Archaeology of the 1858 Gold Rush

Speaker: Prof. Brian Pegg, archaeologist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Title: Archaeology of the 1858 Gold Rush

Description: Prof. Pegg has lead several field schools and other surveys of indigenous, mining, and settler sites in the Fraser Canyon, with fascinating historic and indigenous finds. He will explain the role of indigenous people in the pivotal historic events that took place between 1858 (the Fraser Canyon gold rush) and 1863 (the completion of the Cariboo Wagon Road)