![[Ca. 1960] IP-14A-15050 the Son of the Chief of the Eskimo Tribes of the Barren Lands](http://data.docslib.org/img/356df0f53fcd3df8fc0fb990fb05e318-1.webp)
IMPERIAL OIL OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IP-14a-14888 to 15915
IP-14a-14888-14897 Scenes around the Chungo well site. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-14899-14908 Check stop photos from Hull, Quebec. See: Review, December, 1960. T. Grant photographer.
IP-14a-14908A Small settlement of Wrigley on Mackenzie River. 1960
IP-14a-14909 Mackenzie River with island of rocks—interesting to our geologists. 1960
IP-14a-14910-14911 Mackenzie River with steep rock outcrop. 1960
IP-14a-14912-14913 Indian canoe with outboard motor. 1960
IP-14a-14914-14915 Examination of rock samples is the starting point for an oil and gas search. Here a chemical test on a rock sample is carried out on the spot by Benno Patsch, Imperial Oil geologist. He is accompanied on this trek though a remote area by Fred Magoca, a geology student. 1960
IP-14a-14196 Imperial Oil geologist Benno Patsch examines a rock sample with his magnifying glass. 1960
IP-14a-14917-14918 Imperial Oil geologists, in remote mountain range near the Mackenzie River, put up a “flying camp”. The helicopter is their commuter service to and from the base camp. 1960
IP-14a-14919 Imperial Oil geologists set out from their campsite with rod and plane table to search for clues which might lead to a new oil find. 1960
IP-14a-14920-14921 Imperial Oil Geological Party Near Wrigley on the Mackenzie River. Imperial Oil geologists in flying camp. Radio telephone is their link to the base camp and to the helicopter. 1960
IP-14a-14922 Imperial Oil geologists, in their office tent at base camp, study maps and evaluate their findings on their findings. 1960
IP-14a-14923 The Imperial Oil geologist party chief studies maps in the office tent at the base camp. 1960
IP-14a-14924 The radio-telephone links the geology teams with the out world as well as to the field parties and the helicopter. 1960 IP-14a-14925 Aerial photographs are studied through a stereoscope by a geologist in the office tent at base camp. 1960
IP-14a-14926-14927 G.M. Moses discusses a point with a geologist before setting his camera for a movie sequence. 1960
IP-14a-14928 A. Schoenborn preparing to take a movie sequence of the party’s chief geologist as he broadcasts on the radio-telephone. 1960
IP-14a-14929 A. Schoenborn taking movie pictures of the helicopter taking off from the base camp. 1960
IP-14a-14943-14944 Helicopter starting from base camp at Trimble Lake. Mt. Trimble is in the background. 1960
IP-14a-14945 Aerial view of some of the wilderness where Imperial Oil geologists from the Trimble Lake base camp were working in 1960. Redfern Lake in the background and Redfern Mountain to the right of it. 1960
IP-14a-14946 Imperial Oil geologists leave the helicopter that has transported them to a new area for exploration. 1960
IP-14a-14947-14950 Mountain scenery and fresh air are fringe benefits of geologist Bernie Gallant’s job. To provide clues for Imperial Oil’s search in the foothills, Bernie climbs high into the Rockies to examine rock formations. 1960
IP-14a-14951 Two members of an Imperial Oil geological part pack equipment on a helicopter in the Redfern Mountain district of Alberta. In the foreground is a movie photographer getting record shots of this activity. 1960
IP-14a-14952-14953 A movie photographer gets record shots of a geology team as they leave for their exploration area. 1960
IP-14a-14957-14591 Scenes of the location and drilling of a well in NE BC. Some names of personnel are identified. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-14993-15001 Pictures of children in school in trailers, probably at the same wellsite location. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15002-15011 Same location as above, shows a community hall. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15012-15017 Views of dracone. [ca. 1960]
Facts and figues about the dracone: 1. Dracone is pronounced- DRA (as in dragon), and CONE (as in ice-cream cone). 2. Two are apparently in the Bay of Fundy travelling from St. John to Grand Manan. 3. They are 100 feet long at 4’9” in diameter. 4. They weigh approximately 35 tons when loaded. 5. Capacity 10,000 gallons. 6. Their first introduction in North America came when Imperial used them in November of 1960. 7. Dracone is the Greek word for “Sea Serpent”. 8. They are made from synthetic rubber and nylon. 9. They are shaped like a salami. 10. The Department of Transport has tested them in the north, but their use has been discontinued. 11. Imperial used them in the summer and winter. 12. They carry fuel for the most part, and occasionally gasoline.
