The configuration of the rocks in several stone mounds at Race Rocks are suggestive of First Nations use of this area for burials in the period AD 500. Investigation into sites on the lower part of Vancouver Island, have shown that over 400 such sites exist on the nearby Rocky Point area.
These sites have recently been the subject of a Master’s thesis by Darcy Mathews of the Anthropology Department, University of Victoria.

Darcy Matthews visited today to document these cairns.

For the complete reference to this topic go to http://www.racerocks.com/racerock/firstnations/burialmound/burialmound.htm