Hudson's Bay Archives Join World List

"There are some collections that really transcend time and culture and should be considered part of the collective memory of the world," said David Walden, an archivist and the secretary general of Canada's UNESCO secretariat. Premier Gary Doer joined Walden and a room full of archivist and staff from the Hudson's Bay this morning to announce the designation and to accept another batch of documents from the company. The archive, which includes maps, ledgers, journals, letters and paintings, is so big it takes up about 7,000 linear feet of shelf space at the Archives of Manitoba building downtown. It includes the map and deed that ceded present-day Winnipeg from First Nations to Lord Selkirk for settlement. And it includes a map of northern Quebec and Labrador used as part of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4081788p-4681156c.html

Note: http://www.winnipegfree...