Hudson Bay Point Blanket Coat

Point blankets introduced to the north american wilderness in 1779.

Hudson bay point blanket coat. The blanket design was introduced in the late 1700s by the hbc and the material was soon adapted into coats by fur traders. 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. Hudson s bay point blankets were used twice by admiral byrd s expeditions to the antarctic. Charles lindbergh wore point blanket coats on their flight to europe by way of greenland and iceland.

Point blanket coats remained popular in canada first as utilitarian garments later as fashion. Beaver pelts were exchanged for blankets through the hudson s bay company and its outposts throughout northern canada. Capotes were worn by first nations métis french settlers traders trappers and later british settlers throughout the fur trade era. Made from hudson s bay point blankets these striped coats are iconically canadian.

This product is currently out of stock and unavailable. Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company. Capotes date back to the mid 17th century and are arguably the earliest iterations of the hudson s bay point blanket coat. A capote is a handmade wrap style coat often made from a hudson s bay point blanket.