Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment

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Ministry of Tourism and Culture
Confirmation Letter
Ministry of Tourism and Culture
Ministère du Tourisme et de la Culture
Culture Programs Unit
Programs and Services Branch
Culture Division
435 S. James St., Suite 334
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7
Tel.:
807 475-1632
Fax:
807 475-1297
Unité des programmes culturels
Direction des programmes et des services
Division de culture
Bureau 334, 435 rue James sud
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6S7
Tél.:
807 475-1632
Téléc.: 807 475-1297
February 22, 2011
Confederation Power Inc.
95 Wellington Street, West,
Suite 1400
Toronto, ON M5J 2N7
Attn.: Mr. Brian Robin
RE:
Goulais Wind Farm Development
Pennefeather and Aweres Townships
District of Algoma
FIT Reference # FIT-FSU9UMC
IRIMS:
PIF:
HD00572
P065-129-2010
Dear Proponent:
This letter constitutes the Ministry of Tourism and Culture’s written comments as required by s.
22(3)(a) of O. Reg. 359/09 under the Environmental Protection Act regarding archaeological
assessments undertaken for the above project.
Based on the information contained in the report(s) you have submitted for this project, the
Ministry believes the archaeological assessment complies with the Ontario Heritage Act's
licensing requirements, including the licence terms and conditions and the Ministry's 1993
Archaeological Assessment Technical Guidelines. Please note that the Ministry makes no
representation or warranty as to the completeness, accuracy or quality of the Report(s).*
The report(s) recommends the following:

It is recommended that there be no further cultural heritage concerns on the subject property.
The report also includes the following advice on compliance with legislation:

This report is submitted to the Minister of Culture as a condition of licensing in accordance
with Part VI of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O18. The report is reviewed to
ensure that the licensed consultant archaeologist has met the terms and conditions of their
archaeological licence, and that the archaeological fieldwork and report recommendations
ensure the conservation, protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of Ontario.

Should previously undocumented archaeological resources be discovered, they may be a
new archaeological site and therefore subject to Section 48 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act.
The proponent or person discovering the archaeological resources must cease alteration of
the site immediately and engage a licensed archaeologist to carry out archaeological
fieldwork, in compliance with Section 48 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The Cemeteries Act requires that any person discovering human remains must immediately
notify the police or coroner and the Registrar of Cemeteries, Ministry of Small Business and
Consumer Services.
The Ministry is satisfied with these recommendations.
This letter does not waive any requirements which you may have under the Ontario Heritage
Act. A separate letter addressing archaeological licensing obligations under the Act will be sent
to the archaeologist who completed the assessment and will be copied to you.
This letter does not constitute approval of the renewable energy project. Approvals of the project
may be required under other statutes and regulations. It is your responsibility to obtain any
necessary approvals or licenses.
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or require additional information.
Sincerely,
Andrew Hinshelwood
Archaeology Review Officer
cc.
Luke Dalla Bona
Woodland Heritage Services Limited
69 Lansdowne Ave.
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 1K5
**
In no way will the Ministry be liable for any harm, damages, costs, expenses, losses, claims or actions that may result: (a) if the
Report(s) or its recommendations are discovered to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or fraudulent; or (b) from the issuance of
this letter. Further measures may need to be taken in the event that additional artifacts or archaeological sites are identified or the
Report(s) is otherwise found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or fraudulent.
