Tombstone of mica schist bending under own weight. Cemetery of Trinity Church, Broadway, Manhattan, N.Y.

Tombstone of mica schist bending under own weight. Cemetery of Trinity Church, Broadway, Manhattan, N.Y.

Tombstone mica schist bending under own weight. Cemetery of Trinity Church, Broadway, Manhattan, N.Y.

Swash marks on Peter Pond Lake (Big Buffalo) Lake beach at Sandy Point, Saskatchewan

Scaling of weathered tombstone of mica schist. Cemetery of Trinity Church, Broadway, Manhattan, N.Y.

Sandy Point Beach, Peter Pond Lake (Big Buffalo Lake), Saskatchewan.

This fonds consists primarily of material from two studies in which Dr. Bone was associated. The earliest, the "Stony Rapids Project", was conducted while Bone was in the Department of Geography. It started with a small grant from the Canadian Wildlife Service to examine the caribou hunt; ie. the number of people involved and the number of animals taken. The project, however, grew to encompass a wider study of the region and its inhabitants. The second study was undertaken while Bone was with the Institute of Northern Studies (INS). The Northern Saskatchewan Housing Needs Survey was a co-operative effort between the Department of Northern Saskatchewan and the Northern Municipal Council. The primary focus was to investigate the housing needs of the Métis in northern Saskatchewan. The INS was subcontracted to oversee the project, train the surveyors, enter the data, and write the final report. The resulting survey was more than an examination of housing needs. It also contains a great deal of socio-economic data which resulted in one of the most exhaustive studies of its kind. The fact that the surveyors came from the communities studied explains much of the data collection success. Both of these projects offer a unique snapshot of the communities studied. There is also material of a more general nature that deals with northern Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

This fonds contains material created or collected by Dr. Williamson during his varied career as an anthropologist, civil servant, legislator, professor, and as a consultant for various provincial, national and international organizations and governments. Although primarily documenting Dr. Williamson's work for and with the Inuit of northern Canada, this fonds includes material relating to all circumpolar countries, other aboriginal groups in Canada, international affairs, and a very broad range of topics as they relate to the north, including art and culture, physical geography, sport, environment, botany, zoology, economics, defence, etc. It includes his personal and professional correspondence, research data, articles and scholarly writing, as well as a substantial collection of reference publications.

Rapdan oil field, Saskatchewan. Drilling the rig from afar.

Population density shown on world map.

Photograph taken on a windy day on Peter Pond Lake (Big Buffalo Lake), Saskatchewan

Horse Creek Valley near McMurray, Alberta. Outcrop of McMurray formation (Lower Cretaceous), commonly called "tar sand" overlain by Clearwater formation (Lower Cretaceous)

Outcrop of "Athabasca tar sand" (McMurray formation of Lower Cretaceous age) along road to Abasand quarry near McMurray, Alberta. Colin McKenzie on slope.

Outcrop of "Athabasca tar sand" (McMurray formation of Lower Cretaceous age) in a pit of Abasand quarry near McMurray, Alberta.