“Hudson's Bay Company Centenary Celebrations, reel 3 of 18” (1919)

This footage is from the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. It was taken in 1919 by filmmakers Harold Wyckoff and Bill Derr and was later edited together to make the Hudson Bay Company's 250th anniversary film called Romance of the Far Fur Country which was produced by Educational Films Corporation and released in 1920. Reel consists of the following footage: bison between the Peace and Slave Rivers, Buffalo Park, Wainwright, Alberta; Trapper [Battice Plakoti] and Factor [Thomas O'Kelly] trapping fox near Fort Chipewyan; Trapper skinning animals, including fox, ermine, muskrat and lynx; Trapper and Factor trapping beaver at lodge; various furs displayed; Trapper and Factor on dog sled; thermometer showing temperature; camp scenes; sunset, probably at Fort Chipewyan; Trapper in store at Fort Chipewyan purchasing supplies; unidentified woman and Trapper in front of HBC store at Fort Chipewyan; Factor giving Trapper a gift; dog sled race at Fort Chipewyan; elevated view of Fort Chipewyan. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives, Hudson's Bay Company Centenary Celebrations, reel 3 of 18, 1919, F119-3: https://pam.minisisinc.com/scripts/mw... Archival records can contain outdated, offensive and/or harmful language and content that reflects the time in which they were created. Read the Archives of Manitoba’s statement on language and content for more information: https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/st...