‘Canavest: A Final Piscataway Outpost in Colonial Maryland’ Will Be Presentation of Montgomery History on Tuesday, Oct. 24

Canavest, which was located on Heater’s Island in the Potomac River, was the last permanent village of the Piscataway Indians in Maryland. Various aspects of the site—which was occupied from 1699 to at least 1712—are vividly described in a series of colonial documents from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. “Canavest: A Final Piscataway Outpost in Colonial Maryland” will be a free, live online presentation of Montgomery History at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24.

Retired Maryland Historic Trust Chief Archeologist Dennis Curry will lead the presentation looking through the archival records that are paired with analysis of archeological remains. He will talk about how the records combine to provide a glimpse of late 17th and early 18th centuries of Piscataway life. He will discuss Piscataway movements over time, Piscataway material culture and lifeways and Piscataway–English interactions.

To register for the event, go to History Conversations: Canavest: A Final Piscataway Outpost in Colonial Maryland (montgomeryhistory.org)