Episode 53: Digging in Algonquin Park Part 1 - Indigenous Origins

This is the first of three episodes on archeological activities that have taken place in Algonquin Park since the late 1930s. The focus of the  Part 1 is to provide some insight into the archeological and anthropological origins of Algonquin Park's first visitors.

This musical interlude is called Arrival 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 where ever you get your music streaming.

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

• Chapter 2 in David Euler and Mike Wilton’s 2009 Algonquin Park – The Human Impact by Chief Kirby Whiteduck,

• Importance of Archaeology re Species at Risk: Eel Focus William Allen Nov 2007

• 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

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 Caboose Shanty, Algonquin Park by Rory MacKay

Archaeologists 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

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3uKAKkHzb0

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fShFTkp9j7g