Featured: Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019!

Random Image


Wormhill, Derbyshire

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds

Who's Online

There are currently, 293 guests and 6 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

More Choices

Contribute to our running costs
Webrings
News Feeds
Megalithic Mysteries
Our Online Shop

<< Our Photo Pages >> Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir - Stone Row / Alignment in Canada

Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Friday, 21 May 2021  Page Views: 1405

Multi-periodSite Name: Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir Alternative Name: Ancient Stone Fish Fence
Country: Canada Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Vancouver  Nearest Village: North Vancouver
Latitude: 49.311389N  Longitude: 123.15222W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

Internal Links:
External Links:

Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Ancient stone fish trap. (Vote or comment on this photo)
When the tide is low, you'll get a rare look at the rocky remnants of a fish trap created many centuries ago by local Coast Salish people, now preserved along the shoreline of Stanley Park, Vancouver. Two lines of Rock "Fences" both curved loosely away from the seawall. These were used to catch fish. At high tide, fish swam in through a small opening which the fishermen then closed off with a net or weir to trap the fish. Using hand nets they caught only the fish they needed, then set the rest free.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Lines of rock arranged by ancient people to trap salmon. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Rock fish weir used by ancient people to catch salmon when the tide went to out. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Ancient people built rock fish trap along the shores of Stanley Park. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Part of the Information Sign that tells of how the ancient rock formations were made and that they were used as a tidal fish trap to catch salmon as well as crabs and the occasional seal. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir
Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Information Sign at the ancient stone fish trap on the western shore of Stanley Park.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 405m SW 220° Skalsh Rock* Rock Outcrop
 1.9km ESE 122° Xwayzway Village* Ancient Village or Settlement
 9.0km WSW 239° Museum of Anthropology - University of British Columbia* Museum
 22.9km SE 137° Glenrose Cannery* Ancient Village or Settlement
 22.9km SE 138° Sewqueqsen Settlement at St.Mungo Cannery* Ancient Village or Settlement
 32.2km S 174° Tsawwassen Long House Site* Ancient Village or Settlement
 41.2km SE 142° P'Quals White Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 45.4km WSW 245° Degnen Bay Site* Rock Art
 46.9km WNW 293° shíshálh Nation tems swiya Museum Museum
 50.7km WSW 255° Lock Bay Site* Rock Art
 52.2km WSW 246° Cedar by the Sea Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 55.9km NW 310° Salmon Inlet Barrow Cemetery
 59.3km WSW 252° Petroglyph Provincial Park (British Columbia)* Rock Art
 67.8km ESE 105° Xaytem Ancient Native Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement
 76.1km ESE 111° Sumas Lightning Rock* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
 115.2km WNW 301° Pictographs near Powell River ferry terminal Rock Art
 115.9km SSW 194° Race Rocks Ecological Reserve* Ring Cairn
 128.3km W 270° Sproat Lake Petroglyphs* Rock Art
 133.2km S 190° Tse-whit-zen Barrow Cemetery
 136.6km WNW 288° Comox Estuary* Ancient Village or Settlement
 136.8km WNW 287° Comox Harbor Ancient Fish Trap* Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
 150.3km SW 226° Makah Cultural and Research Center Museum
 172.0km SW 223° Ozette Ancient Village or Settlement
 173.0km SW 222° Wedding Rock* Rock Art
 182.6km SSE 166° Haleets* Rock Art
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Whiteley Crag RB4 and Cairn Cemetery

Gwynfaes Maenhir >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Contribute!

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit
· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

Stonehenge Complete

Stonehenge Complete

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir" | Login/Create an Account | 2 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir by drolaf on Monday, 31 May 2021
(User Info | Send a Message)
i wonder if these fish traps have been dated? the ones in Australia go back thousands of years.
[ Reply to This ]

The Transect - British Columbia Archaeology podcast by Andy B on Friday, 21 May 2021
(User Info | Send a Message)
Since 2016, The Transect hosts, Kody Huard, Sean Connaughton, and Ian Sellers, have produced fourteen episodes, predominantly in the mode of a kitchen table conversation with a single guest. Their self-description is not inaccurate but undersells the show. Its tone is by turns jocular, irreverent, and earnest; its charisma is in the pleasure taken by archaeologists sharing stories.

http://www.allbudsnoduds.com/the-transect

https://bcstudies.com/new_media_review/the-transect-podcast-review/

https://twitter.com/the_transect
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.