Lake Temagami and the Northern Experience

Abstract

My current research in Ontario archaeology is centred on the analysis and interpretation of the Three Pines Site (Druid's Cove) CgHa-6, a multi-component site on Lake Temagami in northeastern Ontario. Lake Temagami is located 50 miles north of the city of North Bay. This paper title: Lake Temagami and the Northern Experience, caused me to reflect on how this current work has been influenced by my previous experiences in prehistoric archaeology and ethnoarchaeology in Boreal Forest regions of Subarctic Ontario and Quebec. In this paper, I would like to give an impression of what it is like to do archaeology in the northern forest, show how I have approached research on Lake Temagami, and indicate how this current work has developed out of my own earlier northern experiences.