800 BCE to 1600 CE: Woodland Period

The Woodland period is often considered to be separated from the preceding Archaic period by the appearance of pottery. With this exception, the earlier Archaic pattern of subsistence persisted throughout most of this region until the arrival of maize agriculture.

The maize fields seen by the French explorer Samuel Champlain at Nibachis' village near Cobden in 1613, mark the most northerly limit of pre-contact native agriculture in Ontario.

The Lafleur homestead, the Round Lake site and the Kant site, near Eganville, are among the numerous Woodland sites currently known on and around the Bonnechere River.

CE: Common Era

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