Saving the history carved into landscape of Canada's Waterton Lakes National park
A tree marked by Joe Cosley discovered at the original site of John George “Kootenai” Brown's cabin in Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. (photo provided)
Park Ranger Joe Cosley poses in uniform for an official park service portrait in 1912. (Canadian National Parks Services Archive Photo)
A photo of John George ‘Kootenai’ Brown taken in Pincher Creek, Alberta sometime after 1898. (Glenbow Library and Archive)
A tree near the John George “Kootenai” Brown cabin marked with several letters and numbers. Their meaning is unknown. (photo provided)
A culturally modified tree near the John George “Kootenai” Brown cabin marked with the letters ZEKE and number 88. Their meaning is unknown. (photo provided)
Archaeologists and preservationists are working together to record information on a group of culturally modified trees (CMT) in Canada’s Waterton Lakes National Park.
Using cutting edge laser scanning technology, archaeologists with the University of Calgary have created an extremely detailed model of the human-carved trees surrounding the original site of a cabin once inhabited by Waterton Lakes’ first park ranger, John George “Kootenai” Brown...
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