Sheguiandah

Sheguiandah, on the northwestern shore of Manitoulin Island in Ontario, preserves roughly 9,000 years of human activity from the Paleo-Indian, Archaic, and Middle Woodland periods. Best known for its quartzite outcrops, it drew people back repeatedly for quarrying and toolmaking over many millennia. Excavations begun by Thomas E. Lee in 1951 brought the site wide attention, sparked debate over its age, and helped encourage Ontario's 1953 legislation protecting archaeological sites. Later work in 1992 by Peter L. Storck and Patrick Julig argued for a more conservative chronology, concluding the site was almost certainly occupied about 9,500 years before present while affirming its major importance to Ontario and North American archaeology.

Ontario · Canada