First Nation village, including 1,000-year-old fish trap, discovered in Canada

Canadian students from the University of Victoria have conducted excavations in a suburban waterfront park, revealing a rare 1,000-year-old fish trap and the remnants of the ancestral village of ȾEL¸IȽĆE (pronounced Tel-eech) on the traditional homeland of the W̱SÁNEĆ nation.

The site, located in Cordova Bay near Victoria, British Columbia, has significant cultural and historical importance, yet it has been challenged by over a century and a half of “settler colonialism.”

The discoveries include a massive rock wall forming a “U” shape in the bay, functioning as a fish trap that would capture smelt and herring during low tides, the Art Newspaper has reported.

READ MORE: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/07/first-nation-village-archaeological-dig-british-columbia

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