This album, comprised of 108 pages on which 308 photographs are mounted, consists mainly of photographs of Fort Smith, N.W.T. and its waterfront development. There are also many photographs of reindeer herds and mining settlements. Photos mostly by M. Meikle, but also C.A. Lawrence, J.A Urquhart, Imperial Oil Ltd., and R. MacKinnon.
The following places can be found in the album: Fort Rae; Yellowknife settlement; Yellowknife Bay; Gordon Lake, N.W.T; McPherson; Mackenzie River; Arctic Red River settlement; Fort Norman; Fitzgerald; Joliffe Island, N.W.T; Norman Wells; mining settlements; Buffalo Landing; Reindeer Camp; Hudson's Bay Company posts; Tuktoyaktuk; Bear River; Aklavik; Good Hope settlement; buildings in Hay River; Fort Smith; Slave River; Government Dog and Hay Camps; Eldorado; Richard Island; Yellowknife; herders' tent camps; J.A Urquhart's residence, Fort Smith.
The following events can be found in the album: herding reindeer; loading wood onto S.S Distributor; construction by Public Works; barges being constructed; steel boat being assembled; land slide in Fort Smith; assembling tanks; transporting barrels by lake barges; training reindeer to be sled deer; training sled dogs at Dog Camp; ice breaking up at Fort Smith; road construction, Lot 45, Fort Smith; workmen maneouvering a tank.
The following objects can be found in the album: diamond drills; mine trenches; wharfs and docks; freight; S.S Distributor; reindeer meat; whale boat; cabins; planes; meathouse and deer skins; schooners; movie camera; Native houses and tents; rock sign post; tractor and tumbler; sidewalk; Imperial Oil pumps and centrifuges; pumping unit; pile driver; crude storage tanks; Imperial Oil truck; oil drums; pipe lines; large cabbage.
The following animals can be found in the album: reindeer; herd dogs; red fox pup; stallion; bull dog flies.
The following corporations/businesses can be found in the album: Ryan Gold Mines; Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co.; Camlaren Mines Limited; Wild Cat Café, Yellowknife; Northern Transport; Slave Lake Gold Mines; Northwest Company Limited; Burns and Company; Mackenzie Air Line; Imperial Oil Limited.
The following people can be found in the album: Inuit women; herders; R.W. MacKinnon, manager, Imperial Oil; Dr. Head with group of Loucheux girls; Dr. J.A. and Mrs. Urquhart.
Missing Photographs:
1. A-5 1937 M.M. "View of camp at 'Giant Group', Yellowknife"
2. C-3 1937 M.M. "Setlement at Mining Corporation camp and wharf, Yellowknife Bay"
3. 2-586a - 1937 - M.M. "Reindeer on corrals, Richards Is." "neg. missing"
4. 12-579 - 1937 - M.M. "'Medico' at Main Station. Reindeer Camp" (PA 101714)
5. 18-574i - 1937 - M.M. "Reindeer in working pen ready for release to range"
6. 9 - 1940 - J.A.U. "Slave River - Fort Smith waterfront looking downstream..1940"