Hudson's Bay Company Archives: Photos

With over 100,000 photos, the Hudson's Bay Company Archives photo collection is accessed regularly by researchers, writers, film companies and genealogists. The photo archives, maintained by senior archivist Debra Moore, is a treasure trove documenting the business activities of the HBC: life in northern communities, the evolution of trading posts, retail in the 20th century, and everything in-between.

The archive was brought about by The Beaver magazine in 1920. The magazine would commission photos from different photographers for their publication, as well as receive photo submissions from HBC employees and their families, missionaries, scientists, military and RCMP personnel.