Mrs Susie Sydney Photo Collection
Items in the Mrs Susie Sydney Photo Collection Collection
Winter Trapping Camp
A photo of a winter trapping camp with numerous furs airing out at Ulukhaktok (formerly known as Holman).
Coal Mine Group Photo
A photo of Fred and Frank Carpenter and Fred Wolki at a coal mine in Naqhaluk on Banks Island.
Family Photo
A photo of Bertram (Angagaq) and Lena Pokiak with their children: Ernest, Millie, and Julia.
Schooner North Star
A photo of the schooner North Star with Jim Cockney at the door of the wheelhouse.
Group Photo
A photo of John Willie Carpenter, Andy Carpenter, Angus (Umik) Elias, Noah Elias, and Susie (Panikpak) Sydney. Photo by Peter Sydney.
Butchering Bearded Seal
A photo of Tivuana (Fred Carpenter's mother), Susie Wolki, and Roy Wolki butchering a bearded seal.
Coal Mining
A photo of Lucy, Fred, and Andy Carpenter, and Susie (Panikpak) Wolki mining coal at Naqhaluk.
August Masik
A photo of August Masik, a former trapper and trader, who was involved with the Canadian Arctic Expedition.
Shoveling Coal
A photo of Fred, Andy and Lucy Carpenter, Susie Wolki taking a break mining coal at mine at Naqhaluk.
Hudson’s Bay Company
A photo of a Hudson’s Bay Company post at Baillie Island with a few buildings and boats.
Spring Traveling
A photo of Tom Chicksi and another person traveling in the spring near Siksik Island.
Schooner Blue Fox
A photo of Simon Bennett and Fred Carpenter in front of the schooner Blue Fox at Ulukhaktok (formerly known as Holman).
Group Photo in Aklavik
A photo of several people in front of a log building in Aklavik. Top: Kublualuk, Little Jim Rogers, Gabriel Dick, Rufus Tingmiak, Navaluk, Lizzie and Frank Elanik (holding child), Oliver, Tom Elanik, Rebecca, Roy and Susie Wolki. Centre: Michael…
En Route to Banks Island
A photo of a couple of boats stopping at Booth Island en route to Banks Island.
Family Photo
A photo of Fred Carpenter with his children: Margaret, Mary, Noah, and Joseph (Joe) outside of a house. Photo by Peter Sydney.
Blue Fox at Canalaska Post
A photo of the schooner Blue Fox at Canalaska post at Walker Bay, Northwest Territories. The schooner was unable to reach mainland after spending winter 1932-33 on Banks Island, and the party left furs and note in exchange for supplies.
Schooners
A photo of the schooners Blue Fox (left) and Only Way (right). Susie Wolki is butchering seals at the left. Tom Kalinek is standing on top of the cabin of the Only Way. Tom's sister Katie (Odjuk) Kasook is also standing on the Only Way.
Hudson’s Bay Company
A photo of a few buildings at a Hudson’s Bay Company post in Walker Bay, Northwest Territories.
Title
Mrs Susie Sydney Photo Collection
People
Sydney, Mrs Susie
Description
Photographs taken by/of Mrs Susie Sydney.
This photo collection was used during the interviews of the Aulavik Oral History Project to get the names of people previously not identified. The complete collection was originally obtained from Mrs Susie Sydney (formerly Mrs Susie Wolki) by Peter J. Usher (Northern Science Research Group, Indian Affairs and Northern Development) in 1968 to be held at Library and Archives Canada (then called Public Archives of Canada).
Source
Physical collection housed at Library and Archives Canada.
Collection Tree
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