The Comox Harbour
Fish Trap Complex
Results of highly detailed mapping and radiocarbon dating at a vast and largely unknown intertidal fish trap complex indicate a large-scale, technologically sophisticated Aboriginal trap fishery operated at Comox Harbour, Vancouver Island, British Columbia between about 1,300 and 100 years ago.
Ancient Fish Traps
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The K’ómoks Estuary- A cultural & archaeological treasure
This video was produced and prepared through the Comox Valley National Historic Site Committee, as a descriptive information piece to go along with the submission to the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada to respect, honor and give Historic Site recognition to the Ancient Wood Stake Fish Trap System studied by Community Archaeologist Nancy Greene and Geologist David McGee in the K’ómoks Estuary.
Estuary Archeology and Fish Traps
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Wooden stakes create archeological excitement
By Lindsay Chung - Comox Valley Record, Published: December 02, 2010 "There are thousands of wooden stakes sticking out of the mud in...