Made from hudson s bay point blankets these striped coats are iconically canadian.
Hudson bay point blanket coat.
Early mount everest expeditions depended on them and colonel and mrs.
Hudson s bay point blankets were used twice by admiral byrd s expeditions to the antarctic.
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Charles lindbergh wore point blanket coats on their flight to europe by way of greenland and iceland.
Woven in england of the finest long staple australian wools these blankets are of the same quality as those traded here over 200 years ago.
Hudson s bay wool point blankets in the late 1700s wool blankets were so important to comfort and survival that they were used as a form of currency in trading between trappers and native americans.
Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company.
Beaver pelts were exchanged for blankets through the hudson s bay company and its outposts throughout northern canada.
Point blankets introduced to the north american wilderness in 1779.
Point blanket coats remained popular in canada first as utilitarian garments later as fashion.
A capote is a handmade wrap style coat often made from a hudson s bay point blanket.
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