IP-14a-15018 Soccer-ball-size cabbages at Arctic Red River. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15019 Goslings at Fort Chino in the Ungava Bay area. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15020 Plastic greenhouses help lower the frost hazard. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15021 Fuel oil delivery in Yellowknife. In the background is Yellowknife’s new Municipal Building. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15022 Domestic science is taught to Eskimo girls in Yellowknife’s Technical school. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15023 At Yellowknife: hurrying taxis. There are some 60 taxis in the north, used for round-the-town trips to doctors, dentists and even lawyers. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15024 At Yellowknife, Indian disc jockey Louis Tinquis slips easily into the white man’s rock and roll music and breezy patter. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15025 A prospective buyer examines the merchandise in one of Yellowknife’s well- appointed stores. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15026 Imperial agent Larry Sparks of Yellowknife delivers a rock in a curling game. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15027 An Eskimo student receives badminton instruction in the new school gym at Yellowknife. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15028 Jack Radcliffe, the tall, fair and thirtyish housemaster at Yellowknife’s new high school residence. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15029 Yellowknife’s Dr. Oliver Stanton examines a young patient. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15030 Ted Horton (rear) edits Yellowknife weekly. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15031 Didy Woolgar - artist, craftsman and sophisticate. She is known for her paintings of the exquisite wild flowers of the Barren Lands. She has had exhibitions in Ottawa and New York, and two paintings were presented to the Duke of Edinburgh. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15032 Aerial view of Inuvik, N.W.T., showing the Federal School and the Roman Catholic and Anglican residences for Eskimo children. These residences house 600 children. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15033 Inuvik Federal School. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15034 Inuvik, N.W.T. In the background is the Roman Catholic church - a replica of an igloo. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15035 Hudson’s Bay Company. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15036 This is a portion of the housing development for Eskimo workers. In the foreground can be seen the closed network of water pipes. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15037 Eskimo children receive hearty meals at the government hostels for Catholic and Protestant children. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15038 To Father Joseph Adam, Inuvik is just another “adventure”. His like has been full of them - from fighting polar bears and mad Eskimos to building the only church- in-the-round - a replica of an igloo which sits in the middle of town. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15039 Lee Post of Inuvik, N.W.T. is the patient, hard-working administrator of the lower Mackenzie region. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15040 At Inuvik, N.W.T., Mona Thrasher, a deaf-mute, is a talented artist. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15041-15044 Norman Wells, the sole refinery in the north, supplies almost half the region’s petroleum products. Small storage tanks/refinery near a river, dogsleds. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15043 At Norman Wells, lab men check the low-temperature flow of oil. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15045 J.S.L. McMillan, manager of Norman Wells. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15046 The chef at Norman Wells is one of the most important men at the settlement.
IP-14a-15047 Mrs. McMillan, wife of Norman Wells’ manager rings the bell of an old train. This bell is to be used on the church at Norman Wells. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15048 Chief of the Eskimo tribes of the Barren Lands. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15049 The Chief of the Eskimo tribes sets out with his dog team across the Barrens. [ca. 1960] IP-14a-15050 The son of the Chief of the Eskimo tribes of the Barren Lands. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15051 The Chief of the Eskimo tribes of the Barren Lands with his dog team. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15052 The Yukon shows yet another face: mountains soaring 10,000 feet; valleys never trod by man. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15053 Relics of a near-forgotten north: some rotting Yukon River paddle steamers at Whitehorse. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15054 Young Eskimo girls wear ornate sun-glasses purchased from one of the North’s well-stocked stores. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15055 At old Aklavik, garbage smoulders in the open. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15056 Aklavik Federal School. [ca. 1960]
IP-14a-15057-15062 Construction of a refinery control room.
IP-14a-15067-15074 Construction of the Naphtha Specialties refinery.
IP-14a-15079-15082 Outdoors storage columns and distribution lines of the same (?)
