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Charlie's photo description: That, I think, is the Prospector there, N .T. They had a high boat
and barge like that because there's a boom on it. That was the first one to come down to hoist
things into the hold. They loaded them down under. They put freight in the boat and in the scow
and they pushed it. And that's what they called The Prospector. I'm sure that's what it is.
Caption Source: Charlie Hansen interview.
Photographer: unknown but the photo's sharpness and sky suggest Joe Lineham, a HBC
employee, who recorded Fort Simpson during his time there (see Hansen interview for details).

Registered Trapping Area file. Contains edge-notched cards.

Milt Campbell's Audio Caption for photo: 83 & 84. These pictures are of our camp at Simpson Airport built by the Americans in 1939, this group of log cabins. Building an airport in those days it just meant clearing off the trees, grading out the stumps and getting out of the way. Dal [G.C.F. Dalziel] selected the site for the Simpson airport. Now Matt had the final say but he depended a lot—I know he did, he told me he did—on Dal's judgement. And by golly Dal's judgement was pretty darn good.

Photographer: Milton J. Campbell

WDA's Comments, 2013 Sep 13: While I can not find a date for the beginning of construction of the airport, it was not 1939. Most likely it was 1942 or 1943, after G. C. F. Dalziel completed his survey of sites for Mackenzie valley airports for Matt Berry (see Dalziel and Hansen interviews).

Caption Source: Anna Lindberg

Photographer: unknown

WDA's Comments, 2014 Mar. 10: Location name was indecipherable, but it possibly is the Flats at Fort Simpson.

Charlie's photo description: You can see Sargeant Walker there on the right side of the
picture. I'm quite sure that's him because he was the top one. They brought in two civilians to
show them how. They were expert Cat skinners and operators. I forgot their names. Two big
husky fellows. They were good. The boys piled all that wood down there so the barge wouldn't
tip when they drove off it. Then there's two fellows standing there on the left. The one with the
fedora on was. Pete McEwan [spelling unknown] The other one is Phillip Lafferty with the hat
on. He's my wife's uncle, the youngest of the old Lafferty boys.
Caption Source: Charlie Hansen interview.
Photographer: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve judging from blurred photo edges.
WDA's Comments, 2014 Feb 10: The arrival of the US Army in Fort Simpson in 1942 to build
an airport at Fort Simpson brought huge changes to the area, not least of which was a degree of
properity in contrast to the depression. Charlie's fortunes changed along with those of many
others. Here they are unloading construction equipment beside a stock of fuel.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

Milt Campbell's Audio Caption for photo: 85. This is the Goodall boys. Left to right: John Goodall. Hank (surname unknown), he's from Oklahoma. He was the mechanic, chief mechanic. And this was Rufus Goodall. Now the Goodall boys were born and raised right in Fort Simpson. John Goodall [senior] had the team there and he hauled freight up from the river and he later had the post office and he later represented the Territories in Ottawa for the last couple of years of his life. He was pretty level. John Goodall [junior] did the contracting for the wood for the airport and Rufus was operating Cats for things like clearing the ice off the airport runway.

Photographer: Milton J. Campbell

Caption Source: Anna Lindberg

Photographer: unknown

WDA's Comments, 2014 Mar. 10: The tree was being cut before it fell on a tied up boat.

Charlie's photo description: That was when the US Army first come. We were going to pull
the tugs and barges out. There's one or two tied in there. The one with all the tanks, I pulled that
one out late in the fall. There's two boats pushing out there you see. Now what are they doing
going upstream with all the equipment on. I don't know. Unless the boat ... Sometimes would
come down and leave something down below and then go up the Liard to the airport if there was
enough water. It almost looks as if they were leaving the country with that load. It looks like a
big pile of semi-trailers. That's the Canal barge. There was a guy named Erickson come down
with a tug boat like that, Thunder River he called it. He was hauling stuff out from all over but
it's not him. Then there was a smaller type they called the Canolette. They were made out of
plywood. Double plywood.
Caption Source: Charlie Hansen interview.
Photographer: likely Charlie Hansen or Isidore Villeneuve judging from blurred photo edges.
WDA's Comments, 2014 Feb 10: The two tugs pushing farthest out barge string appear to be
the Saline and Notoway.

A generic map sheet produced by the federal Department of Northern and National Resources showing mineral claims. Some annotations have been added, relating to posts found during a survey of claims in the MAC, JES, AL, and PAT Groups near Johnston Lake.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on an application for Crown land as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a residential lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a residential lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on an application for federal Crown land as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a land lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a residential lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.

One folder consisting of the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development commenting on a residential lease application as required under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act.