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George Falconer collection [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Collection

Date:

1922-1948.

Reference:

R8180-0-5-E

Type of material:

Photographs, Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

185694

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George Falconer collection
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Date(s):

1922-1948.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

118 photographs b&w.
77 negatives nitrate
10 centimeters of textual documents
Negative Film B/W - cellulose nitrate

Language of material:

English

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George Falconer collection [graphic material, textual record]

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Collection consists of views of Artic glaciers and some Government activities in various locations of the Northwest Territories showing ice change between 1922 and 1945. Locations in NWT include Wilcox Glacier, Ellesmere Island; Dundas Harbour, Devon Island; Old Inuit grave, Dundas Harbour; Craig Harbour and Station, King George Cape, Ponds Inlet, Baffin Island; South Coast, Bylot Island; Pangnitung Fiord, Baffin island; Northwest Coast, Cobourg Island, Baffin Island; Glacier, South coast of North Devon Island; Stewart Islands off Cape Tennyson, Ellesmere Island; Rice Strait; Cape Norton Shaw, Ellesmere Island; Ice in Jones Sound, off Craig Harbour; R.M.S. "Nascopie"; Albert Harbour in Pond Inlet; Artic Bay and Victor Bay; King George V Mountains; Hudson Bay Co. S.S. "Bayeskimo" in Albert Harbour, Baffin Island, N.W.T. Photos taken by J.L.R., J.G.W., J.D. Craig, D.S., F.D.H., R.T., R.S.F., Capt. Falk and D.L.M.

Textual records consist of reports on Artic localities by T.R. Weir, 1948, on the exploration of the Artic and project presentation reports created during the course of government functions of the Geographical Branch of the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Reports on Thule, Greenland; Dumb Bell Bay Area; R.C.M.P. Station, Bache Peninsula, 1948; Dundas Harbour, 1948; Pond Inlet; Resolute Bay and Cornwallis Island, 1948; Eureka Sound Weather Station and Vicinity, Sleidre Fiord, 1948; A brief summary of exploration of the Northern and North Western Artic, 1947-1948; Report of East Coast of Hudson Bay containing 44 ground photos and captions by W.K.W. Baldwin, 1947, locations include Loon Point, Long Point, Island North of Piagochiwi River, Island South of Salmon River, Cape Jones, Long Island South, Great Whale River, Sandy Point, Manitonnuk Sound, Bill of Portland Island, Richmond Gulf, Nastapoka River and Hopewell Islands.

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Falconer, G

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International Boundary Commission

Finding aid:

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(Paper) List of photographs (90: Open)

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General note:

These were probably borrowed from the National Museum or Indian and Northern Affairs in the 1960s by researchers for use in estimating changes in Artic glaciers as part of the research program of the defunct Gegraphical Branch of the Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2001-00308-0
POE 97-340
POE 97-341
POE 97-342
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Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R8180] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R8180] 3

[Consultation 90 Open]

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