Our Lands Speak: A 19th Century Raised Storage Building

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 circular dark stain in the soil […]

Our Lands Speak Highlights the Patterson Village 19th Century Boarding House

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 the Village we called Area 2 located west of the […]

Our Lands Speak Features the Patterson Village 19th Century Church

The remains of the church were originally observed as a large, dark brown stain in the yellow subsoil.  Further excavation revealed a structure defined by mortared stone foundation walls which defined a rectangular structure 14.3 m long and 9.0 m wide. There was a small anteroom, perhaps a waiting room or foyer, extending from the northwest corner of the building which was 5.0 m wide and 5.0 m. long