HBC Headquarters Warehouse in Lachine

Fort Prince of Wales, Manitoba

Fort Langley, BC

Hudson's Bay Co. 1962

15 3/4" X 24 7/8" with metal hanger at top. Original calendar 1962. Three pages with printed date blocks for four month periods. Each page with a separate image and information about the image beneath. In very good condition with minimal edge wear and very slight buckling.

 The first page  (Jan-April) shows "Lachine, Quebec [which] was the Hudson's Bay Company's headquarters from 1826-1860, with the exception of a brief period in the 1830's when Governor George Simpson resided at the Red River Settlement". Artist: Malak.

Page two  (May-August) displays Fort Prince of Wales in Manitoba which was started in 1732 and took almost 40 years to complete. Artist: George Hunter.

The third page shows Fort Langley in BC which was established by the HBC in 1827 and is now a national historic park. Artist: George Hunter.

$150 CDN.

First White Women Arrive at Moose Fort 1683

Hudson's Bay Co. 1960

 Artist: Will Davies. 23 1/4" X 15 3/4". Original calendar with metal hanger at top and bottom. Bright colours. Date pad contains months August-Dec 1960, the rest are missing. In very good condition with two mild creases crossing horizontally. Some very small stains/foxing near top. Slightly worn at edges. A very nice calendar.

Image (9 3/4" X 13 1/4") depicts several of the first white women arriving at Moose Fort with several men and women and one child with Natives looking at them and a teepee and the fort in the background. In 1673, Charles Bayly of the Hudson's Bay Company established a fur-trading post originally called Moose Fort which is now the area called Moose Factory in Ontario, near the Moose River, this fort is shown on the image.

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Accepts Payment of Rent from the Hudson's Bay Company 1959

Hudson's Bay Co. 1961

23 1/4" X 15 3/4". Original calendar 1961 with metal hanger at top and bottom. Bright colours. Image 10 3/4" X 13". Date pad contains months September-Dec 1961, the rest are missing. In very good condition with some minor rippling and several creases at edges (two longest are 3"). Some very light staining near top. Slightly worn at edges.

Image shows, in accordance with the Royal Charter of 1670, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II being presented with two elk heads and two black beaver pelts by W. J. Keswick, the Governor of the HBC. The presentation takes place at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg on July 24th, 1959 during the Royal Tour of Canada. This is the second of such payments made to the reigning sovereign in the history of the HBC. In 1939 King George VI, father to the queen accepted a similar payment. 

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The Parting of the Brigades, Athabasca River, October 1826

Hudson's Bay Co. 1938

Artist: Walter J. Phillips. Calendar 18 1/4" X 30 1/4". Illustration 15 3/4" by 16 1/2" with description underneath. Original HBC Calendar in silver frame. Date pad containing all twelve months. Two light stains from tape on the top and one on the left side. Small tear from tape on the the top right and wear to edges.

When many fur traders traveled together, it was called a “brigade” this images shows two such brigades parting ways at the Yellow head pass, in the Athabasca river. Image painted by Walter J. Phillips, a Canadian artist famous for his woodcuts and watercolour paintings.

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Original Hudson's Bay Company Calendar 1966

Open 20" X 14". Three pages with months, each has 4 months at bottom with illustration at top. Held together at middle with staples. In very good condition. In original HBC envelope which is slightly worn.

First image (for months January- April) shows painting by William G. Davies of the 'North-West Mounted Police at Lower Fort Garry' practicing their foot drill in the Spring of 1874. The second image (May-August) is a Lorne Bouchard R.C.A. Painting of 'Vilhjalmur Stefansson's First Arctic Expedition' in July 1906 as the world famous Arctic explorer is leaving Fort McPherson on the Peel River. The third pages (for September to December) have a Walter Yarwood image of 'Haida Potlatch on the Pacific Coast' a ceremony that was held to mark any important event in the life of Haida Indians.

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Hudson's Bay Co. 1956

Original calendar 1956. 181/4" X 297/8"  with metal hanger top and bottom, small nick to paper right hand side.  "Trading Ceremony at York Factory"  Artist Adam Sherriff Scott.  No date pad.  SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1948

Original calendar 1948.  181/4" X 301/8"  With metal hanger top and bottom.  "The Spring Brigade Leaves Montreal"  Artist Franklin Arbuckle.  with last page of date pad December.  SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1941

Original calendar 1941.  181/4" X 305/8"  With metal hangers top and bottom. "McLoughlin welcomes the Americans"  Artist Charles Fraser Comfort.  With complete calendar pad.  SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co.  1957

Original calendar 1957.  181/4" X 291/4"  with metal hangers top and bottom.  "17th Century Eskimos Trading With HBC Ship"  Artist Franklin Arbuckle, R.C.A.  one page of date pad.  SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co 1935

Original Hudson's Bay Company Calendar.  1935.  30 5/16" X 18 1/4". With one page of date pad - December 1935.  "Trading into Hudon's Bay" the Hudson Bay Company supply ship "NASCOPIE" and the Government patrol ship "N. B. McLEAN" lying off Wolstenholme Post at the southwest entrance to Hudson Strait 1933. Original painting by Adam Sherriff Scott.                  SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1950

Original calendar 1950.  181/4" X 301/8"  With metal hanger top and bottom.  "John Pritchard "Taken By The Ice" on the Abitibi, 1814."  Artist George Franklin Arbuckle.  1 page of date pad December.                       SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1949

Original Calendar. 1949.  181/4" X 305/8"  with metal hanger top and bottom.  "Building Fort Yukon 1847-1848"  Artist Walter J. Phillips.  no date pad December.                SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1944

Original Calendar 1944 181/4" X 213/4" with metal hanger top and bottom.  "Chief Trader McDonald descending the Fraser." Artist Adam Sherriff Scott.  Last page of date  December                         SOLD 

Hudson's Bay Co. 1952

Original Calendar 1952.  181/4" X 291/4" with metal hanger top and bottom.  "Hearne builds Cumberland House 1774-1775."  Artist George Franklin Arbuckle.  With last page of date pad December.             SOLD