Description

This wrought iron axe head was recovered from the French River (Double Rapids), along with other fur trade commodities, in the early 1960s. There are no maker's mark visible, though the design suggests it might be of French manufacture. The current interpretation for these objects is that they sank to the bottom of the river during canoe accidents. In the fur trade context, axes were sold both to fur traders and to Indigenous individuals and communities in exchange for furs and food.