This does not even account for the return of Wendat to Crawford Lake to reclaim soils and build new houses differently above the posts abandoned centuries before.

As this site grows older Crawford Lake conservationists are already moving from a goal of simply using ever-improving technology to capture an accurate snapshot of what existed at a certain point in time, to communicating a larger, more complex reality. [12]Williamson, “The Search for the Iroquoian Longhouse,” 113. However, the very act of reconstructing the village further animated complex narratives at the site. Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of reflections on the 2017 Canadian History and Environment Summer School. This image of the inside of one of the longhouses will give you an idea about how some of the display materials are presented. Longhouse at Crawford Lake. [8] Williamson, “The Search for the Iroquoian Longhouse,” 148. It is categorized as a regional environmentally sensitive area, an Ontario Area of Natural and Scientific Interest, and part of the Niagara Escarpment world biosphere reserve.

Your email address will not be published. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Episode 70: Environmentalism and the Company of Young Canadians, https://hikingthegta.com/2015/11/24/the-longhouse-people-of-crawford-lake/, http://ontarioarchaeology.wildapricot.org/Resources/Publications/oa25-3-finlayson.pdf, The Reconstructed Longhouse and Environmental History, Dusting off the history of drought on the Canadian Prairies in the 1930s, William McKay’s Character Book: Tracing Environmental Change in Archival Fragments, Confronting Colonialism in Land Acknowledgements, The Storytelling of Indigenous Heritage Sites, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. [4] Ronald F. Williamson, “The Search for the Iroquoian Longhouse: Replication or Interpretation,” in The Reconstructed Past: The Role of Reconstructions in the Public Interpretation of Archaeology and History, ed. There were, besides, the villagers’ enormous need for wood for fuel and construction upkeep, especially in bark, and very likely an increasing problem of vermin feasting on store-housed grains. Luckily the facility was under its quota at the time of our visit and we were able to get in.

You really have to see the village in person to appreciate the grandeur of the longhouses. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Currently Conservation Halton is working on phase 3 of this project, the renovation of aging infrastructure in the Turtle and Wolf Clan longhouses. He was my Uncle Tom and as children we spent many hours on holidays on his farm. John H. Jameson, Jr (Walnut Creek: AltaMira Press, 2003), 148. Around us, in amazing clarity, was an Iroquoian settlement about 600 years old. [9] Thomas Peace and Labelle, launching their anthology during our visit, are offering histories of Wendat beyond 1649 to better account for their migration, integration into other Iroquoian territories and shared use of land with the Five Nations Iroquois and Anishinabek.

My wife and I were actually pretty lucky being able to get into Crawford Lake.

Jane Brierley, (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1999) 94.

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