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Events from the BCs in Canada. ==Events== * c. 40,000-30,000 BC: Prehistoric hunters (Paleo-Indians) migrate from Asia across the Bering strait land bridge to settle * 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 say they may have been as early as 9000 B.C.) * 5000 BC: Native peoples have spread into what is now Northern Ontario and Southeastern Quebec. * c. 3500 BC: In Canada's southwest 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. * 2000 BC: Inuit peoples begin to move into what is now the Northwest Territories. * c. 1900 BC: The Red Paint People, who live on the banks of Maine's Penobscot River, spread red ochre over their dead and their grave offerings. * c. 1600 BC: In Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Ontario, the glacial Kame peoples use the gravel ridges formed by melting glaciers for burial sites. * 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. * c. 700 BC: The civilization at Poverty Point, Louisiana, is at its peak, importing materials from as far away as the Great Lakes and Appalachian Mountains areas. * 500 BC: Northwest Coast native peoples begin to flourish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prehistory to 1st century BC in Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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