Album 6, Arctic [graphic material] (8 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Album 6, Arctic [graphic material]

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Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch

Northwest Territories and Yukon Branch: Photographs

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Album 6, Arctic

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Album 6, Arctic [graphic material]

Date:

1922-1924.

Reference:

R216-979-9-E, Volume number: 14946

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

138582

Date(s):

1922-1924.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 album (480 photographs) b&w

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

This album, comprised of 107 pages on which 480 photographs are mounted, is of the travels on the C.G.S. Arctic (a German ship bought in 1904) during 1922 to 1924, on expeditions for the purpose of establishing permanent posts among the Arctic Islands. Photos are mostly by J.D. Craig, but also F.D. Henderson, L.D. Livingstone, and a few by Captain J.E. Bernier. Photographs display travel on the C.G.S. Arctic, following its crew and documenting the building of R.C.M.P. posts, contact with Greenland and Canadian Inuit, shooting and retrieving a polar bear, and landscapes and seascapes of the North. F.D. Henderson's and J.D. Craig's photos can also be found in album 52.

The following places can be found in the album: Albert Harbour; Dundas Harbour; Pond Inlet; Godhavn, Greenland; Craig Harbour; Cobourg Island; Pangnirtung; Pangnirtung Fiord; Erebus Harbour; Clyde River; Cape Bathurst, Bylot Island; Wilcox glacier, Ellesmere Island; King George Cape, Pond Inlet; Eskimo Point, Strathcona Sound; Molly Head, Baffin Island; Beechey Island; Lauzon, Québec; Smith Sound; Salmon Lakes, Pond Inlet; Cape Kater

The following events can be found in the album: painting rock for beacon; bringing aboard polar bear (from ice); Capt. Lemieux observing at the binnacle; G. Valiquette taking pictures; C.G.S. Arctic in ice; C.G.S. Franklin in dry dock; potatoes drying on deck; Inuit women scraping blubber; H.B.Co. furs going aboard C.G.S. Arctic; searching an old cairn, Dundas Harbour; landing Greenland Inuit at Craig Harbour; Inuit group listening to Mr. Rivet's speech; launching of the Bowden, Lauzon, PQ; Arctic in dry dock, Lauzon, Québec; Dr. Johnson working film camera; Inuit receiving rifles from Bernier & Wilcox; building police post at Dundas Harbour; Capt. Lemieux taking noon position

The following objects can be found in the album: C.G.S. Arctic; field and pack ice; S.S. Baychimo, H.B.Co. vessel; icebergs; kayaks; Inuit grave, Dundas Harbour; Native dwellings, Godhavn; government buildings, Godhavn; remains of Arctic Gold Exploration Company's building, Eskimo Point; Inuit skin tent, Pangnirtung; Franklin cenotaph; S.S. Nascopie, H.B.Co. vessel; signal pole, Beechey Island; Inuit grave, Croker Bay; mushroom ice pans; barrels of seal oil, Pond Inlet; sundial; Inuit sleds; 1924 N.W.T. branch cache; Inuit hut with Union Jack flag; 1823 tombstone, Albert Harbour; H.B.Co. buildings, Pangnirtung; fish cache; remains of "Mary", yacht, Erebus Harbour; the Boudoin at Etah, (MacMillan's boat); Northwest Territories map; Ungava, H.B.Co. boat; ruins of S.S. Fox, Godhavn; receding glacier, Rice Strait; R.C.M.P. post, Craig Harbour; Inuit fox trap; ice floe; Mr. Rosendal's home, Godhavn (interior)

The following animals can be found in the album: polar bear (dead); musk-ox; puppies; narwhal (dead)

The following people can be found in the album: Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Craig; L.O. Brown; R.A. Logan; F.D. Blair; W.S. Grant; T.P. Reilly; Dr. L.D. Livingstone; G.H. Valiquette; firemen on C.G.S. Arctic; J.D. Soper, naturalist; Mr. Falardeau; Mr. Biron; Mr. Tellier; Constable Fairman; Mr. Rivet; Dr. Mathiasson; L.T. Burwash; Greenland Highland Inuit; Constable McGregor; Constable Maisonneuve; Constable Higgins; Constable Makinson; A.W. Ross; Constable Margetts; Joe Poitras, carpenter; Mr. Choat; Mr. Tash, cinematographer; Captain Morin; Captain J.E. Bernier; Captain Lemieux, second officer; R.C.M.P. officers on C.G.S. Arctic; Kakto and family; Greenland Inuit; Inspector Wilcox; Constable Lee; Mr. Theriault, first engineer; Mr. Lapierre, second engineer; Corporal Jakeman; Constable Fredgold; Inuit; Mr. Nichols, H.B.Co.; Nu-kood-lah and wife; F.D. Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Lindow, inspector; Richard Finnie; Miss Stein; Miss Rosendal; Miss Porsild; Mr. Nichols, H.B.Co. factor; Mr. Troupe, H.B.Co. factor; Oo-roo-ung-na, Inuit prisoner; Mr. Parsons, H.B.Co. factor; Mr. Gaul; Mr. Pitchforth, Sabellum Trading Co.

Print 134-23 "Captain Bernier beside the binnacle" is missing. (PA 102668)

There are references to Arctic slides and one N.W.T. slide (map) in this album.

Additional information:

General note:

This originally was a series level examination of photographs by F.D. Henderson undertaken by Inuit Art Foundation Fellow July Papatsie, November 1995; but this has been revised according to instructions from Jim Burant in July 2003.

Note on the state of conservation:

The front cover is almost entirely off and there are lots of loose photos. There should be interleaving.
This note is obsolete - the album was conserved in 2012 as part of the recontainerization project.

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.

Container note(s):

14946 : Album 6 (Arctic). Old container number 1973-357 box 02180.

Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

1974-366 NPC

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[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R216] 14946

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [1974-366 NPC]

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102578--PA-102589;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102616--PA-102633;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102644--PA-102645;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102647;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102659--PA-102664;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-102667--PA-102668;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-118121--PA-118134;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-172432--PA-172433;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-186859;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-186863;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-186865--PA-186867;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-207867--PA-207874;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-210045;

[Consultation 90 Open]

PA-210047--PA-210048;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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