<< Our Photo Pages >> Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir - Stone Row / Alignment in Canada
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Multi-periodSite Name: Coast Salish Stone Fish Weir Alternative Name: Ancient Stone Fish FenceCountry: Canada
NOTE: This site is 39.811 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Vancouver Nearest Village: North Vancouver
Latitude: 49.311389N Longitude: 123.15222W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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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.
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