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Album 12, Alberta and Wood Buffalo Park [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

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Date:

1925-1928, 1932-1933.

Reference:

R216-1026-1-E, Volume number: 14960

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

204861

Context of this record:

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Northern Affairs Program sous-fonds

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch: Photographs

Departmental library albums

Album 12, Alberta and Wood Buffalo Park
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Date(s):

1925-1928, 1932-1933.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (425 photographs) : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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This album, comprised of 108 pages on which 425 photographs are mounted, documents the transportation of buffalo to Wood Buffalo National Park, along with investigations and patrolling by J.D. Soper of the park and its surrounding area; by water, land, and air. Photos are by D.H. Christie, 1932-1933, and J.D. Soper, 1925 - 1928, with the majority by Soper.

The following places can be found in the album: Wainwright, Alberta; Government Hay and Dog Camps; Athabasca River; Wood Buffalo Park; Buffalo River; Copp Creek; Salt River settlement; muskeg region (aerial); Peace River; Salt Creek; Fitzgerald, Alberta; Ninishith Hills; Fort Smith; Pine Lake; Junction Lake; Slave River; Boundary Creek; Great Slave Lake; Nyarling Lake; Little Buffalo River; Egg Lake district; Chenel des Quatres Fourches; Birch River; Cherry Mountain.

The following events can be found in the album: transporting buffalo by rail and water; roundup of young buffalo stock; feeding geese; flood at Government Hay Camp; unloading buffalo; cabin under construction; animals caught in Native traps (red fox, lynx).

The following objects can be found in the album: map of Canada; cartoon concerning shipping buffalo; corrals; lookout towers; Native encampments and cabins; airplanes; M.B Ranger II; winter buffalo trails; tree types; sinkholes; reflector baker (for bread); portage equipment; salt springs; wardens and Native trappers cabins; Wood Buffalo Park cabins; mission farm; beaver houses and dams; J.D. Soper's investigation camps; Ranger, W.B.P. patrol steamer; gypsum anticline; muskrat houses; granite outcrop; various types of bird nests; limestone exposure; waterfalls; buffalo wallows and rubbing posts.

The following animals can be found in the album: buffalo; cattle; geese; pack and saddle horses; Franklin gulls; Canada porcupine; young bald eagle; sled dogs; muskrat; Canadian woodchuck; beaver; lesser yellowlegs sandpiper.

The following people can be found in the album: D.H. Christie; Charlie Cooper; Father Coudert; warden D'arcy Arden; J.D. Soper; Chief warden Dempsey; warden R. Allen.

Additional name(s):

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Soper, J. Dewey (Joseph Dewey), 1893-1982

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Album description created by Melissa Soers July 2003. (90: Open)

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Note on the state of conservation:

This album was conserved as part of the album recontainerization project 2012.

Custodial history:

This album was originally part of accession 1974-366, which had been integrated into 1973-357. It has since been separated back into the two individual accessions of 1973-357 and 1974-366.

Location of originals note:

Old container 1973-357 box 02183.

Reproduction note:

16 of the images have been copied:

PA-100979 to PA-100981, PA-100993 to PA-100996, PA-101440 to PA-101447, PA- 102204

Container note(s):

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14960 : Album 11 - Arctic. Album 12 - Alberta and Wood Buffalo Park. Old container 1973-357 box 02183.

Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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1974-366 NPC
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R216] 14960

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA- 102204;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-100979--PA-100981;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-100993--PA-100996;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-101440--PA-101447;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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