This album, comprised of 146 pages on which 125 photographs are mounted, contains photos by Alexander Stevenson while he was on board the "C.D. Howe" - a 3,600 ton vessel built for the Department of Transport which carried the Eastern Arctic Patrol on its maiden voyage in 1950. It was also a landing surface for a Sikorsky -51 helicopter. A helicopter crash on August 5, 1950 killed government interpreter Sam Ford. A lot of medical officers were part of this patrol and examined the health of the Inuit - teeth, illness etc.
The following places can be found in the album: Québec City; Cape Harrison, Labrador; Makkovik; Pangnirtung; Clyde, N.W.T.; Arctic Bay, N.W.T.; Frobisher Bay; George's River, Québec; Fort Chimo; Fort Churchill, Manitoba; Cape Dorset; Pond Inlet, N.W.T.; Dundas Harbour; Webeck Harbour, Labrador.
The following events can be found in the album: Inuit girls Seeya and Ninquapik aboard "C.D. Howe" - returning home to Lake Harbour after going outside for hospitalization; drying seal skins; Inuit waiting for check-ups on "C.D. Howe"; Dr. Robertson examining teeth; police party coming aboard "C.D. Howe"; church service in H.B.Co. warehouse; Inuit woman trimming seal lamp (kudlik); helicopter coming in for landings; landing oil drums at American meterological station; Inuit leaving "C.D. Howe" after medical examinations; fatal crash of the helicopter at Fort Chimo; R.C.M.P. aircraft landing on water; Bishop D. Marsh conducting mass outside; Panipakachoo, R.C.M.P. special officer, and family reading Inuit prayerbook.
The following objects can be found in the album: "C.D. Howe", vessel (interior views - living quarters, on deck); Sikorsky-51 helicopter; Hudson's Bay Company trading posts; Calunas, fisheries research vessel; Inuit shacks (interior shots as well); lounge in the R.C.A.F. mess; Inuit tents, seal skin tent; "ghost ship" of Arctic (double exposure); Hudson's Bay Company dwelling house; Newfoundland fishing schooners; Resources & Development Fisheries Project buildings, Port Burwell; icebergs; Inuit boats; Hudson's Bay Company trap boat; tugboat; Regina Polaris, Roman Catholic Mission vessel; government day school, Cape Dorset; "Norsemen" aircraft.
The following people can be found in the album: Alexander Stevenson, officer in charge; R.E.G. Johnston, R & D assistant to officer in charge; W.Lezewski, National Health & Welfare x-ray technician; Captain Chouinard; R.A. Haddon, Post Office Dept., postmaster; C.A. Parkin, Dept. of Transport helicopter pilot; Jim Houston, Canadian Handicrafts Guild; Dr. J. Osborne; Bishop D.B. Marsh; elderly Inuit women with tattoed faces; R.C.M.P. officers: Sgt. Dodsworth, Insp. Larsen, Constable's Fiesler and Wright; Dr. J.H. Nesbit, National Health & Welfare senior medical officer; W. Proctor, National Health & Welfare medical attendant; Dr. R.S. Robertson, National Health & Welfare dentist; K. Wallingford, Dept. of Transport flight engineer; Tommy Gordon, H.B.Co. pensioner; Major Arseneau, medical officer, military base; Inuit (many photos of mothers and children); Mukkee from Pond Inlet.
