Artifacts Found During the Francois-Finlay Post Excavation in 1964

Database ID	27002
Institution	Saskatchewan Archives Board
Fonds/Collection	Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection
Series	S-B
File/Item Reference	S-B-5588
Date of creation	1964
Physical description/extent	1 photograph; 16.5 x 16.5
Number of images	1
Historical note	The Francois-Finlay Post was the first "pedlar" post on the Saskatchewan River was a combined effort of François Le Blanc, a veteran of the La Vérendrye family's 1740's expeditions, and James Finlay, a Scottish-born businessman. Located just about 150 kilometres east of Prince Albert, below Finlay's Falls near present-day Nipawin, Saskatchewan, the stockaded post was the focus of 20th century archeological excavations.
Scope and content	Artifacts found during the Francois-Finlay Post excavation near Nipawin in 1964. Included are a musket ball and flintlock tumbler (top centre); a bent iron rod and gun maker's punch beside a bone fragment, bottom centre; with a charred log lying in the centre.
Restrictions on access	See Saskatchewan Archives Board
Copyright holder	Unknown
Copyright expiry date	Unknown
Type	Archival
Primary Media	Photographs
Provenance Access Point	Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection
Place	Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada Tobin Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Treaty boundaries	Treaty 6
Cultural region	Plains Subarctic Canada -- National
Names	Finlay, James Francois-Finlay Post Le Blanc, Francois
Subject	Archaeology Forts Fur Trade Francois-Finlay Post
Date Range(s)	1776-1799 1960-1969
Permanent Link	https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/27002