Past Events & Activities

November 12. 2017 10am - 2:30pm

All people can trace their history and culture back in time to the Stone Age. 

Archaeologists around the world have studied stone tools and the importance that stone tool making had to the continued existence of human beings. 

Manitoba archaeologists Gord Hill, Chris Whaley and Gary Wowchuk will conduct the workshop to discuss and demonstrate the ancient production of stone artifacts in Manitoba. 

Manitoba Archaeological Society (MAS) volenteers will be on hand to celebrate Manitoba's rich cultural hisotry and answer questions on archaeology. Flint knappers Gord Hill and Chris Whaley will be demonstrating lithic (stone) tool reduction techiques. We hope to see you there!

The Pembina Valley Fur Council Rendezvous is an annual event on the third weekend in July, organized by the Pembina Fur Council and local Game & Fish Associations, primarily to educate young people about the fur trade. Events during the weekend included animal-skinning demonstrations, flint knapping, carving, black powder-shooting, tomahawk- and knife-throwing, and a ladies frying pan toss. A large display tent was set up for craft sales. Some in attendance dress to represent the era including MAS representative Chris Whaley.

The 2015 Manitoba Archaeological Society Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held in Winnipeg September 25th-27th. This year’s conference will focus on the Glacial Lake Agassiz Survey (GLAS), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. GLAS was a four-year project in environmental archaeology. It involved a systematic investigation of potential shoreline occupations of early Glacial Lake Agassiz in order to record and excavate Early Pre-European contact period sites that would have been located on its shoreline.