Archeological and News Articles

There had always been stakes poking up from the shore at low tide in the Comox

Harbour. But nobody really knew what they were.

What were they doing there?

Who had put them there?

And when?

Examples of Shell Middens

Ancient Village and Camp Sites

The K’ómoks First Nation is celebrating the remarkable discovery of a 3,800-year-old archaeological “wet site” discovered near Courtenay in March.

The 550-year-old piece showcases ancient innovation while highlighting the importance of Indigenous communities preserving their own history

Hunting tools, remains of food and structures found at ancestral village site

During construction of the Tillicum Road bridge (Gorge Bridge) and the Esquimalt Gorge Park in the late 80s and early 90s, an archaeological site was discovered and it is believed to date back over 5,000 years.

Of the 300 or so sites on the BC coast, fewer than 30 can be dated and most of these are approximate estimates at best. A few designs were made as late as the 1920’s, but no one knows how old the older ones are.

A 14,000-year-old village site on Triquet Island that did not freeze over during the last Ice Age was home to Heiltsuk First Nations and reaffirms their oral history of a place their ancestors travelled to for survival.

New evidence suggests that First Nations people may have arrived in northern Vancouver Island as early as 18,500 years ago.

Researcher says evidence challenges narratives of wild, untouched landscapes in what is now British Columbia