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This lock and key were used to secure the powder magazine at York Factory around 1840. 

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.

A brass token served to seal alliances and to propagate the faith.

This navigational instrument may have belonged to French explorer Samuel de Champlain.