Stage 1
Archaeological Assessment
Stage 1 Archaeological Impact Assessment of the
Proposed Goulais Wind Farm, FIT FSU9UMC,
Pennefather and Aweres Townships, District of Algoma
Report Author:
Luke Dalla Bona
69 Lansdowne Ave
Sault Ste. Marie ON P6B 1K5
Telephone: 705-256-5418
Fax: 705-256-7254
E-Mail: [email protected]
Province of Ontario, Licence to Conduct Consulting Archaeology
PO65-2010 (Woodland Heritage Services Limited)
Project Information:
PO65-129-2010
Goulais Wind Farm Development - FIT FSU9UMC
District of Algoma
Townships of Pennefather and Awares
Proponent Information:
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto ON M5J 2N7
P: 416-410-4715
Attn: Mr. Brian Robin
E: [email protected]
October 15, 2010
Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment, Proposed Goulais Wind Farm Development near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario © 2010 Woodland Heritage Services Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 Project Personnel ............................................................................................... 1 2.0 Project Background ........................................................................................... 2
2.1 Development Context ........................................................................... 2
2.2 Historical Context ................................................................................... 2
2.3 Archaeological Context ......................................................................... 4
3.0 Property Inspection ........................................................................................... 5
3.1 Determination of Areas Investigated ........................................................5
4.0 Analysis and Conclusions ................................................................................. 5
5.0 Recommendations ............................................................................................ 6
6.0 Advice on Compliance with Legislation ............................................................. 6
7.0 Maps/Figures
Map 1 ............................................................................................................. 12
Map 2 .............................................................................................................. 13
Map 3 ...............................................................................................................14
Map 4 ...............................................................................................................15
Table 1 Table 2 .................................................................................................................7
...............................................................................................................11
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Confederation Power Inc of Toronto, Ontario retained Woodland Heritage Services Limited to conduct a Stage 1 archaeological assessment of a proposed wind farm located in Pennefather and Aweres Townships, just north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (Figures 1-4).
A Stage 1 archaeological assessment was conducted for this project.
It is recommended that there be no further concerns with respect to cultural resources on the subject property.
Should anything of historical or cultural value be discovered, or human remains found, appropriate measures should be taken.
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1.0 PROJECT PERSONNEL
Luke Dalla Bona, M.A.
Partner
69 Lansdowne Ave
Licence Holder (PO65-2010)
Licensee Information:
Luke Dalla Bona
69 Lansdowne Ave
Telephone: 705-256-5418
Fax: 705-256-7254
E-Mail: [email protected]
Province of Ontario, Licence to Conduct Consulting Archaeology
PO65-2010 (Woodland Heritage Services Limited)
Project Information:
PO65-129-2010
Goulais Wind Farm Development - FIT FSU9UMC
District of Algoma
Townships of Pennefather and Awares
Proponent Information:
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 1400
Toronto ON M5J 2N7
P: 416-410-4715
Attn: Brian Robin
E: [email protected]
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2.0 PROJECT BACKGROUND
2.1 Development Context Confederation Power Inc of Toronto, Ontario retained Woodland Heritage Services Limited to conduct a Stage 1 archaeological assessment of a proposed wind farm located in Pennefather and Aweres Townships, just north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (Figures 1-4).
Permission to access the property was granted to Woodland Heritage Services Limited by Confederation Power. 2.2 Historical Context
2.2.1 Record Review
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prehistoric sites had been previously recorded and registered either in or near the study area. Two previous archaeological studies have been carried out near the study area - both conducted by Woodland Heritage Services.
A Stage 1 and 2 archaeological assessment (CIF 2001-047-029) was conducted for a proposed wind farm in Prince and Pennefather Townships in 2002 and 2003. This 134 tower wind farm is located west of the current proposed development. The archaeological DVVHVVPHQWLQFOXGHG¿HOGWHVWLQJDWDOOWRZHUORFDWLRQV1RFXOWXUDOUHVRXUFHVZHUH
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project.
A Stage 1 and 2 archaeological assessment was conducted in 2010 in an area to the west of the current proposed wind farm but within the same upland bedrock landform 3$QH[WHQVLYHVXUYH\RIWKHWHUUDLQGLGQRWUHVXOWLQWKHLGHQWL¿FDWLRQRI
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in these uplands.
2.2.2 Known/Registered Archaeological Sites
The registered site database maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Culture (MTC) (Mr. Robert Von Bitter, Site Database Coordinator) was queried for information for sites in and near the study area. There are several known archaeological sites registered in the Sault Ste. Marie area. There are no registered sites located within the subject property. These sites are listed in Table 1.
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2.2.3 Cultural Prehistory
People have been living in the study area since the time glaciers receded and the land could support plants and animals. Archaeologists have divided the precontact era (that is, EHIRUHWKHWLPHRI(XURSHDQDUULYDOLQWRWLPHSHULRGVGHVFULEHGEULHÀ\EHORZ
2.2.4 Paleo-Indian Period (ca. 10,000 B.P. - 7000 B.P.)
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by following herds of caribou across the tundra/parkland environment of newly opened lands left by the retreating glaciers. Within a few hundred years, the Boreal forest moved in, causing an adaptation to a forest environment and settlement concentrations along lakes and river systems. Several types of early spear points indicate that different groups of these early hunters moved in at various times.
