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	"Shadows of the Past" Unveiled in June 2001, the symbols on the museum exterior represent themes in Fort Vermilion's history. Artist, Sherilyn (Eek) Uitvlugt, fabricators, Daryl and Bob Shartner and the financial support of ATCO Electric made the project possible. The bison represents the prehistory of Fort Vermilion The tipi stands for native heritage The beaver symbolizes the fur trade The steeple represents the missions The boat reminds us of the riverboat era The tractor stands for settlement and farming The fire tower tells of forest resources and fire protection Exhibits Prehistory Marine reptile Platypterigius Bison occidentalis   First Nations The Beaver, Slavey and Cree Treaty 8 Stone tools and projectile points Crafts Fur Trade Boyer River archaeological site Tools of the trade and pelts Explorer and traders The Hudson's Bay Company Families Family histories and photographs House-hold, occupational and recreational artifacts Current exhibit: "Ridin' with the Randles" Canada Day Exhibit - local people, their contributions to and from Canada Life Along the Peace Fossils and floods Post sites and landings Riverboats and ferries   58° North and Farming Mission farms Lawrence Ranch Land surveys Dominion Experimental Farm "Buttertown"   Landscapes of the Heart Caribou Mountains Wildland Caribou River Natural Area Child's Lake Salt Meadows Hay Zama Wildland Hungry Bend Sandhills Ponton River Natural Area Wadlin Lake Pelican Colony Wood Buffalo National Park One or more landscape exhibits are featured depending on the space and current focus Collections Artifacts and/or archival information for three levels of government (municipal, provincial and federal), ten registered societies/associations, one company and one school division are represented. In addition, there are over one hundred family contributors including those in the names of: Bell, Campbell, Eek, Lamberton, Newman, Sanderson, Toews, Twidale and Ward. The collections are currently listed by accession number and by donor name in the Collections Management Finding Aide reference at the Lean-to Museum & Archives.  A complete listing of collection donors is available upon request. We continue to invite and receive contributions from private, corporate and governing bodies. Click here to view a feature artifact   Repatriation of Artifacts Fort Vermilion has an extensive history. Because a museum did not exist until 1995, many items relevant to the heritage of the people, places and region were added to the collections of distant institutions. This was the expedient action, for the time, to insure that items were preserved. With the establishment of the Fort Vermilion Heritage Centre in 1995, the collection, exhibit and interpretation of Canada's history has grown. Many contributors are eager to donate items to their place of origin and visitors to the facilities are pleased to learn about the area through the exhibits. We are hopeful that over time, many institutions will consider the return of artifacts to Fort Vermilion.  Please contact us if you would be willing to repatriate artifacts, preferably on a donations basis.   Click here to return to the top   Acknowledgements: Summer Career Placement Program staff, Keith Klassen (2004/2005) & Jordan Lambert (2006) and Marilee Cranna Toews of the Fort Vermilion Agricultural Society