8000 BC:
Ice age ending. Rising waters cover Bering land bridge.
5200 BC: The
Stó:lō people are living alongside the
Fraser River near what is now
Mission, B.C. (Some[who?] say they may have been as early as 9000 BC)
5000 BC: Native peoples have spread into what is now Northern
Ontario and South-eastern
Quebec.
c. 3500 BC: In Canada's south-west
Yukon, the beaver tooth gouge comes into use. It becomes an important tool for woodworking in the subarctic area.
c. 2700 BC:
Copper implements and ornaments are fashioned by the "Old Copper" culture of
Wisconsin from ore found in the area around
Lake Superior.
c. 1400 BC: At a cemetery near
Port aux Choix in
Newfoundland, treasured and useful articles, as well as carved images of animals and birds, are buried with the dead.
c. 1100 BC: Woodland hunters in eastern North America depended on the
canoe in their search for game. River travel gives them access to new forest areas.
c. 1000 BC: The
Woodland tradition of eastern North America begins. This tradition is characterized by
burial mounds and elaborate earthworks.
8000 BC:
Ice age ending. Rising waters cover Bering land bridge.
5200 BC: The
Stó:lō people are living alongside the
Fraser River near what is now
Mission, B.C. (Some[who?] say they may have been as early as 9000 BC)
5000 BC: Native peoples have spread into what is now Northern
Ontario and South-eastern
Quebec.
c. 3500 BC: In Canada's south-west
Yukon, the beaver tooth gouge comes into use. It becomes an important tool for woodworking in the subarctic area.
c. 2700 BC:
Copper implements and ornaments are fashioned by the "Old Copper" culture of
Wisconsin from ore found in the area around
Lake Superior.
c. 1400 BC: At a cemetery near
Port aux Choix in
Newfoundland, treasured and useful articles, as well as carved images of animals and birds, are buried with the dead.
c. 1100 BC: Woodland hunters in eastern North America depended on the
canoe in their search for game. River travel gives them access to new forest areas.
c. 1000 BC: The
Woodland tradition of eastern North America begins. This tradition is characterized by
burial mounds and elaborate earthworks.