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Tales & Treasures: Carving Stories

Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum shows us three unique carvings made by Indigenous people of Haida Gwaii and the Chukchi of Siberia, including the ghost ship S.S. Baychimo.


Tales & Treasures: The Little Emperor

Dr. Jamie Morton, curator at the Manitoba Museum, explains the nature of the Company's organizational hierarchy and Simpson's role as governor through these extravagant artifacts: an elaborate silver candelabra and a ram's head snuff mull.


Tales & Treasures: Plain Clothes

Dr. Jamie Morton shows us two examples of Indigenous clothing items from the Canadian prairies: A moose hide coat from the John Halkett collection and a beaded Cree hood, both made with HBC trade goods.


Tales & Treasures: The Nonsuch

Dr. Jamie Morton, curator of the Hudson's Bay Company Collection tells us about the original Nonsuch, the history of the replica, and the origin of the HBC museum collection.


Tales & Treasures: Trade Goods Couture

Dr. Jamie Morton, curator of the Hudson's Bay Company Collection at the Manitoba Museum shows us some exquisite beadwork and embroidery in these two very different garments.


Beaver Tales

Reflections on fifty years — and beyond — of Canada’s furry national symbol.

Animal Tales

From whales to horses, beavers to birds, learn all about how animals are part of the story of Canada.


Tales from the Homestead

Book review: This fascinating book from author and professor Sandra Rollings-Magnusson shares a collection of personal stories told by immigrants and migrants who came to Canada’s Prairie provinces to start a new life.

Parks Canada Finds Sunken Treasures

Archaeologists have been looking for traces of three storied eighteenth century shipwrecks in the Gwaii Haanas region of British Columbia.


Tales of an Unsung Sourdough

Book Review: In Tales of an Unsung Sourdough, the authors Phil Lind and Robert Brehl draw on Johnny Lind’s journals to bring the gold rush vividly to life, telling an engaging tale of a rugged land and the even more rugged people who mined it.