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Photo depicts Hutchin's Goose in natural habitat on Baffin Island. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Parasitic Jaegers in natural habitat Baffin Island. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts precambrian ridges on Baffin Island. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nest and eggs of Black-bellied Plover near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Goose River near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nest and eggs of the Red Phalarope on Blue Goose Tundra. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

White-rumped Sandpiper near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Red Phalarope on tundra pond near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nest and egg of Snow Bunting near camp Kungovik.The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photograph depicts Soper's camp at Terreokjuk Inlet, Andrew Gordon Bay, Foxe Peninsula, S.W. Baffin Island.

Photo depicts young Canada Geese at Lake Newell, Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Lesser Snow Geese near Kendall Island, Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photograph depicts a view of Soper's Inuit assitants, Kavivau (rear) and Ashuna in a freighter canoe on the Blue Goose River. The Soper party was searching for the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose, suspected to be in the southwestern region of Baffin Island.

Female Rock Ptarmigan. Tundra Scene along Blue Goose River. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Rock Ptarmigan on nest near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Sabine Gulls over camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nest and eggs of the Parasitic Jaeger. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nesting area of the Blue Goose. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. A well regarded zoological find, in 1957 Ottawa created the Dewey Soper Bird Sanctuary in his honor.

Nest and eggs of the Blue Goose. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. A well regarded zoological find, in 1957 Ottawa created the Dewey Soper Bird Sanctuary on Baffin Island in his honor.

Photograph depicts a view of the Soper party beginning their portage upstream from the camp at the mouth of Kommanik River. J. Dewey Soper and his two Inuit assitants, Kavivau and Ashuna, were returning to Cape Dorset after a summer spent searching for and locating the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose.

Photograph shows an Inuit woman looking solemnly at the camera. She is standing in a crowd of ethnically diverse people, attending the trial of Nukudluk for the murder of the Newfoundland trader, Janes, Sabellum Trading Company

Photograph shows the settlement of Pond Inlet from a distance; the buildings of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (left) and the Hudson's Bay Company are visible. Photograis is taken from position on river and the British flag is raised.

Photograph depicts an two Inuit tents and two sledge dogs at Pangnirtung. Various household items surround the tent.

Photograph shows side view of Eskimo tupik in Pangnirtung Fiord. The Inuit in front of the tupik is softening sseal skin boots (kummiks) after having become wet then dried. Two unidentified children are sitting in front of the opening to the tupik.

Photo depicts Willow (White-shafted) Ptarmigan at Camp Kungovik, Blue Goose River, near Bowman Bay, Baffin Island in June 1929. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Western Grebe at Cypress Lake, Saskatchewan. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts immature Bald Eagle at Moon Lake, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts nest of Gadwall at Delta, Manitoba. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Prickly Pear Cactus at Big Muddy Coulee, Saskatchewan in June 1939. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts immature Breat Blue Herons. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts nest and eggs of the American Coot. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Western Grebe. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts scene on the Little Buffalo River above the falls near the Alberta-N.W.T. boundary in July, 1933. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts porcupine in a tree. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Moose calf at Lake Audy, Riding Mountain, Manitoba. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Mule Deer fawn at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Photo is hand-tinted.

Arctic Hare.The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also made topographical, and agricultural observations for the Department of Agriculture and Topographical Survey and reported on native communities.

Arctic Hare.The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the Blue Goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also made topographical, and agricultural observations for the Department of Agriculture and Topographical Survey and reported on native communities.

Photo depicts White Pelicans on nesting island in Big Quill Lake, Saskatchewan.

Photo depicts ptarmigan at Soper's camp at Kungovik during commissioned expedition for the North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior. On this expedition he was responsible to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island with a focus on the southwest of Baffin Island to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose. He would also study native living conditions and general topography cooperating with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts Soper's camp at Kungovik during his 1928-1929 commissioned expedition for the North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior. On this expedition he was responsible to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island with a focus on the southwest of Baffin Island to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose. He would also study native living conditions and general topography cooperating with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts blue goose near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts blue goose near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts Lapland Longspur sitting on rifle barrel in camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts Lemming near camp Kungovik.The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depits Hutchin's Goose on the Blue Goose River. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Precambrian ridges near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Nest and eggs of Parasitic Jaeger. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Red Phalarope on tundra pond near camp Kungovik. The North West Territories and Yukon Branch of the Department of the Interior commissioned Soper in 1928 to study the biology and natural history of Baffin Island. His focus was to discover the nesting grounds of the blue goose suspected to be in the southwest of Baffin Island. He also studied native living conditions and general topography in cooperation with the Dept. of Agriculture and Topographical Surveys.

Photo depicts a set of rapids between Portage and Cascade Lakes looking northward. J. Dewey Soper was exploring the west coast of Foxe Peninsula for the Department of the Interior.

Photo depicts rapids between Portage and Cascade Lakes. J. Dewey Soper was exploring the west coast of Foxe Peninsula for the Department of the Mines, a branch of the Department of the Interior.

Photograph depicts the North Shore of Kingungealuk Lake. Soper was investigating the area under the authority of the Victoria Museum, Department of Mines.

Photograph depicts a view of a clump of Labrador Tea growing in a ravine near Pangnirtung Fiord.

Photograph depicts grasses and vascular flowering plants growing where some soil exists at Eskimo Point on Strathcona Sound.

Photograph depicts the coasline in Strathcona Sound, as seen from the CGS Arctic; parts of the boat are visible,with vertical cliffs and the rolling tundra of the interior in the background.

Photograph depicts a tundra stream running through a rock bed to the sea at Pond Inlet.

