What were those first canoes like? The birch bark canoe and batteau (which is like a flat-bottom, wooden jon boat) were really the way people got around for both pleasure and for work when they ...

The museum also has a full-sized birch bark canoe made in Lake Savant, Ont., in the early 20th century, an HBC flintlock trade gun made by J.E. Barnett & Sons in 1871 and a soapstone carving from ...

Hudson’s Bay, Canada’s oldest company, is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century ...

Here’s a candle that smells like birch, bark, flowers, and green leaves. When you’re done, you’ll be left with an Oiva cup and cork lid (or coaster). Here’s a handsome leather cosmetics ...

Civil War veteran Charles Raymond was 27 when he accepted an assignment to visit the new U.S. territory of Alaska, a place so far away from his home in New York City he couldn’t imagine it.

The ink used in the manuscript is gum lampblack and white paint made from mineral silver. The birch bark and clay-coated Gilgit manuscripts are the oldest known surviving manuscripts in India.