Forums Forums Help/Rules Help Edit Profile My Profile Member List Register  
Search Last 1 | 3 | 7 Days Search Search  
Ottertooth Forums * Temagami general * Archaeological/historical artifacts < Previous Next >

Author Message
 Link to this message

grncnu
Member

Post Number: 386
Registered: 08-2010
Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 1:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post

The thread in the other forum about pictographs reminded me of a question I always wanted to ask- has anyone ever found any more or less ancient artifacts in Temagami?
I've found a few logging artifacts, cant hooks, files, and the usual old campsite "garbage"-pemmican tins, 100-year old shoes. (I always leave whatever it is where I found it).
But has anyone ever found ancient First Nations artifacts? Has any archaeoligical digging taken place? I've never heard about anything like that.
 Link to this message

brian
Moderator

Post Number: 1706
Registered: 02-2004


Posted on Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 10:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post

There was an extremely primitive, all-copper knife found at Keewaydin Camp on Lake Temagami back in the 1980s. The archaeologists speculated that the copper may have come from the Coppermine River.

There were gun barrels, and other artifacts found on the Stinking Islands by the first owner, but don't know what happened to them.

Lots of digging has taken place on Lake Temagami, and a spot on Smoothwater. Archaeologists found lots of shards, arrowheads, scrapers, fire hearths., etc.
 Link to this message

plazatoro
Member

Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2005


Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 3:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post

see
http://labs.eeb.utoronto.ca/mcandrews/PDFs/2013%20 Temagami%20paleohydrology%20-%20Copy.pdf
 Link to this message

plazatoro
Member

Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2005


Posted on Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 5:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post

Brian;
not gun barrels, but an axe-head with a French colonial mark..
there were native (i.e. metallic) copper deposits known to and exploited by the original inhabitants on the east shore of Lake Superior and the north shore of Lake Huron and probably elsewhere in Ontario
 Link to this message

brian
Moderator

Post Number: 1710
Registered: 02-2004


Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 11:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post

I haven't seen this paper. Thanks for the link. However, it is not the finds at Stinking Islands I was referring to.
 Link to this message

grncnu
Member
Post Number: 388
Registered: 08-2010
Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 8:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post

Plazatoro:
Thanks! Fascinating stuff!

Add Your Message Here
Post:
Bold text Italics Underline Insert a clipart image

Username: Posting Information:
Only registered users may post messages here. If you have cookies enabled, your username and password will automatically appear in the boxes. Register
Password:
Action:

Forums | Last Day | Last Week | Search | User List | Help/Rules Home