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Pine Point Mine Aug 79 [Aerial view of Pine Point mine.]

Winter Sunset SW FS [southwest Fort Simpson] [Aerial view of sunset.]

Prairie Creek Nahanni Park. Looking north up Prairie Creek with the South Nahanni River at the bottom of the picture. Nahanni R. flows east to the right in the picture. [Aerial view of Prairie Creek, Nahanni National Park, in early fall.]

Liard River Near FS [Fort Simpson], NWT. Looking southwest (sw) towards Nahanni Butte [Aerial view of Liard River in late winter.]

Little Doctor Lake, NWT. Looking southwest [Aerial view of Little Doctor Lake in winter.]

1939 A view taken on Easter Sunday between Con + Jade, Taken from open cockpit. DH60 G Gipsy Moth. CM&S CF-AGP? Jamieson Photo [View of several lakes from the cockpit of a plane.]

[Aerial view of part of Yellowknife? Photographer: Noeline Chaplin]

[Aerial photograph of a drill rig near Norman Wells. Photographer: Dorothy Chocolate]

[Aerial view of land and water at sunset/sunrise]

Pine Point Fire Aug [August] 79 [Aerial view of a forest fire.]

Liard Joins Mackenzie. Looking se [southeast] up the Mackenzie R. [River] with Fort Simpson on the right. The Liard River joins the Mackenzie River from the right. [Aerial view of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers.]

Cadillac Mine Airstrip. Prairie Creek. Looking down on the Cadillac Mines airstrip on Prairie Creek. Due to terrain and restricted visibility the approaches into the strip where at times challenging especially if a strong chinook wind was blowing out of the southwest (sw) [Aerial view of the Prairie Creek Mine airstrip.]

Ft. Simpson NWT. Fort Simpson Island Airport looking sw [southwest] up the Liard River in background. [Aerial view of Fort Simpson.]

Fort Simpson NWT. Looking east over the community with the Fort Simpson Island Airport visible on the west side of the town. [Aerial view of Fort Simpson.]

Ramparts Mackenzie R. [River] Looking northwest down the Mackenzie River. [Aerial view of the Mackenzie River Ramparts from a distance.]

Fort Liard, NWT. Looking nw [northwest] towards Pointed Mountain in the distance [Aerial view of the Liard River in winter. Some Fort Liard homes are visible on the left.]

Liard River. Freeze up [Aerial view of ice pans along the Mackenzie River.]

Figure of 8 S. Nahanni R. [South Nahanni River] Two whirl-pools develop as the flow of the river hits the opposite shore at 90 degrees. [Aerial view of the South Nahanni River.]

C-185 Crash Trout Lake [Sambaa K'e]. A Cessna 185 owned by Arctic Air Ltd (Pete Cowie owned the firm then) crashed Dec 17, 1969 on the return leg of a charter from Fort Simpson to Trout Lake to drop off passengers. The sole occupant, the pilot Joe Schmitz of Fort Simpson, was killed. Parts of the wreckage can be seen in the photo several hundred feet north of the shoreline towards the left of the picture. The wreckage in no longer visible as most has been removed. The story is that the pilot saw wolves on the lake on the trip from FS [Fort Simpson] and told the passenger, Joe Punch, that he was going to buzz the wolves on the way back to FS. Speculation was that Joe Schmitz did buzz the wolves but may have got 'tunnel vision' and did not see the approaching shoreline and trees until the last moment. In attempt to avoid the trees he may have stalled the aircraft. Joe was married to Gisela Schmitz who was the owner of the FS Liquor Store for many years. They had immigrated to Canada from Germany after the war. They are both buried in the FS Cemetery adjacent to the town airstrip. [Aerial view of a treed area close to a shoreline. The remains of an airplane crash are visible in the bottom left of the frame.]

Mackenzie Mountains [Aerial view of the Mackenzie Mountains. Striations are visible on the rocky sides.]

Nahanni Mnts. FS-NB Looking NW [Nahanni Mountains Fort Simpson-Nahanni Butte Looking northwest] [Aerial view of the Nahanni Mountains covered in snow.]

YK Highway SW [southwest] of Rae Edzo [Behchoko] [Aerial view of the highway.]

Gros Cap Fort Simpson [Aerial view of the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers in fall. Some Fort Simpson buildings can be seen at the bottom of the frame.]

Fort Liard. Over Petitot River approaching Fort Liard Airport looking northwest to Pointed Mountain. [Aerial view of the Petitot and Liard Rivers. The Fort Liard airstrip is visible through the trees.]

Near Providence. Looking upstream on the Mackenzie River to Mills Lake on the river. On the right bank you can make out an old airstrip. This strip was built during WW2 [World War II] as part of the supply line to Norman Wells. The oil field there was being developed to supply fuel to Whitehorse via the Canol Pipeline. [Aerial view of Mackenzie River.]