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.

Hudson bay point blanket coat.

Point blankets introduced to the north american wilderness in 1779. Hudson s bay wool point blankets in the late 1700s wool blankets were so important to comfort and survival that they were used as a form of currency in trading between trappers and native americans. Woven in england of the finest long staple australian wools these blankets are of the same quality as those traded here over 200 years ago. Early mount everest expeditions depended on them and colonel and mrs.

Charles lindbergh wore point blanket coats on their flight to europe by way of greenland and iceland. A capote is a handmade wrap style coat often made from a hudson s bay point blanket. Hbc heritage is an internal department of hudson s bay company. Capotes were worn by first nations métis french settlers traders trappers and later british settlers throughout the fur trade era.

Capotes date back to the mid 17th century and are arguably the earliest iterations of the hudson s bay point blanket coat. Point blanket coats remained popular in canada first as utilitarian garments later as fashion. Hudson s bay point blankets were used twice by admiral byrd s expeditions to the antarctic. This product is currently out of stock and unavailable.