Our Lands Speak: Featuring Pit Privies at Patterson Village

We’ve seen many amazing buildings and artifacts along our archeological journey, however, one of the most interesting types of features we encountered on our excavation of 19th century Euro-Canadian sites are privy pits. They may not sound exciting to you yet, being that these were the holes that were dug under outhouses. On most of […]

Our Lands Speak: Patterson Village Stable

Previously we discussed the findings of the village workshop and cobbler’s house, and this week we are pleased to share with you another fascinating discovery, the Patterson Village stable. We know from historical records that the Patterson & Bro farm equipment manufactory was using horse-drawn wagons to haul its products to the railway station in […]

Our Lands Speak: Cobbler’s House and Workshop

Patterson Village has provided an interesting journey for myself and my team. Last week we brought you the details of the Seamstress’ house, and as promised, here is the story of the Cobbler’s House. I hope you enjoy reliving some of our experiences with us. House 14 was one of the more unusual structures excavated […]