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.