Trading Post: The art of scrimshaw was applied to a container made from a horn.
Barometers are used to measure air pressure and help forecast weather changes.
This quilt was handmade for a historian working for the Hudson’s Bay Company.
Lead shots for firearms were cast in this double-sided mould.
This weather vane topped the flagpole at York Factory in northern Manitoba.
Book Review: Bruce Macdonald’s new book focuses on two vessels that loom large in the story of the Canadian Arctic.
A ram’s head snuff mull belonged to Hudson’s Bay Company governor Sir George Simpson.
A 1940s dress blazer was worn by a Hudson’s Bay Company post manager.
This navigational instrument may have belonged to French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
These stone tools were used for hunting and warfare.
