“Archaeologis _ You can’t start preservin the past until you’ve found evidence of it. And the most important part of finding anything is knowing where to look . Te Rocky ‘Mountain House National Historic Park, west of Red Deer, is one of the best .places to start looking for traces of western Canada’s fur-trading past. A look into this park: is taking ‘Parks Canada ar- chaeologists back to a time when the beaver was king of beasts in Canada and for- tunes were made and lost in ‘a few hours of bargaining over Canadian beaver pelts in fur-trading houses in 18th Even though Rock . Mountain House is one of the | oldest fur-trading sites in Alberta, it. is western Canada’s youngest national historic park. “But Don Steer,. project. archaeologist, is grateful for the. park’s’- youth. “Limited archaeology has. been done here in the past and the opportunities for finding something new .of . the past are great,” he said. -Digging for history began in earnest at Rocky _Mountain House last summer and already the: ‘remains of two additional, - ‘the men was _ There is even a report that chewan River near the: present-day town of Rocky Mountain: House. “The North West .Com-: pany fort was called Rocky Mountain House and the Hudson's Bay Company fort was named Acton House. Both forts were used up until ~ the two companies merged: in 1821," said. Mr. Steer. . _ Historians believe it was the North West Company fort that continued to be used -—s after .. .':the. amalgamation and that Acton House Was aban- — - doned. ~ Mr. Steer ‘said Rocky © Mountain House was used on and-off by the new Y company but deteriorated so badly during. times of distise that a new fort: was: built in 1835. This third fort was used continuously from; 1835 to 1861. —- ‘4 Life at the fort was precarious. Returns on furs: were not always good,' supplying’ enough food for _ from ifficult. andy in the area for about three years after that. But it ‘geems that in 1864, the Hudson’s Bay Company returned and built a tem- -porary fort to house their operation until a permanent fort .could be - built: “Historians. think the - company used the tem- porary structure until the permanent fort was finished in 1868. This last fort was the - Following the appearance of a press. item inviting Canadian women to submit _ short dramatic scripts to the: NFB for possible films, the. ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. July 7, 1976, 11 ts dig up Rocky Mounta fifth in the series and lasted: until 1875 when the Hudson's Bay Company gave up forts’ around Rocky Mountain House for good,” said Mr. Steer. 7 , The current excavations. may establish whether the ‘story happened exactly as the historians suppose and a crew of 20 workers will be. looking for clues. kept busy all summer short takes. / “Yet, as Don _ The digging will goon at. -. ‘Rocky Mountain House..- National Historic Park until: nearly all of the -secrets : hidden in the soil are ex- . posed. there is always something to; find and perhaps the past. ~ will continue to hoard some” . small part of the story even. - though the archeaologists do’ : have a pretty . good: idea, : where ‘to look. cy Yeung award-winning Board at the Oberhausen’ ” ‘pitcher, Ferguson Jenkins Sport Film. Festival in Loy of Chatham, Ontario is best- Germany when top® prize - known as a winner for the: was given to “King Of The ~. _ hicago Cubs, the Texas: Hill’, a one-hour film profile ngers and the Boston Red on Jenkins directed by .. OS Board received 900 scripts’ Sox. Recently however he: William Canning’ and . «861 women.’ won for the National Film: Donald Brittain... «© a . cy ° : hostile: Indians threatene the fort. a group of Blackfoot burned abandoned. ° -the fort shortly after it was There was no fur-trading él - Sauna Bath ~ Swimming Pool — dyoeeae ry < oa . {Dining Room Op (11: 30'a.m. - 7:30 en Seer Sener ernie ree iy pm, ne bende! i ot Buffet Tunch| ee etait ervey megpenneme , f (11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. f Jo 4 4828 ee forts have been exposed. * - Mr: Steer said that earlier archaeological parties had Hwy. 16 West | located two other. posts and that the two found last~ ' summer were uncoveredd because of. meticulous. field . work and thorough research . - into historical accounting of ‘the area... °° -_ “Much ‘of what we have — |, discovered has proved the = BY MORT WALIER eee DENEBAET YOU NEVER GO... ANYWHERE, SARGE. | WHAT DO YOu: gg DO WITH.ALL YOUR PAYZ ~ gld accounts to be true and if; we can--rely on = our preliminary ‘findings, the’ ~ - _ . four posts range in age from about 100 to 200 years,” he said oo -- Last year’s digging was.a; major attraction for over! — 10,000 visitors to the historic ‘pur sr iN-THE | SERGEANTS” |. TRUST & SAVINGS. C) BANS O king eamcaes Byisicats, tnc.. 1878, Word nents reserved, { x.DION'T KNOW - THERE: WAS. SUCH A BANK’ " “park and the-digs planned’ - for this summer promise to- unearth: more evidence of old Hunson’s Bay and North - West company buildings: - and ‘many more artifacts: from early fur-trading periods. -Mr..\Steer has been on - ~ several digs sponsored by ~ Parks: Canada and other; ~ organizations across! | ~ Canada: He said: “‘Once you. start looking in an area, you — js _ always find something, but ~ what we have found so far at ROC ae THAT THE. | SCHOOL DRESS CODE." OUGHT TO PERMIT THESE T-SHIRTS WITH gpm —— —THesavines JOH, LET THE HAVE THE! Rocky Mountain House has ~ ? “been. really exciting.’ “The purpose of the field work is to unravel the Es “FOR ADOLESCENT, THOSE SHIRTS-ARE - | | ‘A HARMLESS OuTLeT || y /t 4 : £1] TM NOT DISTURBED FORA : alail | i HALF HOURS TS uae os = ror UO complex story of historical -activity:in the area and to _ identify West and: Hudson’s Bay’. [GE _. companies ‘established. [anf trading: forts ‘close -to'.one ae another along the north the North Saskat- | vial won forts. ~ im << 1875.5 BLONDIE BY DZAN YOUNG AND JIM RAY D ~~ + T THOUGHT THAT WAS APRETTY -