This album, comprised of 83 pages on which 312 photographs are mounted, consists of journeys through the Northwest Territories by steamer, and documentation of the churches, missions, schools, and Hudson's Bay Company posts of each settlement. It also includes: the setting up of the N.W.T. and Yukon Branch's administration office and other buildings in Fort Smith, activities of Governor-General Lord Byng (especially in Fort Norman and Good Hope), a trip through Wood Buffalo National Park, and the government's Hay Camp. Cover of albums says "Inspecting Engineer, M, L & Y Branch, Dept. of Interior, Ottawa". Many of these photos can be found in a number of other albums, such as 16, 46, 48, 49, and 51.
Photographs by Oswald Sterling Finnie.
The following places can be found in the album: Chipewyan; Fort Smith; Hay River; The Ramparts, Mackenzie River; Good Hope; Arctic Red River; Fort MacPherson; Providence; Fort Simpson; Fort Wrigley; Fort Norman; Aklavik; Wood Buffalo Park; government Hay Camp.
The folowing events can be found in the album: opening of Union Bank of Canada, Fort Smith; tractor hauling freight; column ceremony of erecting administration building, Fort Smith; loading wood onto steamer; Roman Catholic Mission children welcoming Governor-General Byng, Providence; blowing off gas well at Fort Norman; chief of Good Hope shaking hands with Lord Byng; ferrying over Salt River; putting up hay for buffalo at Hay Camp; constructing administration building, Fort Smith; Native woman cleaning hair off hide; Native woman constructing birch bark canoe on the Athabasca River; building of officers residence, Fort Smith; construction of radio station, Fort Smith; Distributor landing at Fort Norman with Governor-General Byng; Lord Byng inspecting police quarters; Roman Catholic hospital under construction, Aklavik; opening of wireless station in Fort Smith by Lord Byng; wireless station under construction.
The following objects can be found in the album: Slave River, steamer; tramway trestling; Grey Nuns Roman Catholic hospital; Roman Catholic churches; Mackenzie River, H.B.Co. steamer; Hudson's Bay Company posts; missions; Imperial Oil Co. airplane; Department of Indian Affairs sawmill; Northern Trading Co., Fort Wrigley; Imperial Oil well, no. 1; living quarters, Forth Smith (interiors too); S.S. Distributor, steamer; Miss Norman, boat used by Governor-General and party, Aklavik to Kittagazuit; Ranger, patrol boat on Peace River; windmill; Distributor, Alberta & Arctic Co. boat; Imperial Oil Co., Bear Island; graves of the Fitzgerald party; lime kiln at Bell Rock; new Roman Catholic church, Providence; wallows; cabins at Wood Buffalo Park & Hay Camp; Colin Fraser's house, Chipewyan; mission schools.
The following animals can be found in the album: musk-oxen; buffalo.
The following people can be found in the album: D.B. Dowling; Corporal Walters; Paul Trudel; Chief Squirrel; J. Williams; Gerald Murphy; J.G. Cory; James McCairn; Mrs. Vale; Bishop Lucas; D.L. McKeand; Charles Taylor; O.S. Finnie; Rev. J.M. Crissall; Sgt. and Mrs. Johnston, Fort McPherson; Capt. and Mrs. Gardiner, Distributor; Alex Kennedy; Chief Antoine, tribe at Fort Simpson; Father Belamy; Father Haussais; Chief of Good Hope tribe; Inuit; David Goulet, camp cook; N.W.T. branch staff; L.T. Burwash; Fred Siebert; Captain Mills and crew, Mackenzie River; Hawthorne Daniel and astronomic party; J. Wada; Rev. Canon Hester; J.A. McDougal; Flynn Harris; Natives; Fred Camsell, Hudson's Bay factor; David McPherson, pilot; Mrs. Carroll; Capt. C. Klinkenberg (?) and son Pat; Governor-General Lord Byng; Inspector Fletcher; Major Hodgson; Rev. McCallum; park warden Claude Watte; park warden Herman Klukas and wife; Thomas Kirkpatrick.
There are references to N.T.W. slides in this album.
