This album, comprised of 81 pages on which 343 photographs are mounted, is a visual representation of L.T. Burwash's 1927 investigation of the east coasts of Hudson and James Bay, as per instructions from the Director of the N.W.T. and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior. "The Eskimo, Their Country and its Resources" by Burwash should be read as accompanying material, as it gives a diary account of the expedition. Photos by L.T. Burwash, exploratory engineer for the Department of the Interior. Subject matter of the album includes: travelling on the "Fort Churchill" and "Fort George" to Whale River, Richmond Gulf, Belcher Islands, and Cape Jones, among other places, to observe the way life is lived by the Natives and/or Inuit there. There are many portraits of Inuit in the album, as well as documentation of their summer homes, their clothing, and their daily activities. Hudson's Bay Company and Reveillon Freres trading posts are also prominent in the album. Finally, there are photographs of the Smoky Falls power development.
The following places can be found in the album: Abitibi River; Coral Rapids, Abitibi River; Ruperts House; Fort George; Richmond Gulf; Twelve Mile Island; Smoky Falls; Whale River; Moose Factory; Manitoonuk Islands; Diabasic Cap, near Little Whale River; Belcher Islands (East and West); Cape Jones; Smoky Falls Power Development
The following events can be found in the album: children preparing to snare chipmunks; roasting trout on open fire; unloading supplies at Whale River; setting up tent at Whale River; women chopping and carrying wood; women drawing a wagon; Inuit picking crowberries; kayaking; repairing canoe; Inuit loading freight at landing stage, Richmond Gulf
The following objects can be found in the album: Inuit log home; Hudson's Bay Co. stores and buildings; H.B.Co. canoe factory, Ruperts House; Revillon Freres stores and buildings; landing stages; Inuit cradle and drying rack; rock formations on Belcher Islands; eider duck skin clothing; gasoline tractor made with gasoline barrels; Native camps; Roman Catholic mission, Fort George; Fort George, H.B.Co. schooner; Fort Churchill, schooner; Hudson's Bay Co. oil house, Whale River; Inuit kayaks; Inuit built boat; Annie Gull, Revillon Freres schooner; parkas made of flour sacks
The following wildlife can be found in the album: white whale (dead); snowy owl
The following people can be found in the album: Mr. Wilson, H.B.Co. district manager, Moose Factory; E. Hand, Revillon Freres agent; Inuit; non-Native traders at Whale River; Ooyoualik and family; Natives; Mr. Masson; Captain Nelson, Fort Churchill; Inuit hunters; Kookee; Angote
