Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
George Creed
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 volume 11 A1
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 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 volume 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 volume 11 A4
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 11 A5
Tracing of a petroglyph of a Mi'kmaq peaked cap
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 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 volume 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 volume 11 A8
Tracing of a petroglyph of four Mi'kmaq peaked caps
Date: 1888
Reference: George Creed Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 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 volume 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 volume 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 volume 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 volume 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 volume 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 volume 11 A15