Kichisipi Chert

[Marc St Louis]

Anybody hear of this type of chert before?  Here's a picture



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[Hardawaypoints]

Where's it from?  I'd have to have a few rocks of it before I knew if I liked it.

Jim

[Marc St Louis]

Where's it from?  I'd have to have a few rocks of it before I knew if I liked it.

Jim

Actually that is what I am trying to find out.  The picture is of a stone artifact and this is the site that it comes from http://www.thealgonquinway.ca/English/stone-sub-e.php?cat=1

[jamie]

marc i spoke to an archeologist about it and she says it was found a lot in the ottawa river watershed. couldnt tell me what quality it was other than it reminded her of mid grade onandaga

[Parnell]

I found that Kitchissippi means "great river" in Algonquin.  This is the way I'm seeing it spelled.  It looks like there is a a ward in Ottawa named such.  I looked on a map and see an area called Bradley about an hour west of Ottawa on Hwy. 148.
That web site listed Bradley area as the source.
Hope this helps, Marc.  Good luck!