Show vikings arrived via the great lakes through hudsons Hud sons bay scientist believes ancient norse explorers perhaps the first white men to reach america entered by way of lake superior and not by landing on the new england coast as long be e according to alexander di D fraser associate professor of arche at the university of virginia in an article on the norsemen norseman Nor semen in canada fraser frasee points out that no authentic traces of the norse men have been found in elther either new england or nova scotia ile he contends conten djs however that there is gothing po thIng to show that these norse e explorers who he believes reached the shores of the new world five centuries before columbus ever penetrated much south of newfoundland on the other hand undoubted evidence of norse exploration recently has hag been found in the vicinity of lake superior the virginia arche archaeologist archeologist has pointed out that it has long been known from norse literature of iceland and greenland that the he vik ings reached the shores of north america in the tenth century explored territories known bothem as vinland and markland perhaps founded colon colonies lesi and maintained contact with the continent for several centuries the vikings the vicinity of lake superior by way of hud hud sons bay and by exploring rivers that open into this body from the south fraser believes at kensington minn about miles southwest of duluth a well preserved rente benl c inscription has been discovered this stone Is dated 1362 and records the fate fata of a section of a norse party at the hands of Ind indians laria viking axes and hatchets also have come to light in this neighborhood fraser adds lie he regards however as of the greatest importance ot of all the discovery less than two years ago of a vikings grave north of lake superior the ands which included a stil shield eld an ax and a sword of the eleventh century type are now in the royal ontario museum in toronto |