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Field Trip Guide
Should teachers wish to take their students on a field trip to Fort Selkirk, the following list of activities may interest them. It is an itinerary for a 3 day - 2 night stay with activities scheduled around meal times. The general schedule follows a pattern of an activity, journal writing time and then a meal. Journal writing has been emphasized in this itinerary as students are visiting a real-life museum, or a ghost town of sorts, and should have a chance to think about and discuss the different aspects of culture and history that are presented to them. The journal also serves as an excellent evaluation tool for teachers and parents alike. This itinerary is only a suggestion of what teachers and students may want to do while at Fort Selkirk, and teachers should feel free to plan their own trips with their individual agendas.
Ft. Selkirk Field Trip Plan
- Arrive
- Lunch - fire pit
- Tour of site with interpreter*
- Journal writing
- Dinner - fire pit
- Legends and stories - campfire
- Bed
- Breakfast - fire pit
- Scavenger hunt
- Journal writing
- Lunch - fire pit
- Survival
- Journal writing
- Dinner - fire pit
- Legends and stories - campfire
- Bed
- Breakfast - fire pit
- Depart
* This assumes that there is a site officer or interpreter available when
students are there, if not, tour can be teacher- or self-guided with the
assistance of signs and information posts.
Scavenger Hunt/Car Rally
1. Find ten names and dates from cabins and structures at
Ft. Selkirk.
2. Whose name is on the large red house at the east end of Ft. Selkirk?
3. What hangs in the doorway of the Anglican Church?
4. Copy two Robert Cambell journal entries for this date.
5. What is special about the wooden box found in the left room of the
T&D store?
6. Write the names, dates and one interesting point about five people
in the native graveyard.
7. Name three models and their functions on display in the Charlie Stone
house.
8. How did the chief Big Jonathan inherit his last name?
9. List seven items inside the Tommy McGinty cabin.
10. What was the small building on posts located near the Big Jonathan
House used for?
11. What does the sign in front of the Old Abraham cabin say?
12. Which group of people were recognized in the cemetery found at the
east end of Ft. Selkirk?
13. What colour is the roof of the Stanley Jonathan cabin?
14. What features make the Danny Roberts cabin different from the others?
15. What does the road behind Danny Roberts's cabin lead to?
16. How many windows are in the Cowards's cabin?
17. What were the foundations, located between the Stanley Jonathan cabin,
originally supporting?
18. What is located right in the middle of the schoolhouse?
19. What was the small, low-to-the-ground building behind the Taylor and
Drury store used as?
20. Who were the Cowards, and what did they do at Ft. Selkirk?
21. Who was Robert Cambell, and what is he known for?
