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Collection consists of records collected by Françoise Noël in the course of research for her book Nipissing: Historic Waterway, Wilderness Playground (Toronto: Dundurn Books, 2015), about the historical development of the tourism industry in the Nipissing District. The collection was assembled over approximately five years leading up to the book's publication. It contains maps, photographs, postcards, tourist guides and brochures, souvenir booklets, event programs, yearbooks, and other material relating to the history of North Bay and the Nipissing District, especially the tourist industry. The collection is arranged into five series based on documentary form.

File contains two issues of a French Catholic newspaper published weekly in Mattawa. The two issues are: volume 1, number 25 ( June 21, 1895) and vol. 3, unknown number (April 30, 1897).

Series consists of photographs and postcards, mostly of North Bay and the Nipissing District.

File contains postcards of North Bay and other locations in and near the Nipissing District including: the French River, Lake Nipissing, Trout Lake, Lake Nosbonsing, Sturgeon Falls, Mattawa, Nipissing, Callander, Lavigne, Bonfield, Monetville, Saint Charles and Port Loring. The postcards depict: tourist attractions (such as parks, lakes, beaches, rivers, and waterfalls), tourist accommodations (including hotels, cottages, resorts, and camps), city scenes and buildings (including schools, railway stations, churches, municipal buildings, hospitals, and factories), the Dionne Quintuplets, the Chief Commanda steam ship, and trains.

File also contains a few postcards of other places including Temagami, Timmins, Cobalt, Lake Superior, Pembroke, Haileybury, Owen Sound, and Prince Rupert, BC. File additionally includes several souvenir folders containing postcards of Ontario, North Bay, and humorous cartoons.

File contains a postcard collection that was created by the Conolly Family, a pioneering family in South River. The collection consists of a postcard album and loose postcards. Postcards include photographs of South River (including the chemical plant and the Conolly home [?]), Sundridge, Magnetawan, Trout Creek, Huntsville, Toronto, and Vegreville (Alberta), as well as holiday greeting postcards received by the family.

File contains studio portraits (some in presentation folders or mounted on board) that were taken by J. A. Noel, a North Bay photographer. Photographs include a first communion portrait and a wedding portrait.

Series consists of tourist guides and brochures about Ontario generally and North Bay and area specifically. Series consists of two sub-series: North Bay and area; Ontario.

Subseries consists of tourist guides and brochures about North Bay and area.

Item is a tourist brochure published by the Grand Trunk Railway System with information about Lake Nipissing and the French River. The brochure contains five maps of Grand Trunk Railway lines in parts of Ontario. Maps are titled: The Highlands of Ontario - Including Muskoka Lakes Dist[rict], Lake of Bays Dist[rict], Magnetawan River Dist[rict], 30,000 islands of Georgia Bay, Kawartha Lakes Dist[rict] ; Eastern section of Georgian Bay ; Huntsville and Lake of Bays, Muskoka District ; Kawartha Lakes District; Lake Nipissing District and Temagami Region.

Series consists of programs and souvenir booklets from events organized by North Bay clubs, service organizations, churches, and schools including banquets, church services, memorial services, sporting events, art exhibitions, and anniversary celebrations. Series also contains souvenir booklets from civic anniversary celebrations in Powassan, Cobalt, and Renfrew.

Item is a cookbook containing recipes and photographs of Cobalt and area. Book contains a newspaper clipping featuring a recipe for "Knox banana dessert."

Item is a banquet program containing a menu, toast list, and a list of speakers/performers.

Item is a portrait of an elderly man and his six sons.

File contains promotional and souvenir materials relating to the Kervin Brothers Camp (also called Kervin's Camp, Kervin's Houseboats, or Kervin Bros.), a tourist outfitter and houseboat operator based out of Callander and Sturgeon Falls. File contains: souvenir booklets relating to the expeditions of "Timmer's Fishin' Party" (a fishing party led by C.W. Timmermeister); a program from a fishing trip by Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines executives; promotional letters, brochures, and envelopes; and 2 postcards featuring the houseboats.

Subseries consists of Ontario tourist guides and brochures.

Item is a booklet about tourism in Canada, the majority of which is about Ontario.

Item is a deed of land from a sale of land by North Bay mayor John Ferguson and wife to Charles Dunbar.

Item is a photograph of the first contingent of soldiers assembled for inspection on the terraced lawn of the residence of the mayor of North Bay before leaving for the First World War [?]. Many men are still in civilian clothes, and they are accompanied by the members of a brass band and cadets [?].

Item is a program for a church service attended by a local Masonic lodge.

Item contains five maps of Grand Trunk Railway lines in parts of Ontario. Maps are titled: The Highlands of Ontario - Including Muskoka Lakes Dist[rict], Lake of Bays Dist[rict], Magnetawan River Dist[rict], 30,000 islands of Georgia Bay, Kawartha Lakes Dist[rict] ; Eastern section of Georgian Bay ; Huntsville and Lake of Bays, Muskoka District ; Kawartha Lakes District; Lake Nipissing District and Temagami Region.

Item is a souvenir booklet (with original envelope) containing photographs of North Bay.

Item is a map of the Ferguson Highway, a gravel trunk road built between 1925 and 1927 between North Bay and Cochrane.

Series consists of maps of North Bay and other areas in the Nipissing District.