OLS Reflections: Excavation of Armstrong Burial Mound, Rainy River, Ontario

Thanks for joining me again this week, as I share with you my discoveries around the excavation of burial mounds. Burial mounds are a unique burial practice of a few pre-contact Indigenous peoples in Ontario. These groups would bury their dead in, or under, mounds of dirt which resulted in earth structures. There were two […]

OLS Reflections: Pukasaw Pit Underwater Archaeological Survey, Lake Superior

Welcome back. Here’s another walk down memory lane. You may recall in my previous post, I described Professor Roger Deane’s underwater geological survey from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island during the summer of 1965 in which I was one of the divers.  Once we completed our work at Tobermory, Roger took us back to Lake Superior […]

OLS Reflections: 1965 Underwater Geological Survey, Tobermory to Manitoulin

In this post, I’m pleased to share with you an excerpt from my unpublished memoir, continuing my exploration of underwater geology. Enjoy these reflections of the past. After testing our underwater survey techniques in Lake Superior and doing a recreational dive in Surprise Lake, we spent about six weeks diving the waters between Tobermory and […]