IP-14a-15083-15085 Panoramic views of Toronto from the roof of the IOL building at 111 St. Clair Ave.
IP-14a-15086-15128 Scenes from St John’s Newfoundland. See IOL Review, April 1964. #15092-15094 shows Portuguese sailing fishing vessels in St. John’s harbor, 1964.
IP-14a-15129-15151 Monks in the St Benoit du Lac monastery also their cheese making. See IOL Review, April, 1961.
IP-14a-15152 Airborne magnetometer carried by a DC 3.
IP-14a-15153-15156 Engineering student working with a slide rule. 1959
IP-14a-15157-15158 IOL head office in Toronto. [ca. 1957-1959]
IP-14a-15159-15161 Fire drill at Sarnia plant with girl helper.
IP-14a-15162-15167 Scenes from Dawson Creek, 1960
IP-14a-15172-15174 Esso boat on Muskoka Lake, Ontario.
IP-14a-15175-15178 Shipping at Fort Hearne.
IP-14a-15179-15193 Views from the roof of IOL head office in Toronto. IP-14a-15194-15196 Sarnia Petrochemical plant.
IP-14a-15197-15200 Model showing wax products of Sarnia Plant.
IP-14a-15201-15202 Sarnia research - dish washing fluid.
IP-14a-15203 Sarnia research—car test.
IP-14a-15204-15205 Sarnia research - mass spectrometer.
IP-14a-15206 Sarnia research - car test.
IP-14a-15207-15224 Automotive driving instruction and a tail-finned Chevy at the K-W Collegiate & Vocational School, Ontario.
IP-14a-15225-15228 New office building next to an older one. New $1,300,000 addition to Imperial Oil’s Sarnia research laboratories. Imperial has for many years maintained the largest research and development effort of any company in Canada.
IP-14a-15229-15246 Microscopic slides of palynological samples.
IP-14a-15249 Man reading a gravimeter or magnetometer.
IP-14a-15285-15291 People looking at a model of the new Imperial Oil building in Don Mills, Ontario.
IP-14a-15294-15330 Moving and installing new computer equipment at Imperial Oil’s head office at 111 St. Clair building, Toronto, Ontario.
IP-14a-15331-15333 Flying over the muskeg to a new well site.
IP-14a-15334-15337 Tanker “Imperial Welland” in Montreal harbor. In the background a large passenger liner goes by.
IP-14a-15338-15342 Imperial Oil geologists in the high Arctic.
IP-14a-15343-15345 Installation of a Gulf fluxgate airborne magnetometer in an aircraft together with recording navigation equipment.
IP-14a-15346-15355 Series of photos of the Sarnia Benzene plant.
IP-14a-15356 The oldest oil well in North America: the Williams well (1858), Oil Springs, Ont. 1961
IP-14a-15358-15360 Tests of a swamp vehicle, the IOL Centipede and a tracked vehicle. IP-14a-15361-15366 Fuel delivery in field and houses; attendant putting fuel in automobile.
IP-14a-15367 Petrochemicals in household goods.
IP-14a-15368-15569 Installation of a cracking tower.
IP-14a-15370-15373 Plant research, presumably fertilizers.
IP-14a-15376-15377 Large drill cores of reef carbonates.
IP-14a-15378-15385 Growing conditions around an Imperial Oil plant.
IP-14a-15386 Young people in an outboard. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15387 A family around an oil fired space heater. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15388 CASE tractor spraying in an orchard. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15389-15390 Driller with a large drillbit on his shoulder.
