Episode 55 - Part III: Digging Up the Past

This is the third of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park  since the late 1930s. The focus in Part III  is  to share insights into the archeological work that has been done in the Park since the 1990s. Most of the investigations have been initiated by private archeologists with permission from the then Park Authorities. 

This musical interlude is called Algonquin Provincial Park and comes from Dan Gibson’s Solitudes National Parks and Sanctuaries CD. 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
• Looking at the Material Culture of Nineteenth Century Logging Camps: An Algonquin Park Perspective and beyond April 2014

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 200

• 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