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 […]

Our Lands Speak: Seamstress’ House at Patterson Village

More interesting discoveries at Patterson Village are unveiled. With this, includes the presence of 18 houses and one boarding house. These buildings were documented in the 1861 Canada Census. We also unearthed the foundation of the church which had burned down sometime in the early 20th century as well as a stable. The location of […]

Our Lands Speak: 19th Century Patterson Village Water Sources – Part 2

In the last blog I discussed cisterns as one source of water for the occupants of Patterson Village. There were three other sources although one of these related to the post-Village occupation of Houses 17 and 18 by farm-hands working the agricultural fields of this farm. A second source of water was a well lined […]