History of Lake Superior Provincial Park

Traces of ancient volcanic activity can be seen in rock outcrops near Red Rock Lake and several other sites. The oldest artifacts found date to approximately 500 BC. At Agawam Rock, near the mouth of the Agawam River, there are pictographs created by the original Ojibwa inhabitants of this region. The figures are painted on the rock with a mixture of powdered hematite and animal fats and are estimated to be 150–400 years old. The records are visual representations of both historical events and legendary figures. Selwyn Dewdney was the first scholarly figure to discover the pictographs. The first written description of these pictographs appears in a work by Henry Schoolcraft in 1851