Hudson Bay Point Blanket Coat

Capotes were worn by first nations métis french settlers traders trappers and later british settlers throughout the fur trade era.

Hudson bay point blanket coat.

Made from hudson s bay point blankets these striped coats are iconically canadian. Point blankets introduced to the north american wilderness in 1779. Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company. We are committed to the preservation education and promotion of hudson s bay company s history and the ongoing care and maintenance of the company s historical hbc corporate art artifact image and reference collections.

Early mount everest expeditions depended on them and colonel and mrs. The blanket design was introduced in the late 1700s by the hbc and the material was soon adapted into coats by fur traders. 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. Beaver pelts were exchanged for blankets through the hudson s bay company and its outposts throughout northern canada.

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. Hudson s bay point blankets were used twice by admiral byrd s expeditions to the antarctic. A capote is a handmade wrap style coat often made from a hudson s bay point blanket. This product is currently out of stock and unavailable.