This album, comprised of 110 pages on which 218 photographs are mounted, likely documents a 1929 inspection trip to the Northwest Territories made by O.S. Finnie, Director of the N.W.T. & Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior from 1921 - 1931, mostly by airplane. A large percentage of the work consists of aerial views of water systems, such as river deltas and tributaries, and settlements, like Forty Mile Creek, Dawson, and Whitehorse. Photos mostly by O.S. Finnie. There are also two photographs from Indian Affairs in 1940, as well as a series on the Fort Smith waterfront in 1938 by G.M. Douglas and a series on Natives and travel methods (tobaggan and dogs, canoes, kayak, boat, horse) handed in by Dr. Jenness. These photographs are separated from the Finnie photos by fifty (50) blank pages.
The following places can be found in the album: Fort Chipewyan, Alberta; Slave River, Alberta; Mountain Rapids Fort Smith, N.W.T. (waterfront too); Resolution, N.W.T.; Providence, N.W.T.; Rivers: Mackenzie, Bell, Old Crow, Porcupine, Eagle, Yukon (aerials); Mayo; Whitehorse (aerial too); waterfronts: Hay River, Fort Norman; Fort Simpson, N.W.T.; The Ramparts, Mackenzie district; New Chicago, N.W.T.; Arctic Red River, N.W.T.; McPherson, N.W.T.; Aklavik, N.W.T.; Dawson (aerial too); Forty Mile Creek (aerial); Carcross, Yukon; Miles Canyon; R.C.M.P detachment.
The following events can be found in the album: party on Distributor, steamer; crossing Salt River with car; Distributor landing at Providence; dog drawing travois; Dr. Urquhart building his office / residence; large shovel from North Fork Power Co. shovelling earth; residents of Dawson sending off party of O.S. Finnie et al.; Inuit kayaking, Labrador.
The following objects can be found in the album: sundial; tennis court; mission farm at Salt River; Anglican and Roman Catholic missions; Distributor, steamer; Native shacks / encampments; Edward Martin monument, AB/NWT boundary marker; Nauya, Patsy Klengenberg's schooner; Western Canada Airways plane, Fokker; cabins in Dawson and Carcross; flowers, Dawson; Dominion Explorer's Ltd. airplane; scow flotilla; moose skin boat; types of canoes; Demelte's fishing camp, Hay River; tobaggan (with dogs to pull).
The following people can be found in the album: L.A. Giroux; Father Lafont; Father Coudert; John Firth with wife and grandchild; Mrs. (Bishop) Geddes; Patsy Klengenberg and family; J.A. McDougal; Major Ritchie; Mrs. Storker Storkesson and children; Native children at mission schools; Mr. Lefebvre; Father Rivet; Livingstone Wernecke and family; V. Grant; Dr. J.A. Urquhart; nurses: Ball, Bradford, and McKay; Inuit; Ruth Enoch; Sarah Ross; O.S. Finnie; Drymeat family (?); G.D. Murphy; Mr. and Mrs. Cooke; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborne; R.L. Gillepsie, mining recorder; Jim Phillips; Ojibwa Natives (in canoes); Blackfoot Native (on horse).
