I was reviewing Furtman's book and he suggest that there might be a picto on southern McAree (western shore live above Rebecca Falls.

Has anyone found this picto?  What symbols are present?  Do you remember any details about the location?

Thx.

dd

Here it again a bit larger.  It is an abstract?  Not really sure.

I did in the early 80's before I started taking pictures of the pictographs. I want to see it again before I officially count it in my quest to see all the pictographs in the BWCA and Quetico.  I only have 5 sites left out of 60. You must be planning a trip....

Are they still finding new ones?

5/60 left, kudos!

I don't think they have.  I only know that experts consider them to be somewhere between 300-400 years old based on when the Ojibwe have lived in the area.  Also, lichen that has grown over pictographs has a known rate of growth and that has been used to date them. Schoolcraft (1850) noted some in his explorations and drew them.  Other explorers asked their guides "who did these?" and they said they didn't know.  I also heard that the Montgomery Creek pictographs may be older (from Park personnel).  Bob Evans and Edwind Trout have researched all the pictos and have been publishing "Bulletins" so that people can find them easier.  They include lots of interesting facts in the brochures also.  I went with them to Swartman lake.  We bushwhacked there a few years ago.  People have come out of the woods literally to tell the of sights that are not known about.  There are some interesting stories to tell about these new pictographs and hopefully they will share them with everyone sometime. Happy pictograph hunting.  Kim