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Exploration and Empire

Guided by Indigenous knowledge and European navigational science, fur trader Alexander Mackenzie embarked on a perilous journey across the Great Divide.

Lower Fort Garry

Heyday of the fur trade comes to life at stone fort.


Dinnerware set

Fancy dinnerware is probably not the first thing to come to mind in regard to the fur trade. 


Paddling Through History

Canoe museum in Peterborough, Ontario, is making waves.


Interview with Jean Barman

Professor shows how French Canadians and Indigenous women saved the West coast from the Americans.

Spirits of Christmas Past

The Hudson’s Bay Company produced Christmas gift hampers containing liquor and smoking supplies.

Cash but Don’t Carry

A weighty 1950s-era cash register was used at a Northern store.

Ships of Misfortune

A ‘rare and extraordinary’ illness ravaged the crew of Jens Munk’s 1619 voyage in search of the Northwest Passage.

Making the Carry

Book Review: This book chronicles the lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater, a legendary Indigenous couple, at the turn of the 20th century.

Crooked Knives

Crooked knife blades were some of the earliest trade goods brought to North America from Europe by the Hudson’s Bay Company.