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Book Review: Brian Castner retraces the 1789 journey of fur trader Alexander Mackenzie to the Arctic coast.

Aboard the ships Eaglet and Nonsuch, a pair of ambitious French adventurers set sail for Hudson Bay in hopes of striking it rich in the fur trade.

Book review: With so many stories of the men whose names still adorn the buildings and mark the streets of Winnipeg’s Exchange District, Thinking Big feels at times like a guided historical tour through the area. Jim Blanchard’s book is most definitely a story of men and their businesses, but it’s also a very readable history of Winnipeg’s evolution from the early days of the fur trade up to the 1940s.

From a network of trading posts to an international retail icon, HBC underwent a remarkable transformation in the twentieth century.

The Europeans relied on surveying instruments to chart their journeys. One important instrument was the sextant.

Artist Don McMaster is bringing to life the story of David Thompson through a series of new paintings. Take a look through the travels and trials of this controversial explorer.

The Canada’s History Archive, featuring The Beaver, is now available for browsing online for free.

From the Archives: On the hunt for a historic Hudson Bay island, plus more stories from the Spring 1971 issue of The Beaver.

From the archive: The babies of the Hudson Bay Company reveal the schism that divided white society from people of colour in the early twentieth century.

With the October-November 2020 issue of Canada’s History, we are beginning a new chapter for Canada’s second-oldest still-published magazine. The Beaver returns in a new incarnation that honours the past while offering a platform for Indigenous voices.