Museums 101: Hudson's Bay Company lumber mill model (museum exhibit)

The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) was given a royal charter by the British Crown in 1670 which provided it with a trading monopoly over a vast domain in Canada. By the nineteenth Century, HBC had extended its empire into the Pacific Northwest. In 1825, HBC established Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River as the administrative center and principal supply depot of the Columbia Department, an area of about 700,000 square miles. Fort Vancouver has been part of the National Park System since 1948. A model showing the HBC lumber mill at Fort Vancouver in the 1840s is in the Pearson Air Museum at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver Washington.

Note: These photographs were taken on October 10, 2024

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