From Stadacona to the REM · Drawing 01 of 36
5,000 years of traces by the river
For about 5,000 years
At Pointe-du-Buisson, Indigenous peoples left traces over about 5,000 years. Archaeologists find objects from different periods there. This drawing imagines a fishing camp beside the river.
Look together
What is the person near the water doing?
An idea to try
Bury three small objects in a tub of sand and let your child “excavate” them with a paintbrush. Talk about what an object can tell about the people who used it.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
Pointe-du-Buisson is in Beauharnois, beside the St. Lawrence. Its archaeological sites document about 5,000 years of human presence. Fishing camps and recovered objects do not all belong to the same period: they cannot be combined into one scene dated 5,000 years ago.
The drawing evokes fishing without assigning this camp to a specific nation or date. Help your child distinguish observed remains from archaeologists’ interpretations.
Sources and context (2)
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Société des musées du Québec — Pointe-du-Buisson, Musée québécois d’archéologie
- Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec — Site archéologique de la Pointe-du-Buisson
Source review: 2026-09-19. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.