However, because of the later retreat of the glaciers in the northern part of the province and VXEVHTXHQWÀRRGLQJRIWKHJODFLDOO\FRPSUHVVHGODQGVFDSHE\SUHDQGSRVWJODFLDOODNHV
there was a time delay in the settlement of northern regions by colonizing vegetation, animals and humans. It appears that people may have entered the eastern Lake Superior/
northern Lake Huron area about 9,000 years ago, while archaeological work farther north in the Hudson’s Bay Lowlands suggests that human occupation there may be limited to about the last 6,000 years.
2.2.5 Archaic Period (ca. 7000 B.P. - 2500 B.P.)
An environmental transition brought about warmer, drier conditions resulting in a change in the plant and animal communities, which consequently impacted the subsistence patterns of humans living in the region now represented by north-central Ontario. These DOWHUDWLRQVRIVXEVLVWHQFHSDWWHUQVDUHUHÀHFWHGLQWKHDUWLIDFWDVVHPEODJHV)RULQVWDQFH
in response to the hunting of smaller game, large spear points were replaced by smaller, notched projectile points and stone knives generally became smaller. A new technology involving the production of stone tools by grinding rather than chipping was also utilized.
About 3,000 B.C., people started to make use of copper, which was cold-hammered to form spear points, knives, gaff hooks and elaborate jewelry. One of the most complete copper assemblages for northwestern Ontario comes from a burial south of Lake Nipigon, dating to about 1,500 B.C.
2.2.6 Initial Woodland Period (ca. 2500 B.P. - 1100 B.P.)
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record, a technological development which becomes increasingly important to the archaeologist as a means of determining the age and occupation of a site. Just as projectile points in the preceding Archaic and Paleo stages underwent stylistic alterations WKURXJKWLPHZKLFKSHUPLWWHGWKHGHWHUPLQDWLRQRIWKHDJHRIDVLWHFHUDPLFVDOVRUHÀHFW
changes: in vessel form, method of construction, decorative motif (design) and mode of decoration (method). The evolution of ceramic construction was gradual and subtle enough to allow archaeologists to determine the placement of a site within a cultural chronology on the basis of the ceramics recovered from it.
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vessels. These vessels were made by the coil method, had conical bases and were smooth, with the exception of the neck and rim which were decorated with distinctive toothed or sinuous-edged tools. The Laurel peoples also practised a way of life similar to WKH$UFKDLFSHRSOHVZKROLYHGLQWKHUHJLRQEHIRUHWKHP¿VKLQJKXQWLQJDQGFROOHFWLQJ
wild plants on the major waterways.
There are two major theories concerning the origin of the Laurel culture. One is that it arose out of an Archaic base, differing only by the adoption of pottery. The other is that the people moved into the region following the expansion of wild rice habitats about 500 B.C.
2.2.7 Terminal Woodland (ca. 1100 B.P. - 400 B.P.)
Two distinctive cultures, both of which appear to have developed from a Laurel cultural base, are present in the Terminal Woodland Period. One of these cultures is the referred to as the Blackduck tradition;; the other distinct culture is the Selkirk tradition.
The Blackduck culture is characterized by unique globular pottery vessels. The body of these vessels is textured by cord-wrapped paddles and the rim is decorated with cord-
wrapped object impression. Some archaeologists believe the Blackduck tradition was ancestral to the modern Ojibway (Anishnabek) Aboriginal Peoples and First Nations.
The other Late Woodland culture, the Selkirk tradition, is distinguished by their fabric-impressed globular vessels. They are found farther north. According to many archaeologists, the Selkirk peoples are ancestral to the Cree Aboriginal Peoples and First Nations.
2.2.8 Historic Period (ca. 400 B.P. to present)
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French, then English traders, bringing with them trade goods such as axes, guns, beads and metal products.
2.3 Archaeological Context
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of the City of Sault Ste. Marie and is, for the most part undeveloped. It is clear that there has been a history of logging on the property as a series of logging roads (recent and abandoned) crisscross portions of the property. A high voltage transmission corridor also cuts through the property.
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areas between the hilltops. Large wetlands draining south can be found primarily in the Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment, Proposed Goulais Wind Farm Development near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario © 2010 Woodland Heritage Services Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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eastern half of the subject property. Several small creeks systems drain the property but none are substantial enough to navigate with a canoe.
