Dean Clark, Dave Meyer and Don Welsh, working in the background on an archaeological dig at Fort Riviere Tremblante near Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Fort de la Rivière Tremblante (also called "Fort Tremblante", "Aspin House" and "Grant's House") was a trading post of the North West Company on the Assiniboine River from 1791 to 1798. It was in prime fur country and produced most of the beaver and otter pelts in the Assiniboine district. Many of the furs likely came from the forested area to the east that is now Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Saskatchewan). It was founded by Robert Grant in 1791 and from 1793 to 1798 Cuthbert Grant Sr was in charge. His more famous son was born here in 1793. It was closed in 1798 and burned down in 1800. It was located about 9 miles south southeast of Kamsack, Saskatchewan and west of Togo, Saskatchewan. It was located 500 paces east of the Assiniboine just above the mouth of the Rivière Tremblante which comes in from the east. Fort de la Rivière Tremblante was excavated by Hugh MacKie, a University of Saskatchewan archaeologist, in the summers of 1967 and 1968. This work demonstrated that it was a solidly built establishment with several episodes of construction as it was expanded through the years.

Earl A. Christianson working on an archaeological dig site near Saskatoon.

Tent at left with a male worker carrying a pail at right. Spruce trees and a [river] in background.

Donald Welsh, Dave Meyer and Hugh MacKie, working on an archaeological dig at Fort Riviere Tremblante near Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: Fort de la Rivière Tremblante (also called "Fort Tremblante", "Aspin House" and "Grant's House") was a trading post of the North West Company on the Assiniboine River from 1791 to 1798. It was in prime fur country and produced most of the beaver and otter pelts in the Assiniboine district. Many of the furs likely came from the forested area to the east that is now Duck Mountain Provincial Park (Saskatchewan). It was founded by Robert Grant in 1791 and from 1793 to 1798 Cuthbert Grant Sr was in charge. His more famous son was born here in 1793. It was closed in 1798 and burned down in 1800. It was located about 9 miles south southeast of Kamsack, Saskatchewan and west of Togo, Saskatchewan. It was located 500 paces east of the Assiniboine just above the mouth of the Rivière Tremblante which comes in from the east. Fort de la Rivière Tremblante was excavated by Hugh MacKie, a University of Saskatchewan archaeologist, in the summers of 1967 and 1968. This work demonstrated that it was a solidly built establishment with several episodes of construction as it was expanded through the years.

Elevated view of five workers working on an archaeological dig, one person writing on a tablet, people surrounded by boxes and other articles. Pile of dirt at right in background.

Three unidentified people working on an archaeological dig. Possible aerial view, hillside in the background.

Five workers bending over working on an archaeological dig; trees, bush and supplies in background.

Two women look at artifacts on a table; large lamp visible in background.

C. West and N. Loukides clean and reconstruct a skull from a prehistoric site near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Other skulls on shelves in background; pieces of bone scattered on their working table.

V. Thiessen cleans a skull from a prehistoric burial ground near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Skulls held in a cupboard in background, other pieces of bone scattered on the table.

N. Loukides, C. West and V. Thiessen working with jaw bones on a table from a prehistoric burial ground near Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Many labeled boxes stacked on shelves in background.

Doug Cherry, dean of Arts, presents the Judy Poole Fine Arts Prize in Art to Adrian Michael Vinish of Saskatoon at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Students seated at tables working; a collection of paintings hang on wall in background.

Elevated view of students seated in numbered chairs in the lecture theatre.

Students seated taking instruction from Ken Lochhead. Paintings on wall in background.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Campbell Lochhead, OC (1926-2006) was a Canadian professor and painter. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944. From 1945-1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. From 1946-1948, he studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia. From 1950 to 1964, he was the director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan – Regina Campus. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. In 1961, he exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton. From 1964-1973, he was an associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. In 1970, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher.” From 1973-1975, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. From 1975 to 1989, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. He was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Lochhead died in Ottawa in 2006.