Clearwater River Pictographs

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On the upper stretch of the Clearwater River, just after navigating the last set of rapids below Lloyd Lake, paddlers will be treated to the sight of vivid, red ochre paintings on the rocky outcroppings that line the riverbank. These aboriginal pictographs, preserved by the dryness of the steep rock face, are the furthest north and west of all such sites documented in Saskatchewan. Like other remarkably similar rock paintings across northern Canada, they are thought to be about 250 years old, relatively recent archaeological evidence of First Nations habitation that may go back as many as 5,000 years.

Beaver, Cree and Chipewayn First Nations peoples all have historical ties to the Clearwater River.

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