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Being an archeologist means never having

+o say you're boring. Al McMillan, an

anthropology instructor at Douglas
College, should know: he is popping off
+o Fort St. John this summer for another
interesting project.

Under the auspices of the Simon Fraser
University archeology department,
McMillan will be joining a team of
| researchers in July to conduct a study
on the earliest fur trade post in the
province.

Lucky to be Involved in this Research

McMillan, who has done similar work with
native Indian bands, and university and
| college teams around the province, con-
siders himself lucky to be involved in
this type of research.

The site he is heading towards is the
original town of Fort. St. John, the
first Northwest Company trade fur post
on the mainland of British Columbia.

Along with an historian, an ethno-historian,
and a physicist,McMillan will help gather
+he available information without digging
up the site.

"This is just a preliminary look at the
site before the SFU team returns for
more detailed work next year," McMillan
says. "The interesting thing about this
particular job is that the site was only
in use from 1784 to 1805.

"A+ that time the company packed up and
moved the fort to where the city stands
today."

The project has received funding from
the B.C. Heritage Trust for historic
archeology, and it represents a shift

in the sort of work this Douglas College
instructor usually is involved with.

"|l'yve always been interested in prehis-~
toric archeology, and have never taken

the opportunity to look at something where
we have written records of what happened,"
McMillan says. "It's really very exciting
for an archeologist.

- DOUGLAS COLLEGE NEWS SERVICES

 

All Staff, Faculty & Administration

Thank you for the overwhelming amount of
contributions for Aline Abraham, the
security guard who had a heart attack a
few weeks ago.

She was over joyed with the gift, a
beautiful bathroom set, and the remainder
of money from the gift. It did her a
world of good to know that so many
individuals in the College are so thought-
ful and caring when someone is ill.

Lucille Keim,
Security Supervisor

 

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