MHM Manitoba's First Explorers - Boissevain MB
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 49° 13.817 W 100° 03.245
14U E 423258 N 5453590
This Manitoba Historical Marker is in a small park at the corner of Broadway Street and South Railway Street in Boissevain, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMED9Y
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 05/10/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member monkeys4ever
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Marker Name: Manitoba's First Explorers

Agency: Manitoba Heritage Council

Languages: English, French

Location:
Broadway Street and South Railway Street Boissevain


Marker Text:
Manitoba’s first explorers were Aboriginal people who entered the region from the south over 11,000 years ago. At that time, only a small portion of the province was accessible, as most of it was covered by an ice sheet or glacial lakes. These first people hunted now-extinct species of Ice Age animals and manufactured a distinctive style of stone spear point. The scarcity of such artifacts indicates that the earliest explorers were members of a small, highly mobile population whose territory included present-day southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. As time went on, the ice sheet gradually melted and the glacial lakes slowly drained away. The central and northern regions of Manitoba soon supported a variety of plant and animal resources that drew the attention of indigenous hunters and gatherers. By 7,000 years ago, most of the province had been explored and subsequently occupied by successive generations of Manitoba’s first people. This plaque was erected at Boissevain in 1993 by the Manitoba Heritage Council.


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