After a wonderful summer season, some of our family of 28 Museums will be closing for winter off season. Next month is your last chance to explore some of our sites until next year, closing dates are listed below.
Nova Scotia will recognize September 30 as Truth and Reconciliation Day to acknowledge and reflect on the legacy of residential schools and the vital role it holds in the reconciliation process.
Our team is still on site at archaeology dig at Fort Saint Louis National Historic Site, a seventeenth-century fur trade post situated in an Mi'kmaq coastal landscape.
Archaeology action shot! Wesley lifts our most complete clay tile this year and stows it safely in its own container. Next it will head to the lab to be cleaned and repacked. We re-use pill bottles for smaller, delicate finds too.
Photo 1: Katie Cottreau-Robins extracting a sample of charcoal from a deep corner of the unit. Charcoal can be sent for carbon-14 dating and give additional insight into the occupation period.
Photo 2: Volunteers Chris and Marian working away on two areas of Operation J.
A quick update, the team was rained out today. They hope to start finding artifacts this week.
Photo 1: SMU grad student Wesley flying his drone for some overhead images of our various excavation units
