by Bill Finlayson | Feb 8, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Two structures on the same plot of land? In my last post, I discussed what I thought might have been a raised storage building at Patterson Village. This was comprised of a rectangular pattern of very large posts/post moulds which defined a structure 14 m long and 7 m...
by Bill Finlayson | Feb 2, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
One of the most puzzling structures investigated at Patterson Village was a rectangular pattern of large posts which formed a structure 14 m long and 7 m wide. In many cases, the wood of the posts was preserved, while in other cases, the wood had rotted away leaving a...
by Bill Finlayson | Jan 25, 2018 | Patterson Village 19th Century Company Town
Fourth in our blog series featuring key highlights of our Patterson Village excavation is the boarding house we investigated, which was near the western end of the village fronting on what is now Major Mackenzie Drive. The boarding house was discovered in that part of...