It’s a building most in Winnipeg know, and if you’ve been downtown it’s hard to miss: The Hudson’s Bay Department Store. What else is there to say, really?
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Media:
HBC Building in 1929, Manitoba Archives. 
Old HBC Store on Main Street, 1907. Martin Berman Postcard Collection. 
Initial plan for Legislative Mall, the Bay building is meant to be on the left. Plans for it had not been finalized. Manitoba Free Press, 20 September 1913 
HBC Store under construction. Manitoba Archives. 
Main Floor of the HBC Store in 1926. Hudson Bay Company Archives 
Fifth floor lounge leading to Georgian Room, 1927. Hudson Bay Company Archives 
The Georgian Room, 1927. Hudson Bay Company Archives. 
Lit beacon atop the Bay, 1930. Martin Berman Postcard Collection. 
The Paddlewheel shortly after opening, 1954. Hudson’s Bay Company Archives. 
Hudson’s Bay Company Winnipeg Store Mural (The Nonsuch at Ruperts River 1666). Robert McInnes Postcard Collection 
Hudson’s Bay Company Winnipeg Store Mural (The Pioneer at Fort Garry 1861) Robert McInnes Postcard Collection 
HBC Staff Manual, c.1930s. Manitoba Archives. 
HBC Staff Manual c1930s, Manitoba Archives 
Advertisement for the Opening of the Paddlewheel, Winnipeg Free Press November 5 1957 (18)
Sources:
Gorluck, Russ. Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue, Winnipeg : Great Plains Publications, 2006.
Southern Chiefs Organization, ‘A New Future: Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn’.
Cassidy, Christian. ‘Beacon shone from atop Bay Building’, Winnipeg Free Press, July 27 2014.
Einarson, John. ‘Goodbye Paddlewheel’, Winnipeg Free Press, January 20 2013.
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