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HBC 350TH
SPECIAL ISSUE
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ADVENTURERS!
THE EPIC TALE OF HOW
HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY
SHAPED THE FATE OF NORTH AMERICA
DISPLAY UNTIL MAY 26
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CONTENTS
Vol 100:2
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FEATURES
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An Epic Tale
How a daring endeavour to
launch a fur-trading company
at Hudson Bay shaped the fate
of North America.
by Mark Collin Reid
38
Untold Stories
Indigenous women and men
played crucial roles in the
success of the fur trade.
by Karine Duhamel
On the cover
43
HBC ARCHIVES
Woven Together
We don’t always see all the
strands that make up the
Hudson’s Bay Company story.
by Christopher Moore
48
The World’s Oldest
Multinational
Challenges and change have
always been part of HBC’s history.
by Joe Martin
A trapper wears an HBC point
blanket capote and a hat
adorned with turkey feathers
in this detail from the original
painting
Not Alone,
by Jerry
Crandall. For more information on
Crandall’s work, visit the website
Eagle-Editions.com.
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CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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The Packet
Lucile’s legacy.
Monitoring the Chilkoot Trail.
Rebuilding a Hurricane. Taken at
face value.
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Currents
Inuit elder’s
wartime contributions. Immigration
museum’s five top items. Inuit
woman’s eighteenth-century
journey. Falcons soar to hockey
victory. Internment stories brought
to life. By the numbers: Canada in
the Second World War.
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Trading Post
The art
of scrimshaw was applied to a
container made from a horn.
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Destinations
Alert Bay on
British Columbia’s Cormorant Island
offers a chance to connect with
Kwakwaka’wakw stories past and
- -
present.
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Books
Open book: Excerpt
from
John Rae: Arctic Explorer.
Reviews: First flyer. Doctoring
beyond borders. Soldiering
on. More books: Banff station,
Ferrari racer, black CFL players,
the business of beer, evocative
printmaking, Okanagan Trail.
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History Matters
The 2019
Governor General’s History Awards
celebrate history makers.
66
Album
Students in Hamilton
join the crowds celebrating the end
of the Second World War in Europe.
COMING UP
IN CANADA’S
HISTORY
Prohibition
When Canada went dry, it
created a mass market for
bootlegged booze.
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APRIL–MAY 2020
ALL ABOARD
WITH CANADA’S
HISTORY & RAIL
TRAVEL TOURS
BOOK NOW!
To enjoy Canada Day in 2020 on a rail tour
CANADA DAY IN CHURCHILL
to enjoy the arrival of the Belugas and celebrate Manitoba’s 150th
Sunday June 28 to Saturday July 4, 2020
Roundtrip from Winnipeg to celebrate Canada Day in Churchill during Manitoba’s 150th anniversary.
This 7 day/6 night tour features sleeping car accommodations on VIA Rail’s Winnipeg to Churchill
train (2 nights each way with a dome observation car!), 3 days and 2 nights hotel stay in Churchill,
town and Hudson Bay shoreline tours, Beluga Whale watching; Parks Canada Interpretive Centre
(located in Churchill’s restored train station) presentation, the Itsanitaq Museum’s renowned
collection of Inuit art, Cape Merry Historic Site, Canada Day in Churchill during Manitoba’s 150th
and additional experiences. Package includes hotel stays in Churchill, rail trips, transfers, heritage
attractions and presentations, most meals, Tour Director, detailed tour info kit and more.
CANADA DAY IN NORTHERN ONTARIO
to enjoy the Canadian and the Canadian Pacific Railway!
Sunday June 28 to Thursday July 2, 2020
FIRST 5 BOOKINGS WILL GET A SPECIAL HUDSON’S
BAY COMPANY SOUVENIR (during the HBC’s 350TH
anniversary) PACKAGE TO ENJOY ON THE TOUR.
To book your space or
for more details call toll free
1-866-704-3528
or visit
CanadasHistory.ca/Travel
Roundtrip from Toronto on this 5 day/4 night tour we will enjoy some great daylight train journeys,
first on VIA Rail’s dome car train The
Canadian
to Sudbury, Ontario and also roundtrip on the remote
Sudbury to White River train that travels on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The package also includes
a full day in Sudbury to visit Dynamic Earth, Northern Ontario Railway Museum and also the evening
events of Canada Day here. Enjoy 2 full travel days on VIA Rail’s Sudbury to White River remote rail
service or Rail Diesel Car (like a large bus on the rails and the last of its kind in Ontario!) to see some
pristine parts of the Canadian Shield, visit to the White River museum, and overnight here. The final
day will be travelling from Sudbury back to Toronto by motor coach providing the opportunity to stop
and tour the former CPR steamship the SS
Keewatin
in Port McNicoll. Package also includes most
meals and additional heritage presentations, Tour Director, detailed tour info kit and more.
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HBC and NWC: A Proud Shared History...
Continuing the tradition of remote retailing across the world,
The North West Company
is a leading retailer to rural communities in
Northern Canada, rural Alaska, the South Pacific islands and the Caribbean.
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