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04/07/2005 02:45AM
Was wondering if anyone has taken the time to find the pictographs on Seagull lake. There was mention of them in Michael furtmans book [Magic On The Rocks]. It didn't give much detail of what the pictographs were and only a general location of them. Are they worth trying to find? I saw the ones at Hegman Lake several years ago and thought they were really cool. Hard to imagine that the art work painted on the rocks could last so long exposed to all the elements. It would be neat to know what the artist was trying to say in their paintings.
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04/07/2005 09:54AM
I was unable to find them from Furtmans directions. At that time I had never seen any picto's before, and at times they can be hard to see... I've found many since, just have never been back to Seagull to look with a "trained eye".
If you look, take your time.
Hex
If you look, take your time.
Hex
05/30/2005 10:51PM
I just got back from my Seagull to Gabimichigami trip. I spent about an hour looking but could not find the pictographs described in Furtmans book. I talked to one of the outfitters on Seagull Lake and they did not believe there were pictos in that area. They said that several other people have tried to find them without any luck. It is possible that they were there at one time and mother nature had erased them. It is a rather large cliff and is full of moss and lichens so the pictos could be covered up. If anyone has found the pictographs I would like to here about it.
09/30/2020 11:00AM
tony: "I just got back from my Seagull to Gabimichigami trip. I spent about an hour looking but could not find the pictographs described in Furtmans book. I talked to one of the outfitters on Seagull Lake and they did not believe there were pictos in that area. They said that several other people have tried to find them without any luck. It is possible that they were there at one time and mother nature had erased them. It is a rather large cliff and is full of moss and lichens so the pictos could be covered up. If anyone has found the pictographs I would like to here about it."
I found these on the palisades just above the waterline. It definitely is the red ochre used
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
09/30/2020 09:35PM
TuscaroraBorealis: "Thanks for sharing.
What do you think they are depicting? Moose - or???"
I'm not sure but it looks like some kind of animal to me
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
10/02/2020 09:36AM
mooseplums: "TuscaroraBorealis: "Thanks for sharing.
What do you think they are depicting? Moose - or???"
I'm not sure but it looks like some kind of animal to me"
Caribou?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." -- Yogi Berra
10/03/2020 04:24PM
schweady: "mooseplums: "TuscaroraBorealis: "Thanks for sharing.
What do you think they are depicting? Moose - or???"
I'm not sure but it looks like some kind of animal to me"
Caribou?
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Furtmans book says "indistinct" pictographs on Seagull.
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
10/04/2020 11:49AM
okinaw55: " Haha. I think mooseplum decided to find an old post he knew about to add more to it instead of starting a new thread. To me thats pretty savy. In fact, I enjoyed reading it."
After I returned from my recent trip to Seagull, and finding the picto site, I wanted to know more about it, which led me to this thread. I know the OP personally, and decided to answer his original question. Up to now it remained unanswered.
"I am haunted by waters"~Norman Maclean "A River Runs Through It"
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