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The Beaver Archive

Do you have any really old Beaver magazines? We need your help to share our history!


Living on the Edges

From the Archives: A wolf pack hunts caribou in the North, plus more stories from the March 1952 issue of The Beaver magazine.


Tobacco Pipes

Clay tobacco pipes became part of European culture after explorers encountered Indigenous peoples in North America in the sixteenth century.


St. Vital Roman Catholic Church

Built in 1883, St. Vital is the oldest Catholic church in Saskatchewan.


Game Bag

This game bag, used to carry pelts of small mammals, is made from woven rawhide, known as babiche, and smoked caribou hide


Métis Violin

A family heirloom set people dancing for nearly two hundred years.


From Chert to Chateaux

Archaeological digs reveal a wealth of treasures.


Gentlemen Spies

The two young British dandies seemed wildly out of place in the Columbia District of 1845. Seemingly on holiday, they were in fact preparing for war.


Cultural Manoeuvres

Open Book: The book Symbols of Canada presents stories about the pasts and possible futures of symbols.


The Writings of David Thompson, Volume 2

Open Book: An excerpt from the adventures of David Thompson in the Northwest between 1807 and 1812.