Episode 54: Part II - Digging Up The Past

This is the second of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park since the late 1930s. The focus of Part II  is to provide some insight into the archeological work that was done from 1939 to the late 1990s, mostly by private archeologists with permission from the then Park Authorities.  

This musical interlude is called Ride the Wind and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes CD Thunder Spirit.  It is brought to you with the approval of Digital Funding LLC. Solitudes music can be found wherever you get your music streaming.

For this series, I’ve relied on a number of key sources including:

• Rory MacKay’s Algonquin Park – A Place Like No Other and Spirits of the Little Bonnechere
• Several ‘thought leadership papers by William Allen including:
  • Importance of Archaeology re Species at Risk: Eel Focus William Allen Nov 2007
  • Nineteenth Century Aboriginal Farmers of the Madawaska River
• Several ‘thought leadership papers by Rory MacKay including:
  • Potatoes in the Pines
  • Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014
  • Why was this research on the camboose shanties of Algonquin Park important?- Rory MacKay
  • Archaeological Research in Algonquin Provincial Park and immediate vicinity to 2023: A Categorization and Chronology
  • An Alternate Explanation for the Anomalous Vision Pits at Rock Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park
• Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 12 Issue 5 Sept-Oct 2007

  • Pukaskwa Pits: Rethinking the vision quest hypothesis, by Nancy Champagne

• Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 14 Issue 6 Nov-Dec 2009

  • The Aarel Site Camboose Shanty in Algonquin Park by Rory MacKay

  • Archeologists Come to Their Senses - Looking beyond visual archaeological evidence By William Allen

• Ontario Archeological Society’s ARC Notes Vol 16 Issue 2 Mar-Apr 2011

  • The Nesswabic (Petawawa) River Watershed – Zone of Political Tension Over the Centuries by William Allen

• The Ontario Archaeological Society Field Manual
• William Hurley’s Second Annual report on Archaeological research conducted in Algonquin Provincial Park.
• Dr. John Casselman: American Eels in the St. Lawrence River System - Going, Going, Gone?         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uKAKkHzb0