First Contact

 Three thousand years ago, pottery making began to make its presence in eastern Canada. Examples are seen here.

As agriculture began to develop 2500 years ago in what's now southern Ontario, it changed things dramatically for the larger group known as the Iroquois, and permanent villages were established.

A thousand years ago, the first confirmed presence of outsiders came to the New World. Vikings made landfall in what is now Newfoundland, and certainly more places. Their time in North America was brief, but they were hundreds of years ahead of Columbus and other explorers. L'Anse aux Meadows is a confirmed Viking settlement, but traces of their presence can be found in many places through eastern and northern Canada.