Fishing Weir- a piece of early technology used by North American Natives and early settlers to catch fish for trade and to feed their communities. A fishing weir are constructed from wooden stakes that are woven together to create a barrier that water can pass through yet retain the fish. The pattern of wooden stakes depends on the location and nature of the waters being fished. The Natives in Nova Scotia use weirs that stretched across the entire river to retain Shad during their seasonal runs up the Shubenacadie, Nine Mile and Stewiacke rivers and used nets to scoop the trapped fish. Various weir patters were used on tidal waters to retain a variety of different species, which are still being used to this day. V-shaped weirs with circular formations to hold the fish during high tides are used on the Bay of Fundy to fish Herring, which follow the flow of water. Similar v-shaped weirs are used in British Columbia corral the salmon to the end of the "V" during the changing of the tides.