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Indigenous Relics

Indigenous artefacts displayed on a black background. In the lower right-hand corner, there is an arrowhead and a grey ceramic pipe fragment. On the left are 20-some beige and grey pottery shards with a zigzag pattern.

Collection of objects from the Société d’histoire et de généalogie de l’île Jésus, Projectile point NAC: 2010.514, Pipe fragments NAC: 2010.476, Pottery shards NAC: 2011.125-162

Indigenous populations left traces in the area, even if they did not settle here permanently. They used it as a temporary rest area during their travels on the rivers. The objects presented here are the types of Indigenous artefacts found during archaeological digs. On the right-hand side of the photograph, there is the tip of a projectile and a pipe fragment. Pottery shards appear next to them. These artefacts are probably from the Middle Woodland period, between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D. It is used to identify a specific time in the history of the peoples of precolonial North America.