OUR OWN: THE HUDSON’S BAY BLANKET COAT

YES, MINUS 39 DEGREES CELSIUS IN TORONTO, AND MORE COLD AND SNOW TO COME. IT IS WINTER.
FROM “THE NEW NORTH IN PICTURES” EDITED BY CLIFFORD WILSON, (WHICH I PICKED UP AT THE TORONTO RESEARCH LIBRARY CLEARANCE SALE!)

IN A PAINTING BY CANADIAN ARTIST CHARLES COMFORT, (Charles Fraser Comfort, OC (1900 – July 5, 1994) was a Canadian painter, sculptor, teacher, writer and administrator.)
ONE OF OUR OWN GREAT CANADIAN ICONS, THE HUDSON’S BAY COMPANY’S BLANKET COAT ca1846.

AND A CURRENT VERSION OF THE COAT SPOTTED RECENTLY (PRE BIG SNOW)