Soils throughout the subject property are varied. Atop the bedrock knolls and outcrops, there are thin soils. Much of the original soils that existed there were washed into the low saddles between the outcrops creating thick deposits of soils and poorly drained, UHODWLYHO\ÀDWWHUUDLQ
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3.0 PROPERTY INSPECTION
3.1 Determination of Areas Surveyed
The client provided detailed survey maps identifying the boundaries of the project area. In association with satellite and air photo imagery of the project area, high potential areas were determined using the Ministry of Tourism and Culture checklist for determining high potential (Table 2).
4.0 ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS
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the subject project area was undertaken using high resolution aerial imagery, the author’s knowledge of the area and a walkabout on June 19, 2010.
No landforms suggesting archaeological potential were present. The area is one of high relief with steep exposed bedrock outcrops. Between the bedrock outcrops, poorly drained areas are connected by small creeks.
There are no primary or secondary water sources on this property. All water sources are headwater sources and none are substantial enough to nagivate a canoe.
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west during previous surveys conducted by the author in 2010 and 2002/2003 and that the conclusion that there are no areas of high potential is sound.
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5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that there be no further cultural heritage concerns on the subject property.
6.0 ADVICE ON COMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATION
6.1 This report is submitted to the Minister of Culture as a condition of licensing in accordance with Part VI of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c 0.18. The report is reviewed to ensure that the licensed consultant archaeologist has met the terms and FRQGLWLRQVRIWKHLUDUFKDHRORJLFDOOLFHQFHDQGWKDWWKHDUFKDHRORJLFDO¿HOGZRUNDQGUHSRUW
recommendations ensure the conservation, protection and preservation of the cultural heritage of Ontario.
6.2 Should previously undocumented archaeological resources be discovered, they may be a new archaeological site and therefore subject to Section 48 (1) of the Ontario Heritage Act. The proponent or person discovering the archaeological resources must cease alteration of the site immediately and engage a licensed consultant archaeologist to FDUU\RXWDUFKDHRORJLFDO¿HOGZRUNLQFRPSOLDQFHZLWKVHFRIWKH2QWDULR+HULWDJH
Act.
6.3 The Cemeteries Act requires that any person discovering human remains must notify the police or coroner and the Registrar of Cemeteries, Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment, Proposed Goulais Wind Farm Development near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario © 2010 Woodland Heritage Services Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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TABLE 1. Registered Archaeological Sites in the Sault Ste. Marie area.
CbIa-1: Pasture Point
On the N. side of St. Joseph Channel near Port Findlay, Ont. Collections were made on the lower terrace, at 10 - 15 ft. above water, and on the upper terrace, at 30 - 40 ft. above water.
CbIa-3: Cemetery Ridge
Exposed on corner road bank N of Pasture Point and E of township cemetery. Access by car from Hwy 17, 1 mile. +HDUWKVEXWQRÀDNHV
CcIa-1: Pumpkin Point
Located off Pumpkin Point Road which runs w from Highway 17E - drive to end of road into cottage subdivision road, unnamed, to the s side of the point. The site lies on a sand terrace extending for several hundred yards parallel to the present shore but set back 200 feet or more. Full extent of site to be determined, numerous hearth stones and sparse ÀLQWÀDNHVSRWVKHUGVDQGKLVWRULFDUWLIDFWV$YHU\LPSRUWDQW/DXUHO¿VKLQJYLOODJHZLWKRQO\RQHXQPL[HG0LGGOH
Woodland component.
CcIa-2: Flycatcher
In DeFazio subdivision on private land, just a few feet off of the main road which runs n to s. The earthworks are ORFDWHGVZRIWKH¿UVWFRUQHULQDGHQVHFOXVWHURISRSODUWUHHV'ULYHGRZQ3XPSNLQ3RLQWURDGPLOHVVRI(FKR%D\
to site area. Unknown, needs testing and mapping. Site needs testing and we will try to get owner to preserve it.
CcIa-3: Clearview ,QD¿HOGRQWKH1LSLVVLQJEHDFKULGJHRQ&DODERJLH5RDG%HDFKULGJHSRLQWRQDQFLHQWED\6SDUVHVHYHQKHDUWKV
very few artifacts.
CcIa-4: Bar River
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CcIa-5: Neebish
On a sand bank just e of a swamp on the n side of Neebish Road along the St. Mary’s River. Sand point on river. Artifacts found when local cottages dug sand from the bank.
