Archaeology Day Set for October 1

Archaeology Day at Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City will be Sunday, October 1, and will feature an archaeology walking tour at 10:30 a.m. A slide presentation entitled "Archaeology at Michilimackinac" will be shown in the Church of Ste. Anne in Mackinaw City at 2:30 p.m. and Curator of Archaeology Dr. Lynn Evans will be available to field questions. Visitors also will be able to

examine visible ruins revealed through archaeology in the fort and view artifacts at the "Treasures from the Sand" exhibit in the Northwest Rowhouse.

Colonial Michilimackinac is the site of the nation's longest ongoing archaeological dig, dating to 1959. The fortified trading village is a National Historic Landmark that has been reconstructed based on the archaeological findings at the site.