Canada's Past
Sharing the Experience
Many thousands of years have passed since humans first stepped foot on this land we now call Canada and we have been leaving clues to our passing ever since.
From stone spear heads made by Ice Age hunters who dared the treacherous Beringia passage to evidence of refined silver mining and crafting in the Great Lakes region over two thousand years ago and ill-fated 19th-century shipwrecks submerged in icy Arctic waters, Canadian archaeologists and historians regularly traverse the complex and interwoven pathways of the past to reveal insights into the lives of those who passed before us.
But 20,000 years and 10 million square kilometres is a lot of time and space and, in a very real sense, our discoveries have only just begun.
Who is Explorken?
We are heritage professionals!
We have excavated archaeological sites, pored over historical records, analyzed all manner of data, experimented with innovative methods and written up the results of our efforts for publication in scholarly journals and books.
But, throughout it all, we have always remembered that most Canadians do not have access to the information we do: the stories, big and small, that allow us to begin to know those who went before, understand who we are today and inspire us as we reach for a hopeful tomorrow.
Explorken was created to share these stories! Come along and explore with us!