Archaeological Sites in Canada
Bayer's Lake Mystery Walls
The Bayer's Lake Mystery Walls are stone ruins of unknown origin in Halifax, Nova Scotia, consisting of a small five-sided building outline and a 150-metre wall with ditches, both built from…
British Block Cairn
The British Block Cairn (Ed0p-1) is a pre-contact Indigenous site on the Suffield Block in Alberta, Canada[1]. Excavated in the summers of 1961 and 1962, the site dates to approximately 1400 CE[1].…
Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel
The Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel (Iniskim Umaapi) is a sacred site of the Blackfoot Nation located south of Bassano, Alberta. Dated to approximately 3200 BC through artifact stratification, it…
Peterborough Petroglyphs
The Peterborough petroglyphs are the largest collection of ancient First Nations petroglyphs (rock carvings) in Ontario. The carvings were created in the pre-Columbian era and represents aspects of…
Petroglyph Provincial Park
Petroglyph Provincial Park, established in 1948 at the south end of Nanaimo, British Columbia, protects the largest known concentration of indigenous petroglyphs in Canada. The sandstone carvings,…
Rocks of Saskatchewan
The Mystery Rocks of Saskatchewan near the Cypress Hills is a strange place. Very little is known about these rocks. Located on private land, permission is required to access them.