SOURCE: Toronto Star
6-15-13
tags: Canada, Toronto Star, First Nations, Sarnia, Prince Edward Island
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6-15-13
400-year-old skeleton of aboriginal woman found
Breaking Newstags: Canada, Toronto Star, First Nations, Sarnia, Prince Edward Island
A Sarnia couple who set out to build a fence dug up more than they bargained for recently when they unearthed a 400-year-old skeleton and got stuck with a $5,000 bill from the province.
The archeological misadventure began two weeks ago when Ken Campbell came across some bones while digging post holes in their backyard.
He put them aside, thinking they must have belonged to an animal. The following week, his wife, Nicole Sauve, asked about the bones, which sat unceremoniously atop a bucket of earth
“I said, ‘They’re not animal bones, Ken. Let’s dig some more and see what we can find,’ ”she said....
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