promotional material such as the Explorer’s Guide, travel maps and fishing brochures. The remaining records are from committees or travel associations where the department was involved such as the Travel Industry Association, Fire Management Advisory Committee, Big River Country Travel Association, Western Arctic Visitors Association, Northern Frontier Visitors Association and Arctic Coast Tourism Zone Association.

Records date from 1974-1994 and include regional consultation and development files related to parks, campgrounds, signage, tourist facilities, visitor’s centers, the Mackenzie and Liard highways and historical sites such as the Canol Heritage Trail. There are also records related to feasibility studies and reports regarding regional economic development projects, including marketing poultry and eggs, Hay River abattoir, Fort Resolution sawmill, Liard River Hydroelectric project, Slave River Hydroelectric project, and Slave River Bison Ranch. Additionally, there are records related to craft shops and marketing arts and crafts, as well as economic development plans for communities such as Fort Resolution, Fort Smith. Records also include guest book and visitor survey data from communities in the region, and minutes of meetings of the Big River Travel Association.

Records include reports from communities in the South Slave Region, including the Fort Smith Mission Historical Park Masterplan and Executive Summary, a Study on Egg, Chicken, and Turkey Production in the Northwest Territories, Market Analysis of Hay River Community Futures, Tourism Development Study, Hay River Abattoir EDA Sub-Committee file, and the Rae Lakes General Store Feasability Study.

Records include policy files on issues such as tourism, business development, renewable resource development, and land use; studies such as base line studies, business development and impact studies; records related to the Economic Development Agreement (EDA); planning documents related to economic development and divisional goals and objectives and various committee files.