Artifacts Found During the Francois-Finlay Post Excavation in 1964
Database ID | 27002 | |
Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Fonds/Collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection | |
Series | S-B | |
File/Item Reference | S-B-5588 | |
Date of creation | 1964 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 photograph; 16.5 x 16.5 | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Historical note | The Francois-Finlay Post was the first "pedlar" post on the Saskatchewan River was a combined effort of François Le Blanc, a veteran of the La Vérendrye family's 1740's expeditions, and James Finlay, a Scottish-born businessman. Located just about 150 kilometres east of Prince Albert, below Finlay's Falls near present-day Nipawin, Saskatchewan, the stockaded post was the focus of 20th century archeological excavations. | |
Scope and content | Artifacts found during the Francois-Finlay Post excavation near Nipawin in 1964. Included are a musket ball and flintlock tumbler (top centre); a bent iron rod and gun maker's punch beside a bone fragment, bottom centre; with a charred log lying in the centre. | |
Restrictions on access | See Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Copyright holder | Unknown | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Photographs | |
Provenance Access Point | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection | |
Place | Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains Subarctic Canada -- National | |
Names | Finlay, James Francois-Finlay Post Le Blanc, Francois | |
Subject | Archaeology Forts Fur Trade Francois-Finlay Post | |
Date Range(s) | 1776-1799 1960-1969 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27002 |