Vintage Pioneer Trapper Nelson Indian Pack Board No 3 backpack Jones Tent Awning

Description

You are bidding on a
Heavy duty canvas pack with wood frame.
***bottom cross board on backpack has broken off***
Pioneer Brand - Trapper Nelson Indian Pack Board No. 3 .
SOLE MANUFACTURERS - Jones Tent & Awning Ltd. Vancouver BC
Complete with two seperate storage sections.
One inner with leather / buckle closures and outer compartment with string tie-downs.
This 2 compartment side can be easily detached from this main pack board by just removing the metal piece that slides through the eye-holes.  Once you are at base camp this would be great to detach for smaller loads to pack on day hikes.
Measures approximately 30 inches high by 15 inches wide.
Probably the largest size Trapper Nelson ever made.
Usually found for sale with just the packboard, not including the canvas backpack.
Shipping is .00 in Canada (not including our northern territories), to USA .00. FREE LOCAL Winnipeg pick up OR FREE DELIVERY to any HOUSE in Winnipeg.
A little history ON THIS HISTORIC COMPANY:   "
Jones Tent and Awning Ltd. was a long-time Vancouver company, known for manufacturing “all things canvas.” It was a family owned business in operation from 1887 to 1990. Charles H. Jones began his career as a sailmaker in New Brunswick. In 1884 he left for Manitoba, where he made canvas supplies for travellers heading West. He arrived in Vancouver in 1887 with his sons Fred and Charlie, and daughter Maude, on the first Canadian Pacific Railway train from Montreal to Vancouver. In 1886 Vancouver had been destroyed by fire, thus many people were living in shacks, tents, or under tarps, prompting Jones to quickly establish a workshop on the wharf near Gastown. Family lore states that it was ones of Jones’ tents that was used when the first city council met in 1886. Although this is before Jones arrived in Vancouver, many of the products he manufactured in Manitoba had travelled west before he had. Jones’ market also included sails for ships, and supplies for prospectors and loggers. The Klondike Gold Rush, beginning in 1898, increased business. When Jones’ son Fred joined him, the company became C.H. Jones & Son. Vancouver’s first city directory from 1899 lists C.H. Jones Tent Factory and Sail Maker at 9-13 Water Street. Here the canvas was machine-sewn. C.H. Jones & Son. was a supplier to many prospectors, hunters, and those involved in outdoor activities. High demand for items such as tents prompted Jones to develop a faster method for waterproofing and drying canvas, which became the standard for all canvas products he manufactured. The Pioneer Brand was developed, with tents as some of the first products bearing this name. By 1912, the company had relocated to 110 Alexander Street. C.H. Jones died in 1912, leaving his son to take over the company. Many knapsacks carried by Canadian soldiers during World War I were Pioneer Brand. In 1918 the company moved to 28 Water Street. Fred’s son Ira joined the company 1922. In 1924, the company purchased the rights to manufacture Trapper Nelson packboards. In 1926 C.H. Jones & Son merged with B.C. Tent & Awning. The company moved once again in 1930, to 43 West Hastings Street, although a waterproofing plant was also operated at 25th Avenue and Kingsway. The Kingsway factory was also the first Venetian blind factory in Canada. In 1934, the company began producing “Drybak” clothing and equipment. Jones Tent & Awning Ltd. was contracted to produce all the flags and banners used by the City of Vancouver during the royal visit in 1939.
WILL STOP HERE AS THE COMPANY CONTINUED IN BUSINESS TILL 1990.