IP-14a-15391-15440 Sarnia refinery and research building. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15394-15395 Catalytic cracker and Atmospheric and Vacuum Unit. 1961
IP-14a-15396-15398 Catalytic cracker. 1961
IP-14a-15399-15400 Atmospheric and Vacuum Unit. 1961
IP-14a-15401-15402 Liquid Propane Plant. 1961
IP-14a-15403-15404 Fuel oil hydrofiner. 1961
IP-14a-15405 Phenol Plant. 1961
IP-14a-15406-15408 Butane spheres. 1961
IP-14a-15409-15411 Powerformer. 1961
IP-14a-15412-15415 Detergent Alkylate Plant. 1961
IP-14a-15416-15417 Utilities Plant. 1961
IP-14a-15418-15420 Topping and Coking Unit. 1961
IP-14a-15421 Solvent Dewaxing Plant. 1961
IP-14a-15422-15423 Loading racks near packing plant. 1961
IP-14a-15424 Safety flare (plant 2). 1961 IP-14a-15425 New $1,300,000 addition to Sarnia research laboratories. Imperial has for many years maintained the largest research and development effort of any company in Canada. 1961
IP-14a-15427-15429 Plants 1 & 2 from U.S. side of the St. Clair River. 1961
IP-14a-15430-15440 Imperial Oil’s Sarnia refinery—construction of new distillation unit (rerun unit). 1961
IP-14a-15441 Sarnia Petrochemical plant. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15442-15443 Some automotive research. [ca. 1961]
IP-14a-15444 The geologists’ camp stretches out in a line in a clearing on the shores of a lake 700 miles from Edmonton. Fuel and supplies for the party and its helicopter must be flown in. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15446 The helicopter carries the supplies to the “fly” camps located from 25 to 75 miles away from the main base camp. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15447-15448 All the supplies for the camp and the fuel for the helicopter are flown in to this Peace River camp by Imperial’s single-engined Otter aircraft. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15449 As well as the camp’s supplies, the helicopter brings the mail to the geologists located at the “fly” camps. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15450 Geologists at the base camp work on their reports and maps. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15452 Geologists performing tests on rocks. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15458 Helicopter pilot Ed Phillips doubling as camp barber. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15460 Camp cook, Eric Steadman. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15462 Geological party member taking a shower in camp. Photo by Harry Rowed. 1962
IP-14a-15464 Exterior of Producing Office at Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-14565 Entrance sign at Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-14566-14567 Reception area of the Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-15468-15471 Geologist identifying rock chips at Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario. IP-14a-15472 Geologist Jack Boulton in drilling rock chips archives at Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-15473-15474 Office secretary and files at Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario..
IP-14a-15475-15478 Drafting department at Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-15479-15483 Policy making conference for decision to drill, at the Producing Office, Chatham, Ontario.
IP-14a-15484 Main street of Petrolia, Ontario.
IP-14a-15485 Oil Springs Museum with historical rig in the foreground.
IP-14a-15486 Sign near the Historical Museum at Oil Springs, Ontario.
IP-14a-15487 In the background, one of the many still-operating old rigs at Oil Springs, Ontario.
IP-14a-15488-(510) Oil and gas operations in Southern Ontario (1962?).
IP-14a15488-15491 Small gas plant near Bickford, Ontario.
IP-14a-15492-15499 Corunna Gas Plant and oil pumps working in the vicinity.
IP-14a-15500-15510 Corunna Gas Plant, Ontario.
IP-14a-15511-15515 Water Injection Plant near Grand Bend, Ontario.
IP-14a-15516-15519 Cable tool rig in operation between Thamsville and Fairfield, Ontario.
IP-14a-15520-15599 Halifax refinery. Photos by Roy Nicholls and Al Schoenborn. December 1962
IP-14a-15600-15610 New Imperial Oil bulk plant at Sydney, Nova Scotia. In the background is one of Imperial’s biggest customers - DOSCO. (Imperial Oil employee in #15605 and #15608 is Frank Pledge). December 1962
IP-14a-15611 Aerial view of the DOSCO (Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation) plant. December 1962
IP-14a-15612-15616 The Canso Causeway in Nova Scotia is the location of a new Imperial Oil service station that is unique in design for the area. Service station manager Mr. F. Smith serves a customer. December 1962
IP-14a-15617-15619 Aircraft refueling at Halifax airport. December 1962
IP-14a-15620-15627 Royal Ontario Museum. Photos by Ron Cole. February 1963 IP-14a-15628-15633 Toronto Stock Exchange. Photos by Ron Cole. February 1963
IP-14a-15634-15635 Imperial’s road building crews keep their 86-mile-long road clear of snow so that the truck carrying the heavy rig equipment and camp supplies can move along the route without interruption. The road to the rig site was built from mile 317 on the Alaska Highway. Viscount No. 1 rig is located in the northeastern British Columbia wilderness about 50 miles below the Northwest Territories border. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15636 Walter “Red” George, one of the truck convoy drivers, manages to get his 18-ton load to the drilling site over Imperial’s “home made” 86-mile long road without a mishap. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15637-15640 Trucks carrying the heavy rig equipment and camp supplies grind along the 86-mile-long Imperial built road to the site of the new exploratory well “Viscount No. 1”. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15641 Several trucks stop for a “break” before continuing the long haul over the Imperial-built 86-mile-long road to the drilling site. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15642 At 30-below, men often had to change truck tires bare-handed. Gloves hampered work. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15643 Surveyors pin-point the site of the well. Photo by Harry Rowed. January- February, 1963
