A Canadian archaeologist walking her dog finds a 9,000-year-old artifact on Thompson River An archaeologist from Kamloops came through a piece of history dating from 9,000 to 6,000 years while she was out with her dog for a walk. Heritage director Joanne Hammond, and ᴀssistant CEO of Skeetchestn Natural Resources Corp., spotted the spearhead this weekend …

Tons of Giant Nephrite Jade Discovered in Canada In many colors jade is found in black, blue, orange, brown, cream, gold, white and lavender. The different types of jade include jadeite and nephrite. Nephrite is tougher and harder to break than jadeite material. The Polar Pride boulder was called the find of the millennium by …

A Kiln That Fired Millions of Clay Pipes Was Unearthed Under a Montreal Bridge A bustling pipe-making district at the intersection of four Montreal neighborhoods catered to Canadians in need of a tobacco fix, during the 19th Century. The leading Henderson pipe plant manufactured millions of pipes each year was one of the manufacturers operating in the …

Nodosaur Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact in Canada A heavy equipment company began mining a strange colored stone at Millennium Mine in northern Alberta in 2011. His supervisor quickly realized that they had something special, Michael Greshko reports for National Geographic. He stopped looking more closely and puzzled the material, which had …

One day between five and ten centuries ago, people living on what is now known as Keith Island finished eating a geoduck clam and placed its shell neatly alongside others. The implications of that moment — brought to light this month by archeologists — loom large for Indigenous nations pursuing the right to harvest and …

Possible Viking Vessel Identified in Canada The ancient site, called Nanook, was first discovered in the 1960s by Dr. Moreau Maxwell of Michigan State University. Dr. Maxwell identified it as a Dorset Paleo-Eskimo site although he noted anomalies in the architectural remains, and obtained a series of radiocarbon dates ranging from 754 BC to 1367 …

19th-Century Military Complex Unearthed in Canada The remains of a military complex that predates both the Confederation and the foundation of Ottawa are buried under the flowers, trees and statues dotting Parliament Hill’s grounds. Since April, an archeology team has been working to unravel the complex’s ruins as part of Center Block’s ongoing renovations. What …

Why this retired archeologist is convinced New Brunswick is home to a lost Viking settlement Did Vikings visit New Brunswick’s Miramichi and Chaleur Bay areas? According to the research done by Birgitta Wallace, senior archaeologist emerita with Parks Canada, they did.  “I’m really convinced that the Vikings did visit that area. Not all my colleagues would agree with me,” said …