In 1887-88, George Creed, the postmaster in South Rawdon, Hants County – but also a keen amateur ethnologist – spent time in Queens County, where he carefully made some 350 tracings from the Mi’kmaq petroglyphs cut into the rocks at Fairy Lake. These petroglyphs record and illustrate the period in history, just after European contact, when the Mi’kmaq were turning from traditional beliefs and old ways to a new faith and new ways.
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A1
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A2
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap and decorative markings
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A3
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap with cross-hatching
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A4
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A5
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A6
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap with elaborate design
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A7
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap with elaborate design
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A8
Tracing of a petroglyph of four Mi'kmaq peaked caps
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A9
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap and a human figure
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A10
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap and a person, probably a man
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A11
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap and two decorative designs, including a double-curve
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A12
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap decorated with a star
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A13
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap with double-curve motif
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A14
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap with elaborate decoration
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 Vol. 11 A15
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