• 2010-06-21 - The End
    The field work portion of the 2010 field school has officially come to a close. Friday was a wet, muddy day which made backfilling the excavation trenches messy work.
  • 2010-06-18 - Rain + Important Documentation = Creativity
    Today was devoted to perhaps the least exciting aspect of field work - paperwork.
  • 2010-06-17 - The Final Chapter: Screening and the North Wall
    Today was the final full day of excavation and we were lucky enough to have warm, sunny weather. As is typical in archaeology, some of the most interesting finds have occurred right at the end.
  • 2010-06-16 - It's Crunch Time
    As excavations near an end we are attempting to focus our attention on areas where we can gain the most information in the least amount of time.
  • 2010-06-15 - The Governor's House opens the door to discovery.
    The final week is off to a good start - the weather is wonderful and we finally didn't begin the week by bailing water out of the trenches.
  • 2010-06-10 - Smile for the Cameras
    Today was the busiest day at the site so far. It didn't take long for this morning's media release to draw the reporters to Upper Fort Garry.
  • 2010-06-09 - Rain is no damper for these diggers
    Tuesday was a damp start and the students quickly became accustomed to working in the rain - thankfully they all brought their rain gear - some was a little oversized, but they made do!
  • 2010-06-08 - And we're off to the lab.
    Week 3 is off to a great start and everybody enjoyed the sunshine today. Although our day started with the usual Monday morning bail out, things dried out fairly quickly in the warm weather.
  • 2010-06-07 - The "yellow store" and more...
    Week 2 ended with everyone in good spirits after having made a lot of progress. Many of the features being discovered by the students are starting to fall into place with respect to the larger site.
  • 2010-06-04 - Dry Land, at Last
    Work is coming along very well and now that things have dried out and we've had a few nice days, the students have really started making good progress.
  • 2010-06-03 - A "Breezy" Start...
    As you can see from the pictures, work is now well underway at the Upper Fort Garry field school. We did get off to a bit of a slow start as the first day fell smack dab in the middle of a wind storm.
$10.3 Million Raised to date.