IP-14a-15644 Bulldozers clear an area of brush and rocks for the 2,600 foot runway. Light planes will bring in the supplies during the summer months when the muskeg makes the roads impassable. Photo by Harry Rowed. January- February, 1963
IP-14a-15645 Bulldozers opened up frozen ground which exposed steaming earth to the sub-zero air. Five feet of frost was encountered. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15646 The radio aerial was run up on the side of a poplar. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15647 Roughnecks dug the well’s cellar by hand. Into this “bell hole” went piping to guide the drill stem. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963 IP-14a-15648-15651 On the fourth week in January work began on clearing the drill site. The temperature hovered between 20 and 30 below. Trucks were running almost round the clock, lining the clearing with everything from 21-ton diesel motors to stacks of lumber which would eventually become part of the rig. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15652 A section of the rig is unloaded near the well site in the clearing. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15653 The base to the drill floor is put in place. Photo by Harry Rowed. January- February, 1963
IP-14a-15654 Roughnecks, drillers, mechanics and electricians assist in assembling “Viscount No. 1”. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15655-15656 The main camp, which consists mostly of green colored buildings made of foamed styrene insulation sandwiched between layers of plywood and which houses six men each--two to a room, is set up as soon as the clearing is finished. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15657 While one of the surveyor’s assistants reads out the information from his notebook, the other stamps out the “bench marks” on pieces of metal to be nailed to trees or posts in the area that they have covered during the day’s surveying. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15658-15659 At the time these photos were taken the water supply at the camp-site had not been connected, so the men washed in snow. Photo by Harry Rowed. January-February, 1963
IP-14a-15660 Imperial’s rotary drilling rig operating near Clearville in southwestern Ontario. This type of drilling rig was used only on this well in the Clearville field. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15661-15663 A cable tool rig is assembled at a new drilling site in the Clearville oil field in southwestern Ontario. This type of rig has been used almost exclusively in this area. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15664 A cable tool rig operating in the Clearville field. In the foreground is unused casing. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15665 A “roughneck” guides the bailer into the box to release its load of water and mud from the drill hole. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15666 The bailer has released its load of mud and water into the box and it flows along the sluice away from the rig floor. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962 IP-14a-15667 The drill bit is adjusted before it slides into the well. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15668-15669 “Roughnecks” loosen the drill bit of the cable tool rig working in the Clearville area of southwestern Ontario. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15670 The bit from the cable tool rig is maneuvered up the ramp to the rig floor. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15671 Roughnecks using sledge hammers re-shape the drill bit used on this cable tool rig in the Clearville oil field. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15672 A roughneck guides the drill bit into the drill hole. This rig is operating near Clearville in southwestern Ontario. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15673 Harry McBrie, RR3 Thamesville. The owner of the field where this Imperial Oil cable tool rig is operating, tries on the ‘hard hat’ offered by the chief tool-push of the rig, Elmer Knowler. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15674-15675 Field battery and treatment plant in the Clearville oil field. The oil from several wells is treated to remove the salt and water, [and is] then stored in the tanks for later delivery to the refinery. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15676 A “horse head” pump operating in the Clearville field near the treatment plant. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15677 An operator at the treatment plant checks some equipment at the plant. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15678 The operator of the field battery and treatment plants measures the oil quantity in one of the storage tanks. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15679-15687 Imperial Ottawa during bunkering operations in Montreal Harbour. The small IOL tanker “Imperial Ottawa” fuelling the CPR liner “Empress of France”. Photo by Al Schoenborn. 1962
IP-14a-15687A-(98) Anticosti Island. Photos by Al Schoenborn. December 1963.
