This album, comprised of 109 pages on which 524 photographs are mounted, is a continuation of the first three albums of this sub-sub-series, depicting Burwash's work for the Department of the Interior in the North. Travelling in the vessel Fort Chesterfield, some of the subjects in this album include: the Hudson's Bay Company establishing posts, old Fort Prince of Wales, arctic flowers and vegetation, and fishing practices in Labrador. The majority of photographs are portraits of Inuit and Native "types" from Chesterfield Inlet, Fort Charlton, and Hebron, Labrador. There are also many portraits of Hudson's Bay Company employees, not to mention Burwash himself. Photos by L.T. Burwash, special investigator for the Department of the Interior. There are also some prints by Corporal Mc(G?)innis from 1931 that document the Leaf River Inuit.
The following places can be found in the album: Baker Lake; Cockburn Bay; Wager Inlet; Chesterfield Inlet; Southampton Island; Harrison; Wolstenholme; Mukkovik, Labrador; St. John's Newfoundland; Churchill, Manitoba; Old Fort Prince of Wales, Churchill; Churchill harbour; Charlton Island; Moose Factory, Ontario; Port Burwell; Hebron, Labrador; Ford Harbour, Labrador; dock, St. John's, Newfoundland
The following events can be found in the album: white fox in trap; S.S. Nascopie in heavy ice; H.B.Co. re-establishing post in Baker Lake; loading H.J. Jones' piano in boat; H.B.Co. establishing post in Wager Inlet; hunting at Wager Inlet; drying codfish
The following objects can be found in the album: H.B.Co. posts; Fort Chesterfield, vessel; police barracks; Inuit camp; H.B.Co. dwellings; igloos; arctic flowers; old battery, Churchill harbour; old cannons; oil extractor; Inuit grave; government beacon; wireless room, S.S. Bayrupert; Native camp; Cree Native houses, Moose Factory; Anglican church and mission, Moose Factory; oil kettle; lighthouse, Ford Harbour; Moravian church and school, Mukkovik; Lord Strathcona's former house; S.S. Neptune; Moravian mission buildings, Hebron; flags of the Leaf River Inuit
The following animals can be found in the album: white fox; deer; fish; polar bear cubs; St. Bernard dog; white whale (dead)
The following people can be found in the album: Inuit nursemaid; Sergeant Clay; Captain Mack, H.B.Co.; W.E. Brown; crew of Fort Chesterfield; Mr. Hardy; H.S. Ford and family; Corporal Petty; J.L. Ford, H.B.Co.; Constable Robinson, R.C.M.P.; J. Berthe, sub-district manager, Rev. Freres; Captain Smellie, of S.S. Bayrupert;
Mr. Bastouie, H.B.Co. agent; Mr. Adams, H.B.Co. agent; G.B. Dawson; Constable Crick; Dr. Stewart, S.S. Bayrupert; Mr. Handley, secretary to Mr. Townsend; Mr. Townsend, development expert, Hudson's Bay Company; Miller, Inuit wearing robes; Leaf River Inuit; Inuit "types" from Chesterfield Inlet; H.B.Co. employees; L.A. Learmouth, sub-district manager; Mr. Copeland, H.B.Co. agent; W.O. Douglas, H.B.Co. agent; A. Hunter, H.B.Co. agent; Mr. Brown, H.B.Co. agent, ex-R.C.M.P.; Jason Thom, H.B.Co. agent; Mr. McHardy, H.B.Co.; Mrs. Oman, cook for Hudson's Bay Co.; Mr. Roy, Hudson's Bay Company; Chipewyan Natives from Churchill; Cree Natives from Fort Charlton; Jerry, H.B.Co. post servant; Mr. Whealdon, trapper at Eskimo Point; Mr. Ross, H.B.Co. clerk; George Ray, district manager; Mr. Harding, district manager; Archie Flett; Father Duplain, Roman Catholic priest; Henrietta from Hebron, Labrador; Inuit "types" from Hebron, Labrador
There are references to Arctic slides in this album.
