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Volume II

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man sorting furs
Plate XIII. Method of Storing Furs at Norway House, ca. 1943.

The post clerk hangs the pelts in the warehouse; they will be stored in this manner until baled for shipment.

From The Beaver Outfit 274 (December, 1943) 26.

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Plate XIV. Enlarged Portion of 1860 Photograph of the Fort Vancouver Courtyard, View toward Northwest Corner, Showing the New Store (left) and the Sale Shop (right).

This clear version of the British Boundary Commission photograph shows details of warehouse construction not hitherto fully revealed. Note the shutter construction, the evident lack of strap hinges, and the full height of the second stories. The second-story windows in the Sale Shop were side-hung and contained twelve panes. The visible windows in the New Store were also side-hung, even on the first floor, and contained nine panes. Most important, note the framing of the large double door to the New Store (extreme left). The top frame or lintel appears to be a single huge timber into which an arch has been carved.

Courtesy of Provincial Archives of British Columbia, Victoria. Photograph 11074.

fur press
Plate XV. Another View of the Old Screw Fur Press in the Trade Shop at Lower Fort Garry NHP.

The trade shop has been restored and refurnished by the Canadian National Historic Sites Service. Note the pack cords hanging from the rafters ready for use and those already in place on the press base plate.

Courtesy of Mr. Wayne Colwell and National Historic Sites Service, Ottawa.

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Plate XVI. A Large Weighing Beam with Wooden Scales in the Restored H.B.C. Trade Store at Lower Fort Carry NHP.

This scale must be almost identical with the "2 large iron Beams & wood Scales" listed in the 1844-48 inventories of articles in use "in stores" at Fort Vancouver.

Courtesy of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Historical Branch, Edmonton.

steelyard
Plate XVII. A Nineteenth-Century Steelyard of the Type Used in the Fur Trade.

Courtesy of Edmonton Parks and Recreation Historical Branch, Edmonton.

man seated at table
Plate XVIII. Corner of the Fur Loft in Restored Trade Shop at Lower Fort Garry NHP.

Note the table being used as a desk and the staves for identifying fur packs.

Courtesy of Mr. Wayne Coiwell and National Historic Sites Service, Ottawa.

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