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February 17, 2002
Winter Tracking, Arrowheads,
Hand Drill and Shelters
(Photos and report by Walter Muma) |
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In the morning we went for a 2-hour walk in a
nearby wild area. In the winter we are able to walk far out into the
marsh, which is inaccessible during the rest of the year. A
bright sunny day, with fresh snow - a tracking paradise! |
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Here we found mink and
raccoon tracks running along the small creek, in and out of the
water.
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A beautifully clear set of raccoon tracks along a
fallen log. |
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We also did some tree
identification.
(For more info on Tree
Identification, visit the
Ontario Trees website)
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| After a break for lunch we
headed over to a nearby private collection of hundreds of arrowheads
and other artifacts.
But first we got distracted for awhile by Peter's
hand drill demonstration.
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Click on the small
photo to watch a movie of the handdrill in operation
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Windows media format (WMV)
320x240, 351 KB |
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For more info on Handdrills,
please visit the Wildwood Survival website, Handdrill
section.
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Then we headed inside to view the collection.
This picture shows a portion of it.
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And some more...
Afterwards we watched a video by John McPherson on
shelters.
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Here is this month's
mystery - a mystery artifact.
Does anyone know what this artifact is, or what it
was used for?
We have no idea. |
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| For more Tree ID information, visit the
Ontario Trees website.
For more pictures of this private arrowhead and artifact collection,
please see the Wildwood Survival
website, Wilderness Survival, Flintknapping section. |
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