by Bill Finlayson | Dec 4, 2019 | Archaeology, History, Ontario
Welcome back to Our Lands Speak blog and the dialogue we began in my last post noting that the Yake site was one of two we found during our assessment of a farm located just south of Stouffville, on behalf of Fieldgate Developments. Our archival research revealed that... 
by Bill Finlayson | Nov 21, 2019 | Archaeology, Draper Site, History, Ontario
Sometimes, the coincidences in my work are just unbelievable. In 2016, we got a call from Fieldgate Developments to undertake an assessment of a newly acquired property on the 10th line in Whitchurch-Stouffville. Our assessment discovered two 19th century sites—Yake... 
by Bill Finlayson | Nov 1, 2019 | Archaeology, History, Ontario, Wilfrid Jury's Museum
The first phase in revitalizing Wilfrid Jury’s museum involved changing reporting responsibility for the museum as a non-academic unit of The University of Western Ontario. Under Wilfrid, the museum reported to the Office of the President, since the museum was...