IP-14a-15687A Aerial view of the Salmon River on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15688 A waterfall on the Salmon River, Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15689 Port Menier with pulp wood (frozen) on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963 IP-14a-15690 Original Bombardier snowmobile changing front wheels to skis on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15691-15693 Drilling rig near Carleton Point on the North Shore of Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15694 From left, Scov Murray, Gordon Haight and resident geologist Stan MacEachern looking at a diamond bit on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15695 Stan MacEachern with a piece of core on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15696 Stan MacEachern making an acid test on a piece of core on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15697 Gordon Haight and Stan MacEachern inspecting a core sample on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15698 Stan MacEachern and Gordon Haight inspecting a piece of core in their campsite headquarters on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Photo by Al Schoenborn. December, 1963
IP-14a-15699-15718 Construction of a large diameter pipeline at Tecumseh Gas Storage Limited Compressor Station and Pipeline. Photos by Ron Cole, March 1964.
IP-14a-15718A-15723Working on a drill rig. Electric drilling rig at Lesser Slave Lake. Name of well- Sylvia- 10-8. Photos by Al Schoenborn, January 1964
IP-14a-15757-15762 Lube oil additive plant.
IP-14a-15763-15780 One of Canada’s largest gas conservation projects is taking shape at Judy Creek in the muskeg country 130 miles northwest of Edmonton. The $5 million plant will process gas produced in conjunction with oil from five adjacent fields. When completed later this year the plant will separate 40 million cubic feet of gas a day, with the natural gas going to Edmonton via a pipe line built last winter and the liquefied gasses going via another pipe line to Imperial Oil’s gas conservation plant at Devon, Alberta to be processed into propane and raw materials for industrial plants. The plant is owned by 11 companies and will be operated by Imperial Oil, the largest producer in the Judy Creek area. Photos show aerial views and general ground shots of plant operations. [ca. 1963] IP-14a-15782-15783 Service Centre & Service Station at Eglinton Avenue and Credit Union. This photo shows the oil selector charts and stands in use at most service stations. Service station oil selection stand. Photos by Al Schoenborn, May 1964
IP-14a-15784-15792 Geologist Doug Waylett examines the rock formations and takes rock samples as well as making notes of his findings in the Richardson Mountains in the Yukon-North West Territories area, west of Aklavik. Photos by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15793 The party’s helicopter is being refueled and serviced in readiness for the day’s work. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15794 The topographical map with marker pins indicates the area that the helicopter will visit on that day’s explorations work. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15795 This is an aerial view of Arctic Red River showing the Mackenzie River as it reaches towards the Arctic. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15796 A geologist prepares to row out in a rubber raft to sample a gas seep in a lake southwest of Arctic Red River. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15797 The helicopter rests on the muskeg bordering a northern lake as a geologist carries a rubber raft towards the lakeshore. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15798 The geologist takes a sample bottle of gas from the gas seep in the northern lake. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15799 The surface party returns to camp, having checked the rock outcrops along the banks of the Mackenzie River. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15800 The helicopter flying out with the geologist for the day’s work passes over the surface party heading out for the exploration area. Photo by Ron Cole. July- August 1964
IP-14a-15801 The gas seep. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15802 The geological barge coming into the dock at Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July- August 1964
IP-14a-15803 Eskimo children play on a derelict vessel that is up on the shore while the geological party unloads gear from the helicopter, in the foreground. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15804 Aerial view of Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964 IP-14a-15805 Helicopter returning to shore near the barge in the evening. Village of Arctic Red River in background. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15806 A barge crew member moving empty helicopter fuel barrels. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15807 Eskimo girl selling furs in the Eskimo fur Co-Op, Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15808 A geological trainee calling on the short wave radio from the office on board the barge. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15809 General bunk house scene. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15810 Dining trailer on the barge. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15811 Party members sunning themselves on top of the bunk trailers as the barge moves downstream from Arctic Red River to Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15812 Street scene in Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15813 Members of the geological party attempting to devise a method to sample the gas seep. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15814 Doug Waylett, geological party chief, working at his desk in the office trailer on board the barge. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15815 Interior of the Hudson’s Bay store at Aklavik. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15816 Doug Waylett and Ed Zederako in the trailer office on board the barge. Photo by Ron Cole. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15817 View from the helicopter of the Mackenzie River winding its way through the muskeg to the Arctic Ocean. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15818 Geologists at work in the Richardson Mountains. Photo by Harry Rowed. July- August 1964
