Fishing: The First Signs

hese 10,000-year-old stone spearheads from Prince Edward Island represent the first direct archaeological evidence that early coastal peoples exploited the marine resources of Atlantic Canada. They were probably used for spearing walrus, seals and other sea mammals. Descendants of these earliest fishermen are believed to have hunted along Quebec's Gulf of St. Lawrence coast and adjacent southern Labrador as early as 9,000 years ago.