Caption
Shades of a warlike past are recalled by Anne Shiels seen brandishing a tomahawk in the Huron Indian village at Midland. The palisaded village, which duplicates a Huron community of 1610, has been reconstructed from written records of the first white men in the area and from recent excavations.
Release Date
October 25, 1955
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Taylor, HerbCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Dr. Wilfred Jury, Western University archaeologist who supervised reconstruction of the Huron village, directs summer students digging for artifacts at the 'Forget' site near Midland. The spot is the site of Indian community thought to be over 400 years old.
Date
July 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB73864
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176061
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Visitors to the Indian village examine pelts similar to those the Hurons themselves prepared for trade with Champlain and the coureurs de bois. Interior of the longhouse, winter living quarters, has been furnished with longhouse articles; stocked with dried meats, fish, herbs and vegetables.
Date
July 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB73869
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176062
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Battered hull of the British naval schooner 'Tecumseth' lies at rest near the Fort Penetanguishene museum. Built on Niagara River in 1814 for defence against the States, Tecumseth plied the waters of Georgian Bay till 1819. The ship was raised from the harbour at Penetang in 1953.
Date
July 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB73878
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176063
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Huronia, that section of Ontario's Georgian Bay country, once ruled by the mighty Huron nation, lives again to-day in a series of projects designed to perpetuate a colorful chapter in Canada's history. Together, the citizens of Simcoe county and Western University archaeologists have established the Huronia and Penetanguishene museums, have partially reconstructed Fort St. Marie and more recently reconstructed a complete Indian village. Seen above, the village contains bark covered longhouses and summer sleeping shelters, lookout tree, drying racks, a canoe in construction and even a tobacco patch.
Date
July 1, 1955
Accession Number
LAC-NFB73879
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176064
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #31: Huron Indian Village: Historic Past Recaptured
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
October 25, 1955
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Shades of a warlike past are recalled by Anne Shiels seen brandishing a tomahawk in the Huron Indian village at Midland. The palisaded village, which duplicates a Huron community of 1610, has been reconstructed from written records of the first white men in the area and from recent excavations.
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