I've been in a few, the one in Churchill Manitoba looks like an old post when you go in, smells strongly of tanned skins and has everything you would expect it too, including the furs and skins for the ladies to make their mocasins.
The one in Yellowknife much the same but more touristy, their furs are both raw and finished the finished ones made into $10,000 bedspreads
<sigh> PETA would be outraged but methinks going to sleep on a cold winter night in the North would be a slice of heaven under one of those!
HBC puts out a catalogue that goes out to everyone up there.
It sells clothing for everyday, food, wedding gowns, skidoos, tents...you know, the important stuff! I am glad I didn't have to buy my wedding gown from HBC, they are lovely, but can you imagine the sizing nightmare?
Went and looked, it is now called Northwest Company
http://www.selections.ca/s_group.jsp (Do NOT consider this an ad, if you live below North of 60 you can not even order from them, they will not ship to you....not to mention why would you want to???)
Where else can you buy a wood stove, rifle, freezer, wedding gown and long underwear all from the same catalogue!?!?!