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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.

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

These stone tools were used for hunting and warfare.

Chunks of raw copper from the western Arctic were given to HBC Chief Factor James Thomson.

Early Red River settler Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière wore this colourful accessory.