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Bedford
Barrens
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Bedford Barrens Petroglyphs are rock carvings made by Mi'kmaq Ancestors. They are sacred to the Mi'kmaq people and are traces of their past. In 1983, Micheal Ross was walking along a flat ridge of quartzlike rock. He took pictures and his mother took them to the Nova Scotia Museum. It was determined that they were of Mi'kmaq origin. They were photographed and studied by a researcher in Archaeology at the Royal Ontario Museum. It was found that the petroglyphs had been cut and drilled into the rock using stone tools. The petroglyphs appeared to date back to a period before the arrival from Europe of metal tools (1500A.D.). The petroglyphs predate any other known petroglyph site in Atlantic Canada. The Mi'kmaq people were not notified of their existence until 1989 by a local group of residents who wanted to save the Bedford Barrens from being destroyed by developers. To this date only a portion of the land has been preserved. Of the 90 acres of land that is to be developed only 4 acres have been set aside. The Mi'kmaq people feel that this is not enough and that the whole area should be preserved and protected. The petroglyphs are found along a ledge above the Bedford Basin.
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