CcIa-6: Kingshott
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CcIa-7: Becking
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CcIc-1: Pointe aux Pins
On a long, sandy plateau 20 ft. above water, behind the lighthouse just SW.of Pointe aux Pins.on St. Marys River.
CcIc-2: Furkey
Near Pointe Louise in area between the end of Allagash Road and the St. Mary’s River, along a series of stabilized dunes and on eroded sand beach around the Furkey cottage.
CcIc-3: Black Thistle
On a spit of land on the lee side of Pointe Louise on a bay in the St. Mary’s River, near Pointe Louise and Allagash Roads. Near a wooden lighthouse and a cottage on a sand beach with mature pine forest cover.
CcIc-4: La Salamandre
On top of a beach ridge just E of the Sault Ste. Marie Airport runway, E of Hwy 565 and S of Sandy Road.
CcIc-5: Par Point
On a beach ridge around a small sand and gravel pit at Pointe aux Pins, E of Sandy Road and S of a secondary road.
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CcIc-6: Money Musk
On an eroding bluff on the S side of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) on St. Marys River.
CcIc-7: Boy’s O’ The Lough
On a beach ridge 40 ft from the present shore on the S side of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) on St. Marys River. Immediately NW of CcIc-8.
CcIc-8: Marks Bay
On a beach ridge above the shore of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) on St. Marys River, about 50 feet S of a footpath from the last cottages on Pointe aux Pins.
CcIc-9: Swale
In a swale between two beach ridges, about 50 feet from the present shore on the S side of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) on St. Marys River.
CcIc-10: Harvest Home
Marks Bay Park Reserve. On a bush road on the second beach ridge past a summer camp.
CcIc-11: Virene
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the second-last cottage in the row extending NW from Pointe aux Pins.
CcIc-12: Carolina Buzzbomb
On an elevated beach ridge at the most prominent point on the S side of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) on St. Marys River. An old logging road leads to the area, which was used as a day camp.
CcIc-13: Planxty
On the S side of Marks Bay (Pointe aux Pins Bay) in the water offshore from on eroding beach ridge.
CcIc-14: Pointe Louise
On the lee side of Pointe Louise and on a short headland projecting into a sheltered bay on St. Marys River.
CcIc-15: Maids O’Mul
On a bush-covered beach W of a navigational beacon on the SW tip of Pointe Louise.
CcIc-16: Eroded Burial
On an eroded sand beach and low dune on the E point of Pointe aux Pins on St. Marys River.
CcIc-17: Point Underwater
Lies under the St. Mary’s River at Pointe Aux Pins, six miles up river from the rapids. 200 m x 100 m historic midden. Also found an Archaic spearpoint on the ste which is thirty feet below the surface.
CcIc-19: Polli
On the beach in front of the Rajnovich house on the S shore of Mark’s Bay. The house is the 15th eastward from the Mark’s Bay sites complex. Access by road on Red Pine Dr. Sand beach in front of steeply sloping archaic beach ridge covered mainly with mature red pine. Recovered were 3 Shield projectile points (Scott quarry chert, Jasper taconite, Sheguiandah quartzite), 3 side scrapers, 4 end scrapers, 3 bifaces, 7 cores, 1 Scott quarry chert core, 1 Black chert FRUHGHFRUWLIDFDWLRQÀDNHVHFRQGDU\ÀDNHVXWLOL]HGVHFRQGDU\ÀDNHV)RVVLO+LOOFKHUWVHFRQGDU\ÀDNH
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CdIa-1: Garden River
W bank of the Garden River at its mouth on Little Lake George.
CdIa-2: Trap Rock
Trap rock is a large cliff and hill located close to Highway 17 e on the Garden River Reserve near Sault Ste. Marie. the site lies just E of the main reserve community, above a sideroad. Local Indians observe little men here and also use this spot for fasting, etc.
CdIa-3: Manidoo Voice Mountain
This is a steep, high rock mountain on the Garden River Indian Reserve E of Sault Ste. Marie. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment, Proposed Goulais Wind Farm Development near Sault Ste Marie, Ontario © 2010 Woodland Heritage Services Limited. All Rights Reserved.
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CdIb-2: Ermatinger
Present structure erected 1814-24;; c.O. Ermatinger, N.W. Co. (Later H.B.C.) And an accurate historic refurbishing by city began in 1967. Foundations of second structure, 10 ft. N. Of house, uncovered in 1974 excavations, estimated circa 1868. 12,000 Artifacts, 2,500 faunal.
