Parks Canada is the custodian of thousands of artefacts and other historical objects from across Canada. In their own way, each of these artefacts bears witness to this nation's defining moments and illustrates human creativity and cultural traditions. Each one tells its own unique story, part of the greater story of Canada, contributing a sense of time, identity, and place to our understanding of Canada as a whole.
March 1st, 2013 Uniform of an Officer of an American State or Territorial Militia February 22, 2013 Sabre of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, 1st US Rifle Regiment. February 15, 2013 Presentation Sword, Scabbard and Belt of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Battersby February 8, 2013 Fourth Regiment of Lincoln Militia Bayonet Belt Plate February 1, 2013 Watercolour Map of Fort George, circa 1800 January 25, 2013 Sword of US Brigadier General James Winchester January 18, 2013 Sword and Scabbard of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles-Michel de Salaberry January 11, 2013 19th Light Dragoons Baker Rifle January 4, 2013 Document signed by US Colonel Zebulon Pike December 28, 2012 Coatee of Colonel Matthew Elliott December 21, 2012 Basket Hilted Broad Sword of Commodore Alexander Grant, Commander of the Provincial MarineDecember 14, 2012 New York State Militia Officer Coatee
December 7, 2012
Sword, Scabbard and Sword Belt of Lieutenant-Colonel William Caldwell, Senior
November 30, 2012
41st Regiment of Foot Drummer’s Belt Plate
November 16, 2012
Military General Service Medal for Hypolite Guilbeault of the Lower Canadian Militia
November 9, 2012
British Military Buff Leather Bayonet Belt, together with original 10th Royal Veterans Battalion Bayonet Belt Plate
October 26, 2012
Military General Service Medal, with the Battle of the Châteauguay Bar
October 19, 2012
General Sir Gordon Drummond’s Presentation Sword
October 12, 2012
Parole Document, carried by United States Lieutenant David Deacon, Prisoner of War
October 5, 2012
General James Winchester’s Pistol
September 28, 2012
Silhouette Portrait of an Officer of the 100th Regiment of Foot
September 21, 2012
Captain Jean-Louis Ployard’s Coatee, Chapeau, Sword, and Scabbard
September 14, 2012
United States Army Field Artillery Caisson Chest
September 7, 2012
Portrait Bust of Tecumseh
August 31, 2012
British Naval Boarding Axe
August 24, 2012
View of Amherstburg, watercolour painting by Margaret Reynolds, 1813
August 17, 2012
Military General Service Medal, Fort Detroit Bar
July 27, 2012
Officer Dress Coat, 49th Regiment of Foot
July 20, 2012
Wampum Beads
July 13, 2012
Silver “Chief’s Medal"
July 6, 2012
New Land Pattern Musket
June 29, 2012
Battle Maul, Tecumseh
June 22, 2012
Sword and Scabbard
June 15, 2012
De Lorimier Powder Horn
June 8, 2012
Royal Marines Recruitment Poster
June 1, 2012
Miniature portrait of Edward Cotton