Event Information
Seagull Lake Community Center
12059 Gunflint TrailGrand Marais, MN 55604
About
The presentation
will review the history and archaeology of the Fur Trade period (ca.
1680-1860) in the eastern Boundary Waters Canoe Area, including a
detailed look at artifacts, historical records, and oral histories from
the Lake Saganaga area.
Lee’s research interests include the archaeology and history of the
fur trade period in the western Lake Superior Basin, prehistoric
hunter-gatherer economies in the sub-boreal region of North America, and
the history and ethnography of the Border Lakes Anishinaabeg.
Lee has received an undergraduate degree in Anthropology and History
from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Masters of Anthropology
from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He has worked as a
biological technician, wildland firefighter, and archaeological
technician for the Superior National Forest since 2001, and has served
as the Forest Archaeologist since 2012. He has also worked for the
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Office, the Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources, and in a previous life, as a wilderness canoe
guide for private and non-profit organizations.