IP-14a-15819 Aerial view of the geological barge tied up at the dock at Aklavik. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15820 Doug Waylett and helicopter pilot Wilf Penner stop for lunch on a valley floor in the Richardson Mountains - the tape recorder provides the music for their lunch- hour enjoyment. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964 IP-14a-15821 Fly camp located in the Richardson Mountains on the edge of the Mackenzie Delta seen in the background. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15822 Helicopter arriving at fly camp. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15823 A geologist examines rock samples at the office on board the barge. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15824-15826 Fly camp in the Richardson Mountains. Photos by Harry Rowed. July- August 1964
IP-14a-15827 Helicopter fuel drums being moved in a cargo net suspended from the helicopter. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15828 Geologists based at the fly camp sample the rock on the surrounding mountain sides. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15829 Catholic school and residence being torn down at Aklavik. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15830 Geologists loading supplies in an outboard motorboat heading out to a fly camp. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15831 Eskimos carrying supplies up from the dock at Aklavik--the barge is in the background. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15832 Pacific Western Airlines’ Otter landing passengers and supplies at Aklavik on a regularly scheduled flight from Inuvik. Photo by Harry Rowed. July-August 1964
IP-14a-15833-15876 Norman Wells and refinery. Photos by Al Schoenborn. [ca. 1963-1964]
IP-14a-15877-15879 Felxitooth makes operation of a harvester safe enough for a young girl to drive, Saskatchewan. Photos by Al Schoenborn. Fall 1963
IP-14a-15880-(5) Sarnia. November 1964. Photos by al Schoenborn. Sulphur recovery
IP-14a-15880 Sulphur recovery plant - steam heated pit in the foreground, Sarnia. Photo by Al Schoenborn. November, 1964
IP-14a-15881 Gauging the hot, fluid sulphur in the pit, Sarnia. Photo by Al Schoenborn. November, 1964
IP-14a-15882-15883 Taking a sample of the gasses, which are used to produce the sulphur, for a laboratory check, Sarnia. Photo by Al Schoenborn. November, 1964 IP-14a-15884-15885 Loading of fluid sulphur into insulated truck, Sarnia. Photo by Al Schoenborn. November, 1964
IP-14a-15886-(915) Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15886 Barrels on the main dock--refinery in background, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15887 Barrels on the main dock--refinery in background, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15888 Bob Hattie, unit operator, checking control panel, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15889 Bob Hattie, unit operator, performing a routine quality control inspection, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15890 Norman Wells refinery with the Mackenzie River in the background, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15891 Bear Island, showing one of the producing wells and the Mackenzie River in the background. The refinery and the town are on the other side of the river, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15892 Cemetery, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15893 Father Biname lowers the gangplank on the company tug to take an employee off Goose Island, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15894 Aerial view of Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15895 Graveyard at Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15896 Father Biname stepping onto Imperial Oil dock, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15897 General street view, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15898 View of main street photo taken at 11 pm, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15899 Refinery manager Tom Tribe standing on the lawn at the back of his home. The Mackenzie River is in the background, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July- August 1964 (Review October 1964) IP-14a-15900 Footwear, on front porch, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15901 Grave marker of Ronald Mackinnon, former refinery manager, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15902 General view showing Father Biname’s church in the background, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964
IP-14a-15903 Process supervisor Trevor Morgan, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July- August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15904-15905 Electrician John Roseboom, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July- August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15906 Cook Bruno Musa, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15907-15908 Carpenter August Jeske, Norman Wells. Photos by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15909 Hjalmer Nelson Hamar, former battery operator at Norman Wells, now retired and living in the bush, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15910 Shirley Bennett wife of the producing engineer, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15911 Bruno Musa, cook, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15913 Street scene, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15914 Tug moving barge on the Mackenzie River, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964 (Review October 1964)
IP-14a-15915 Townspeople leaving the recreation hall after viewing the Saturday night movie, Norman Wells. Photo by Ron Cole, July-August 1964