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Included are images of buildings and surrounding areas of Tsiigehtchic (Arctic Red River), Sachs Harbour, Inuvik, Arviat (Eskimo Point), and Rankin Inlet. Many pictures show friends, Royal Canadian Mounted Police personnel and family at dances, parties, parades, waterskiing and family gatherings. Hunting scenes are also included as well as Indigenous people and their lifestyle.

The majority of the images feature Hay River and include: the Hay River Anglican mission and school, staff and students; Canon Vale; the Storkersons; trapping and fishing; and buildings from the 1950s. Norman Wells oil wells are also featured. Henry Jones took four of the photographs.

The ledgers include a beaver and marten record book (1940-1950), scientific licenses record book (1923-1967), stamp account book (1950-1951) and license and permit record (1941-1950). The records document fur trapping and fur trading activities; various licenses issued including radio licenses, business licenses, crown timber licenses, hunting and trapping licenses; and scientific research work.

This accession was created by the Northern Administration Branch and predecessors and primarily documents hunting and trapping in the Northwest Territories. The textual records consist of general correspondence files (including flimsies), Superintendent of Game daily journals, game officer daily diaries and monthly reports, meeting minutes and materials, wildlife publications and reports, procedures, registered trapping area files, licence applications and licences, hunting and trapping returns, and fur export tax returns. Many of the maps are annotated and document animal hunting and trapping in the following areas: Fort Providence, Fort McPherson, Arctic Red River, Gjoa Haven, Fort Resolution, Rocher River, Lutselk'e (Snowdrift), Victoria Island, Coppermine, Horn River, Hay River, Tulita (Fort Norman), Banks Island, Fort Simpson, Fort Liard, East of Fort Smith, and Fort Good Hope. In addition, there are maps of the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, McLean Bay, Yellowknife Bay, a map documenting Eskimo (Inuit) Registration Districts, and maps associated with wildlife studies. The photographs include RCAF aerial imagery and two photograph within a wildlife study report.

This accession consists of 10 meters of textual material dating 1940 to 1973. The records were created by the Northern Administration Branch and its various predecessors in regards to the federal government's activities in administering the Northwest Territories. Records include administrative and operational files from the Fort Churchill district office as well as Ottawa. These were originally classified using a numerical block system. The primary number block consisted of: 100 - Administration; 200 - Economic and Industrial Development; 300 - Engineering Projects; 400 - Forests and Game; 500 - Public Service; 600 – Education. Records within the files include a wide range of administrative and operational records. A large proportion of these include education-related records regarding operations in both Eastern and Western Northwest Territories. These include records relating to school children’s education and administration, and adult education and training, and many of these include personal information. Also included are records relating to game management and employment. Lastly, records relating to northern co-operatives are also included within this accession.

This accession consists of records created by the federal Northern Administration Branch. The records include four ledgers of documenting the fur and game take and value for registered trapping areas in the communities of Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Fort Simpson, Fort Liard, Fort Norman (Tulita), Hay River, Fort Resolution, Fort Smith, Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic), and Fort Good Hope from 1950-1958, as well as correspondence, statistics and a list of successful trappers from 1975, and a Renewable Resources Firearms Awareness badge.

The material consists primarily of administrative records relating to the maintenance of the post at Tsiigehtchic (Arctic Red River) and the duties of the officer. The records include: patrol diaries (1927-1953, 1944-1948 missing); patrol reports (1926-1934); some annual reports (1927-1931); financial records (1926-1943); requisitions (1926-1954, with gaps); shipping invoices (1929-1933); ledgers; fur export tax receipts and returns (1929-1943); hunting and trapping permits and returns (1926-1943); game licenses (1926-1942); trading post permits (1929-1942); radio receiving license receipts and returns (1927-1953); crown timber returns (1926-1943); liquor permits (1929-1939); income tax returns (1929-1942); marriage licenses (1951-1953); vital statistics records (1926-1943); some hunting and trapping records pertaining to the Yukon (1929-1954); administrative records such as instructions of various kinds (192?-1950); correspondence (1926-1953); a file on the administration of estates (1926-1948); and two maps containing hunting and trapping information.

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).

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.

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.

The record consists of a report titled "Hunter Return Data from the Mackenzie Mountain Outfitters, 1976-1977." The report summarizes the data on the non-resident hunting season received from outfitters operating in the Mackenzie Mountains for the period of July 15 to November 15, 1976. Outfitters were asked to complete a 'Hunter Return Booklet' for each hunter. The information recorded includes names of hunters, date and location of kill, horn length, and general condition of animal. The lower jaws of kills were collected and tagged for analysis.

Records include reports, guides and brochures created by the Department of Natural and Cultural Affairs. Records date from [1975-1979] and consist of fishing guides, hunting regulations, reports on caribou and wildlife ordinances. Records also include summaries of archaeological resources and an overview of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre layout and use before it was constructed.

This accession consists of several fisheries reports, some in draft form, prepared for the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. The reports include Market Research NWT Fish Products, NWT Commercial Fishing Strategy, NWT Fisheries Local Involvement Case Studies, NWT Fisheries: Mandates of Government Departments, and Tools and Measures for Fisheries Evaluation.

"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.

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.

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.