Fur Real History
This country was where most otter pelts first went to be turned into clothing.
What is China?
This is how far Billy Barker had to dig to first find gold.
What is 50 feet.
Captain Cook arrived at this place on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
What is Nootka Sound?
This Indigenous group lived in villages along the west coast of Vancouver Island near Nootka Sound.
Who are the Nuu-chah-nulth People?
Many European explorers were searching for faster trade routes to this part of the world. (there are 3 answers, extra 100 each for more than one correct answer)
What is Asia, India, or Australia?
Also known as the "Otter Fur Trade", this was the original name...
What is the "Maritime Fur Trade"?
Miners often searched rivers for gold using this shallow metal tool.
What is a gold pan?
This Indigenous group is who Captain Cook first met on Vancouver Island.
Who are the Nuu-chah-nulth People?
This important chief welcomed and traded with visitors near Nootka Sound.
Who is Chief Maquinna?
Captain Cook Mapped the West coast of this large Canadian Island.
What is Vanouver Island?
Many First Peoples traded furs for tools, cloth, and these types of old fashioned guns...
What are muskets?
This is the year Barkerville burned down.
Half points for just the decade.
Hint: 400 times 10, divided by 2, minus 132 = ?
What is 1868
This local island man traded and cooperated with Captain Cook for furs and goods.
Who is Chief Maquinna?
This is the name we used for the first meetings between Europeans and Indigenous peoples in North America.
What is "First Contact"?
Pans, rockers, and sluice boxes to separate this valuable thing?
What is gold?
These purple pokies are an otters favorite food.
What are sea urchins?
This is what the town of Barkerville was named after.
(this is a trick question)
What is Billy Barker's gold mine?
This was the name of Captain Cooks Ship.
What is the HMS Resolution?
This missing protection inside the body helps fight sickness and disease. The Europeans had it, and the Indigenous did not, so they became very ill.
What is immunity?
This tool helped explorers figure out direction while travelling across oceans before GPS existed.
This vast underwater greenery is an otters favorite place to live.
What are kelp forests?
This type of soft underground layer is where Billy Barker finally found his gold. (hint: It can also be used to make pottery)
What is clay?
This was the ship that accompanied Cook on his voyage.
What is the HMS Discovery?
This word means the traditions, language, beliefs, and ways of life shared by a group of people.
What is culture?
Indigenous _______ helped Europeans survive long voyages because it helped them find fresh water, food, and safe routes in unfamiliar places.
What is Indigenous Knowlegde?