Human footprints found along B.C. shoreline may be oldest on continent

A section of soil where the impressions of human footprints buried at a shoreline archaeological site were discovered by researchers on Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada. Charcoal found with the prints has been radiocarbon dated to 13,200 years before present, making them likely candidates for the oldest footprints ever found. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO – Joanne McSporran

By Dirk Meissner, The Vancouver Sun/Canadian Press, June 22, 2015

VICTORIA — Evidence of what could be the oldest family camping trip in North America has been discovered below the shoreline of a remote British Columbia island.

Fossilized human footprints believed to be of a man, woman and child and estimated to be more than 13,000 years old were discovered at Calvert Island, which is located on B.C.’s central coast and is accessible only by boat or float plane.

Remnants of an ancient campfire were found nearby.