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Title

Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs collection [graphic material]. 

Arrangement structure

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Date(s)

[1946-1955]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

[1,500] photographs b&w

Language of material

English

Conditions of access

Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Box
from 05865 to 05866
C 0550
INT 022
90: Open
Other accession no.
1980-187 NPC
Local class no.
05865 to 05867
folder 20 C0550

Terms of use

Nil
Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Various copyrights
Graphic (photo): Nil
Graphic (photo):Item less than 50 years old Copyright: Various copyrights

Finding aid

Graphic (photo): Interpretive report by Carleton University Graduate student Adele Stalmach; DIAND Fonds; 1993. (Paper)

Creator / Provenance

Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs. Indian and Northern Affairs.

Additional information

Views depicting the Arctic Weather Station Sea Supply Missions Programme carried out jointly by Canada (the Royal Canadian Navy) and the United States (United States Navy): Photos of the ships NANOOK 51 and NANOOK 52; the presence of the American military in the Canadian High Arctic to establish and supply a remote weather station at Alert on Ellesmere Island, at Resolute in Cornwallis Island, and at Thule in Greenland; Operation Nanook, defense studies, burial of R.C.A.F. crew members at Alert, U.S. naval base and naval activities.

Views depicting scientific activity in the Canadian Arctic: views supporting topographic, geologic, and wildlife research, ice observation; collection and slaughter of wildlife in the north by Canadian and American scientists and researchers..

Aerial views of Royal Canadian Mounted Police barracks in Resolute Bay, Northwest Territories..

Incidental views depicting Inuit individuals; impact of military on the lives of northern cultures..

3 albums from Arctic Division, Resources and Development (later Dept. of Northern Development).

Physical description note
Graphic (photo): 26, 21

Subject heading

1. Arctic Weather Station Sea Supply Missions
2. Spiro, P.O.
3. Arctic regions.
4. Meteorological stations - Arctic.
5. Canada. Royal Canadian Navy.
6. United States. Navy.
7. Nanook 51.
8. Nanook 52.
9. Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs.

Source

Government

Other system control no.

DAPACC9041

MIKAN no.

13091