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1st sunrise, 6 Jan, Aklavik NWT [Sun just over horizon with a [school?] playground in the foreground.]

200 mm / Aklavik, NWT looking towards Jurassic Butte [Sun shining on log cabin; mountains or buttes in background.]

Old HBC store, Aklavik NWT [Exterior of the Hudson's Bay store. ]

Aklavik Federal Day School [Exterior view of the school.]

Aklavik, May/59 Miss Hockin leaving [Group of people gathered in Aklavik for departure of Mary or Prudence Hockin]

Stained glass window in the Anglican Church at Aklavik, now destroyed by fire. [Virgin Mary and infant Jesus] April 1973

Mrs. Tom Murray and childern in sleigh. February 1932 [dogteam, Aklavik]

Ruth Joy Murray Christening Party, July 10th 1932 [large group of people, Aklavik. Handwritten:] Parsons; Hank; Miss I?; Bonnecastle; Miss Laidlaw?; Miss Brownlee; Tom [Murray]; Miss Ball; Bishop; B?; Inspector [Eames]; Mrs. McLean; D[Dr. Urquhart]; Mr. McLean.

All Saint's Mission School, note Mary [Murray] looking ?, Septemeber 1932 [Ellen Murray and group of school children, Aklavik]

Mackenzie River 1932. Bella Lazarus and Mary Murray [sitting on log on shore, Aklavik]

Mission House and All Saint's church, Aklavik. Photo taken June 8, 1933. Note dogs in foreground.

[Four men stand next to each other in winter].

[An archivist wrote the above description. Below, we have transcribed the original caption written by Thomas Murray. His description may cause offense because he uses outdated language to describe individuals in this photograph. We have reproduced the original below because it is a part of the original historical record. If you have feedback or questions, please contact the NWT Archives].

Group of mixtures! From left to right half-breed boy (mother an Indian, father a White man) very ? Friend this last summer. 2 Scandinavians. One young Indian Interpreter, Jimmie Cotchillie [Kotchilea?]. A good one…? [Aklavik?]

[boats in the water, Aklavik?]

[Albert Johnson's - the Mad Trapper - grave marked by two jack pines in Aklavik. 1930s]

This photo shows a boy scout enrollment ceremony at the All Saints Anglican School, Aklavik, NWT. Boy scout training plays its part in the life of the boys at the school, as does the training of Girl Guides, Brownies and Cubs. Both the cubs and scouts were present for this ceremony. The troup is led bu two RCMP, one as scoutmaster, the other as cubmaster. Young Tadditt, a Louchoux [Gwich'in] indian boy, is seen being enrolled by the scoutmaster, while the cubmaster looks on with a stern eye. The boys learn a great deal from scouting and enjoy the planned outings during spring and summer months.

Aug 1946 in Aklavik. Native [Indigenous] women and children sitting next to schooner in dry-dock. Mrs. Yvette Park photographer. [Unidentified group of women and children gathered around schooner in dry dock. Note women are all wearing mother hubbard style parkas and moccassins.]

Peffer's General store Aug 1946 in Aklavik. Mrs Yvette Park photographer. [Unidentified group of women and children on steps of store in Aklavik.]

Yvette Park (nee Boileau) - left, and friends in Timmins, ONT (1947) wearing parka and mukluks (inside ski boots). [Yvette Park with unidentified man and woman standing in snow. Yvette is wearing the parka and mukluks (inside her boots) that were made for her in Aklavik.]

[Two unidentified women with Yvette Park (nee Boileau), in Timmins Ontario, 1947. Yvette is wearing the parka and mukluks (inside her boots) that were made for her in Aklavik.]

[Aklavik? shoreline viewed from the water.]

Wiley Post standing on wing of plane. [Unidentified man wearing knit sweater. Possibly during NWT stopover of trip with Will Rogers, both were killed when Lockheed airplane crashed on takeoff from lake near Barrow, Alaska, August 1935]

Will Rogers [Standing on muddy shoreline, people in parkas standing in background. Possibly during NWT stopover of trip with Wiley Post, both were killed when Lockheed airplane crashed on takeoff from lake near Barrow, Alaska, August 1935]

Man [in suit, possibly Will Rogers] standing on wing of airplane [Possibly during NWT stopover of trip with Wiley Post, both were killed when Lockheed airplane crashed on takeoff from lake near Barrow, Alaska, August 1935.]