Discovering Ontario · Drawing 13 of 32
A Reconstructed Longhouse
Crawford Lake · Ontario
At Crawford Lake, reconstructed longhouses help visitors learn about an earlier village. Their curved roofs and bark panels suggest Indigenous building knowledge.
Did you know?
The reconstructions recall a fifteenth-century Iroquoian village.
Look together
What shape does the longhouse roof make?
An idea to try
Use paper to make a curved roof over a rectangle.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Excavations at Crawford Lake revealed longhouse traces and many everyday objects. The buildings seen today are reconstructions. Iroquoian describes a cultural and linguistic tradition here; it does not automatically identify the village with one present-day nation. Indigenous peoples also form living communities today.
Look together: What shape does the longhouse roof make? Use paper to make a curved roof over a rectangle.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Conservation Halton: Crawford LakePlace, history or natural feature described on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-02. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
