OAS Symposium 2024 – Events

2024 Annual Symposium
of the
Ontario Archaeological Society

Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 2024

Valhalla Inn – Viking Room

1. Morning and afternoon workshops – Flintknapping workshop/lithic
   raw material exchange, pottery
2. Afternoon – OAS Board meeting
3. Afternoon – OAS Chapter Presidents’ Meeting

Thunder Bay Museum – https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com

1. Evening opening Reception
   1. Exclusive viewing of the museum
   2. Bus from the Valhalla Inn to the museum and back

SATURDAY, OCT. 26, 2024

Valhalla Inn – Scandia I, II, and II Rooms & Viking Room

1. All day – two presentation sessions, poster session,
   silent auction, craftsperson sales
2. 4:15-6:00 pm – OAS Annual Business Meeting (in person and
   via Zoom)
3. Evening buffet supper and annual OAS awards ceremony

SUNDAY, OCT. 27, 2024

Valhalla Inn – Scandia I, II, III rooms

1. Morning – two presentation sessions, coffee break
2. Closing ceremony at noon
3. Brief lunch break
4. Afternoon – field trips (please note: space may be limited)
   1. Fort William Historical Park – Thunder Bay’s largest tourist venue replicates life in ca. 1815 in the area at Fort William, the inland trading post headquarters of the North West Company as experienced by Indigenous and non-Indigenous newcomers; located along the Kaministiquia River
      1. Special tour and copper workshop activities
      2. Bus from the Valhalla Inn to the park and back
   2. Early period (PalaeoIndigenous) sites and geomorphology tour with Drs. Matt Boyd and Dave Norris
      1. Thunder Bay has probably the largest concentration of early sites in Canada, which are centred on glacial Lake Minong (now Lake Superior) and the lithic material quarrying of the Gunflint formation
      2. Bus leaving Valhalla Inn, touring, and return