
Pitchblende ore from Great Bear Lake, 1932. LAC a015300. Pitchblende is a radioactive uranium-rich mineral containing radium.

Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir visits Port Radium in 1937. NWT Archives/W. Bruce Hunter/N-1998-015-0200.
The first Atomic attack on a city as seen by witnesses
Pitchblende ore from Great Bear Lake, 1932. LAC a015300. Pitchblende is a radioactive uranium-rich mineral containing radium.
Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir visits Port Radium in 1937. NWT Archives/W. Bruce Hunter/N-1998-015-0200.