Can You Help Us with Darkwater (formerly Darky) Lake?
Monday, April 30th, 2012submitted by: Bob Evans
Darkwater Lake has two sites, both near the south end of the lake. One is on the west shore and the other on the east shore. While the images on both sites on Darkwater Lake can be fairly easily seen, there is evidence that the site has been repainted since the original images were painted on the cliff. We discussed evidence for repainting in the Northwoods Pictograph Bulletin for Darkwater Lake. We would like to find photographs taken decades ago to compare the images across time.
Photos would only be of interest if they were taken at least in or before the 1950’s. Not only would we like to see if there is evidence or repainting but images on this site appear to be of different time periods, or perhaps to have been painted with different pigment or binding agents. Images that are very bright right next to ones that can hardly be seen bring this question to mind.
If you have in your family photo albums or old records, old photos of this site we would like to hear from you. If you are aware of people who might have paddled this area prior to the 50’s we would like to know how to contact them. If you have any of this information, please contact us at info@northwoodsmemoriesmmp.com or call us at 405-823-0469.
Thanks.
Tags: archaeology, Boundary Waters, BWCA, canoe, canoe country, culture, Darkwater Lake, Darky Lake, indian pictograph, Northwoods Pictographs, Ojibwa, Ojibway, photo analysis, pictograph, pictographs, Quetico, Quetico Provincial Park, repainting