PAGE 29 
Unofficial views: Major A. C. Nixon
Canadian "Public Relations Officer" at work!... Major Nixon (view more details)
Major A.C. Nixon came to Canada from England as a new member of the Royal North West Mounted Police in 1921. He served in the Canadian Army from 1940 to 1945. From January to October 1944 Major Nixon was a Canadian representative on the joint U.S.-Canadian Alaska Highway Traffic Control Board with headquarters in Whitehorse. He also served as an Aide to Major General Foster. Major Nixon’s collection features wonderful snapshots of social functions and leisure times, including men goofing around in the barracks. The following images are selected from the collection of photographs and newspaper articles that Mr. Nixon donated to Yukon Archives.
8/8
A Russian C-47 Skytrain arrives at the Alaskan Wing, Air Transport Command (ATC) base in Edmonton carrying four important Russians: three Major Generals bound for a post-war [sic] aviation conference in Washington, and the new Soviet Ambassador to Canada. An Alaskan Wing flier served as co-pilot on the flight down from Fairbanks. Front row left to right: A.A. Anisimov, Chief of the Russian Purchasing Commission in Alaska; Mrs. George N. Zaroubin, wife of the newly arrived Soviet Ambassador to Canada; Major General Alexander A. Avsievich; Major General Nicholas I. Petrov; Ambassador Zaroubin; Major General W.W. Foster of the Canadian Army; Major General Paul F. Berezin; Colonel Eugene Stevens; Commanding Officer of the ATC base in Edmonton; and Group Captain V.H. Patriarche of the Royal Canadian Air Force. At the far left in the back row is Major A.C. Nixon, Aide to Canadian General Foster. The Russian officers in the back row are members of the plane crew while the Ambassador's 14-year old son, Victor, stands near him. May 22, 1944.
Yukon Archives. A.C. (Nick) Nixon fonds, 2006/6 #151, PHO 519Major A.C. (Nick) Nixon
PAGE 29 