Uploaded January 2016 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Provincial Archives of Alberta, PR2004.0122/15.
This travel film was made by amateur filmmakers Mel and Ethel Ross about their expedition to the Nahanni National Park Reserve in Northwest Territories, Canada in 1958. They were drawn to the region by myths and folktales that painted the area, and particularly the Headless Valley or Nahanni Valley, as being a dangerous and mysterious place where prospectors and adventurers went missing or were killed in unexplained circumstances and later found decapitated.
From the Melvin and Ethel Ross fonds, bit.ly/1KfYtjq.
More information about part one of this recording can be found here: searchprovincialarchives.alberta.ca/film-headless-valley-2
More information about part two of this recording can be found here: searchprovincialarchives.alberta.ca/film-headless-valley
Provincial Archives of Alberta, PR2004.0122/15.
This travel film was made by amateur filmmakers Mel and Ethel Ross about their expedition to the Nahanni National Park Reserve in Northwest Territories, Canada in 1958. They were drawn to the region by myths and folktales that painted the area, and particularly the Headless Valley or Nahanni Valley, as being a dangerous and mysterious place where prospectors and adventurers went missing or were killed in unexplained circumstances and later found decapitated.
From the Melvin and Ethel Ross fonds, bit.ly/1KfYtjq.
More information about part one of this recording can be found here: searchprovincialarchives.alberta.ca/film-headless-valley-2
More information about part two of this recording can be found here: searchprovincialarchives.alberta.ca/film-headless-valley
