Indigenous artifacts that may be up to 4,523 years old have been found in a downtown Hamilton park, city officials say.
An archeological dig at Victoria Park, where the city is also installing a spray pad, unearthed a stemmed point and triangular point both made of stone. The city said they may be up to 4,523 and 1,523 years old, respectively. Five flint flakes were also found.
There are also artifacts that aren’t Indigenous, including an 1859 Queen Victoria coin, a 16th Regiment military button made in 1860 and a carved-bone, single domino piece.
Wes Kindree, the city’s landscape architectural services supervisor, said archeological
