Category Archives: Pictographs of the Canadian Shield

Canoeing The Little Missinaibi River: Day 4 – From Mukwa Falls To Little Missinaibi Lake

Posted on 2017-07-09 by true_north

Previous Post – Day 3: From Just Below Rawhide Lake To Mukwa Falls (Below Woods Lake Road Crossing) distance: 21 km time:  start – 9:20 a.m.; finish – 5:25 p.m. portages/rapids: -1 PR7 RR – 200m – actually only a 1/3 … Continue reading →

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The Anishinaabe Pictograph Sites of Missinaibi Lake

Posted on 2017-07-05 by true_north

Last update: Sept. 2024. Table of Contents: Whitefish Bay Seasonal Campsite On Missinaibi Lake Missinaibi Lake’s Four Pictograph Sites The Whitefish Bay Pictograph Site The Reva Point Pictograph Site Reva Island Archaeological Site (DbHw-1) Fairy Point Pictograph Site Approaching From the … Continue reading →

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The Ojibwe Rock Paintings of Killarney’s Collins Inlet

Posted on 2017-01-23 by true_north

Last revised on September 5, 2022. Table of Contents: Location of the Collins Inlet Pictograph Site Selwyn Dewdney and Thor Conway Report On The Site Panel I Panel II Panel III Panel IV Wrap-Up: Conway’s Four Panels Other Supposed Sites Near … Continue reading →

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The Pictographs of Little Missinaibi Lake

Posted on 2016-12-03 by true_north

Last update: September 3, 2022. Table of Contents: The Allure of Little Missinaibi Lake Entering Little Missinaibi Lake From Its Headwaters Maps For The Journey  Topo; Chrismar;   Sources of Information About The Pictographs Tappan Adney Selwyn Dewdney Hap Wilson … Continue reading →

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Paddling Around Georgian Bay’s Philip Edward Island – Part Two

Posted on 2016-06-30 by true_north

Table of Contents: The View From Big Rock Top The Waddingtons and the Group of Seven East To Hincks Island For Lunch A Visit To The Used-To-Be Collins Inlet Village Looking For A Campsite On Mill Lake The Almost-Not-There Pictographs … Continue reading →

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A Paddler’s List Of Wabakimi’s Top Six

Posted on 2016-04-10 by true_north

Table Of Contents: The Wabakimi Canoe Area – Overview with maps How We Got Hooked On Wabakimi Wabakimi’s Top Six: Cliff Lake on the Pikitigushi R. system The Kopka River’s Seven Sisters section The Albany R. Falls – Upper Eskakwa … Continue reading →

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The Peterborough Petroglyphs: Building Over An Ancient Algonquian Ritual Site

Posted on 2015-06-07 by true_north

Last revised: October 19, 2022. Table of Contents: The Site Is Discovered/Uncovered Who carved the images into the rock? Who is responsible for the site these days? The most detailed study of the site Three Main Things To Do At … Continue reading →

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The Mazinaw Pictographs: Listening For Algonkian Echoes

Posted on 2015-05-21 by true_north

Last update: September 6, 2022. Table of Contents: The Algonkian (Anishinaabe) Origins of Mazinaw Bon Echo Provincial Park and Mazinaw Rock Mazinaw Rock Views From Our Campsite Information About Mazinaw – Book Sources: Selwyn Dewdney; John Campbell; David Boyle. Map … Continue reading →

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Early Autumn Canoeing In The Heart Of Temagami

Posted on 2015-04-26 by true_north

last revised on February 15, 2024. Table of Contents Introduction Day 1: Central Access Road Parking Lot to NW Arm of Lake Temagami CS Day 2: Obabika Inlet to Chee-Shon Lake Conjuring Rock or Spirit Rock –  Or Just Plain … Continue reading →

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A Return Visit To Temagami’s Diamond Lake Pictograph Site

Posted on 2014-11-26 by true_north

Table of Contents: Intro and Map Info W. Phillips and David Boyle   1906 F.G. Speck/Aleck Paul 1913 Harold C. Lowrey in Macleans: 1919 Selwyn Dewdney: 1959 Thor Conway: 1974 Justice J. Steele of the OSC: 1984 Checking Out the … Continue reading →

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