Photograph of an unidentified Inuit standing next to a skin tupik at Pond Inlet. Clothes are hanging on the line in the background, dogs are sleeping in the foreground.

Photograph is a picturesque view of a mountain coastal range, probably taken off the east coast of Baffin Island.

Photograph shows an iceberg sighted off the east coast of Baffin Island. Mountaineous coast in background. Part of the boat carrying Soper is visible.

Photograph shows an iceberg in the entrance to Cumberland Sound; mountaineous coast in background.

Photograph is a picturesque view of the Pond Inlet coastline looking toward the high mountains of Bylot Island which had recently received a fresh fall of snow; trees in foreground.

Photograph is a picturesque view of the coastline west of Pond Inlet settlement, looking northeast to the southeastern part of Bylot Island; trees in foreground and the schooner Arctic anchored in far distance.

Photograph shows two unidentifed men, R.C.M.P. officers, posing while sitting on a rock face at Pond Inlet. They are wearing rubber boots, hats.

Photograph shows the courthouse, several dogs, and a large crowd of people assembled in a semi-circle around the presiding Magistrate at the trail of Nukudluk. Magistrate L.A. Rivet is making his final speech. Photo is taken from a distance so little detail is visible.

Photograph shows an Inuit tupik on beachland above the sea at Pond Inlet, Baffin Island.

Photograph shows J.D. Soper standing next to an Inuit summer tupik; a dog is sleeping in the tupik's doorway. Soper was out collecting birds specimens in the Pond Inlet area.

Photograph depicts white seamen and Inuit men and women aboard the ship ARCTIC near Pond Inlet. Posed picture, none of subjects have been identified.

Photograph shows a narwhal beached on the sand. Unidentified boat is in the background.

Photograph is a picturesque view of a mountain coastal range flanking Cumberland Sound.

Photograph depicts an Eskimo child wearing furs and standing outside a tupik at Pangnirtung.

Photograph shows an Eskimo skin tupik next to Pangnirtung Fiord. The Schooner ARCTIC is in the distance unloading lumber and supplies for the new mounted police detatchment being built at this point.

Photogrpah shows an Eskimo tupik in the background. In the foreground are three puppies playing on the barren ground. Photograph is taken near the Hudson's Bay Company Post at Pangnirtung

Photograph depicts a Pangnirtung Fiord coastline view of a mountain plateau. Part of the schooner ARCTIC is visible.

Photograph depicts a Pangnirtung Fiord coastline view of a mountain plateau. Part of the schooner ARCTIC is visible and further details are provided in a photograph label.

Photograph depicts a view of J. Dewey Soper's Inuit assistants, Shappa and Eliak, sitting in the freighter canoe "Polaris" on the return trip from Cape Dorchester to Cape Dorset. Soper conducted Arctic explorations for the Department of the Interior.

Photograph depicts Carrie Soper sitting in a wicker arm chair holding Mary Lou Soper on her lap at the Government Hay Camp. The Soper family lived in a cabin at the Camp while J. Dewey Soper conducted biological and geographical investigations in Wood Buffalo Park for the Department of the Interior.

Photograph depicts the Soper and Churcher families at a picnic site along the Winnipeg River. The Soper family moved to the Winnipeg area in 1934 when J. Dewey Soper was appointed the first Federal Chief Migratory Bird Officer for the Prairie Provinces in the Canadian Wildlife Service.

Eskimo sledge dogs at Nuwata, Baffin Island

Photo depicts cairn created by Soper with a geographic record at Storm Cove, Cape Weston.

Photo depicts Red Phalaropes on a tundra pool beside the Blue Goose River, western Baffin Island, N.W.T. in late June, 1929.

Photo depicts White-rumped Sandpiper on nest at Glue Goose Plains, Bowman Bay, western Baffin Island, N.W.T. in late June, 1929.

Photo depicts Rock Ptarmigan on nest at Blue Goose Plains, Bowman Bay, western Baffin Island in late June, 1929.

Photo depicts Canada Porcupine at White Shell Forest Reserve in Manitoba.

Photo depicts nest and eggs of Piping Plover at Good Spirit Lake, Saskatchewan.

Photo depicts several subadult Reindeer at Kidluit Bay, Arctic coast, N.W.T. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts juvenile American Avocet at Highfield Reservoir, Saskatchewan. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts White Pelicans at Big Quill Lake, Saskatchewan. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts American Bittern at Crean Lake, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts juvenile Killdeer Plover at Grande Prairie, Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Canada (Gray) Jay at Blue Lakes, Duck Mountain, Manitoba. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts nest of Eared Grebe near Grande Prairie, Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts cygnets of Trumpeter Swan at Clairmont Lake, Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts Blue Goose at Portage la Prairie Park, Manitoba. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts juvenile Ring-necked Duck in Grande Prairie region of Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts juvenile Common Mallard in Grande Prairie region of Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts juvenile of the Baldpate Duck in Grande Prairie district of Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photo depicts young Marsh Hawks at Lake Newell, Alberta. Photo is hand-tinted.

Photograph depicts a group posed outside at Lake Harbour on Christmas day, and l to r are: Lavoie (R.C.M.P.), Mackenzie (Hudson's Bay Co.), Jack Ford (Hudson's Bay Co.), Roland Soper, Carolyn (Carrie) Soper, MacKeller (R.C.M.P.), and Allan Frazer (Hudson's Bay Co.). The Soper family spent at year in Lake Harbour where Dewey Soper had a federal government contract to explore the north coast of Hudson Strait.

Photo depicts Polar Daisy at Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, N.W.T.

Photograph depicts a nest and eggs of a Savannah Sparrow. Soper moved in 1912 from Ontario to Strathcona, later a district of Edmonton, and began investigating and photographing the wildlife of Central Alberta.