Pre-European Settlement

Chris Vickers completed a series of archaeological digs in the Mound Builder and Assiniboine sites in Southern Manitoba between 1940 and 1950.

These reports were prepared for the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba and are now in the collection of the University of Manitoba.

This document provides the web address for the most thorough report on the Calf Mountain excavation undertaken by Henry Montgomery in 1909.

A summary of the Hind Expedition's general report of the journey along the Assiniboine River to Saskatchewan in 1858.

This document includes the journal entry ‘Itinerary” version of Henry Youle Hind’s two week long journey from Fort Garry to Fort Ellice via the Souris River, during the summer of 1858. The art work is by John Flemming.

Star Mound has been a well known gathering site for centuries and was one of the sites consistently mentioned by the early explorers of Manitoba. On the height of the hiss is a turtle shaped mound. The Star Mound school originally stood below the height of the hill, but was moved to the height by the community to provide a focus for their heritage site. 

A history of the community centred around the Aboriginal Heritage Site on Star Mound, Manitoba.