![]() The Courte's settled on the land in 1947 and sold it to a consortium in 1965. Nichol farmed the land until his death in 1934 when the property was deeded to Laura Courte, who sold it to her son Victor in 1945. Harry Nichol was the first colonial settler on the land and homesteaded 640 acres including this 20 acre parcel on the beach. The 20 acre property was bound by the ocean, Texada Street and Malaspina Avenue. Victor Irvin Courte (1912-1996) who owned the farm at the time. It was found at the Grief Point farm by Mr. This point (arrowhead) is 4.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide at the tail end. This testing gives archaeologists a geo-chemical fingerprint, and testing has shown that a significant proportion of obsidian artifacts from sites in southern British Columbia have been traced to sources in Oregon. They could also be hafted between pieces of split cedar and lashed in place along either one or two edges creating a formidable weapon or projectile.įor archaeologists trying to understand the systems of trade, obsidian can also be traced to its geological source using techniques such as x-ray fluorescence, which is non-destructive and inexpensive. These razor sharp tools were most commonly used for cutting fish. Obsidian, a naturally occurring volcanic glass, is unique for its fine flaking quality and extremely sharp cutting edge. Because it is so sharp, many ancient hunters and fishers made it into tiny knives called ‘microblades’. These vast trade networks, which used the Fraser and Columbia river systems, allowed for the trade of obsidian and other goods into the coastal zones from southern coastal British Columbia to Oregon. A southern Northwest Coast network of exchange and trade included lands bordering the Salish Sea and extending south to the lower Columbia River. ![]() The Grease Trail, named for the eulachon fish oil that was transported along the trail, runs from the Southern Dakelh territory (Williams Lake) to the coast nations of Bella Coola, and was an important trade route for the exchange of interior goods such as obsidian. Extremely rare on the coast, obsidian was a valuable trade item. Obsidian has been a part of the Indigenous cultural pattern in the Pacific northwest for at least 9500 years with evidence of both inter and intra-group exchange on the coast and in the interior.
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