CdIb-3: Curran
The Curran Site is located on the corner of Summit and Bellevue Avenues in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. The site is now in a residential neighbourhood. This stone axe was found while digging open the yard for a drain tile in 1920. It represents an archaic campsite located just 100 ft. From the edge of a major raised beach.
CdIb-4: Mystery Hand
The site was located at 183 Spring St. In Sault Ste. Marie. The site is now covered by a public utilities commission building. The iron hand is a solid, unique artifact made from “sponge” iron which is impure. It was not produced in a FUXFLEOHIXUQDFH7KHEUDVVFURVVPD\EHDVHFWLRQRIDSRUWDEOHDOWDU7KH¿JXUHRIFKULVWLVUHPLQLVFHQWRIMDQVHQLVP
styles, from the 17th century.
CdIb-5: Falconer
The site lies in the downtown area of the sault on bay st., Near Spring St. An aboriginal pipe was found while ploughing the area in 1892.
CdIb-6: Soo College
At Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, the site is completely destroyed. Artifacts were found at the e edge of the campus near the dorms. Raised beach now in housing and college development area. Many other artifacts have been found by the students at the site. All are available for study.
CdIb-7: Vet
On Trunk Road in the e end of Sault Ste. Marie. It is now destroyed. A vet clinic covers the property. Site destroyed. Unknown environment - site too developed. Ash stain and several quartzite bifaces. Only one remains in the collector’s possession. Archaic biface similar to sheguindah material.
CdIb-8: Moerman
On the beach ridge cut by Crystal Creek on the Moerman property. Beach ridge cut by stream. 1 Stone gouge.
CdIb-9: Crystal Creek
On Tynella farm. Terrace on sandy beach ridge. 1 Slate biface
CdIc-1: Sault Hudson Bay Co. Post The Sault Hudson Bay Co. Post is located in the yard of the Abitibi Paper Co. Mill on Lower Huron St. In Sault Ste. Marie. You can drive to the site which is marked by an original blockhouse from the post (now moved to Ermatinger Site).
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driving down Huron St. To St. Mary’s island and crossing the seaway authority lock by foot. Designated as being of QDWLRQDOVLJQL¿FDQFHE\QDWLRQDOKLVWRULFVLWHVDQGPRQXPHQWVERDUG&GQ3DUNV6HUYLFH
CdIc-3: Northwest Co. Lock
An early 20th century reconstruction of part of the Northwest co. Canoe lock lies in the yard of the Abitibi Paper Co. On lower Huron St. In Sault Ste. Marie. One can drive to the site which is marked by an historic plaque.
CdIc-4: Tancred
This site is located in downtown Sault Ste. Marie near the old soo garage in the Tancred and Slbert St. Area. This burial area may be associated with an historic indian village located at the mouth of fort creek. The stone pipe and burial were 18 inches below surface at the rear of a house, behind the former soo garage.
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CdIc-5: Base Line
One can drive to this site which lies on top of the prominent Nipissing Beach ridge at Gasparetto’s home. It lies adjacent to the junction of base line road and Leigh’s Bay road in the Sault. This site is located on a point, glacial Lake Nipissing times. 2 Pecked stone tools, 2 large quartzite tools
CdIc-6: Korah
The site was originally the Henry Knight farm but it has been sub-divided into a residential area. It lies on 2nd line west in the city of Sault Ste. Marie on the n. side of the highway just w. of Bennet Creek.
CdIc-7: Copper cache
The site is located on a raised beach in a residential area in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, at 724 East Spruce St. This cache of copper artifacts is associated with a lake nipissing raised beach ridge. The artifacts were found in a 200 ft. radius in the yards of the residential area. 42 Native copper artifacts plus stone axes and mauls.
CdIc-8: Korah school
On Allens Side Road c. 240 m north of Third Line Road in nw suburbs of SS Marie. On a semi-rural road in a marginally agricultural suburb school house
CdId-1: Metal Toad
Gros Cap, at western terminus of Highway 550, running w. from the city of Sault Ste. Marie. The site is situated in DVKHOWHUHG¿HOGDURXQGDVSULQJDQGDORQJWKH¿UVWEHDFKHRI*URV&DS7KH0HWDO7RDGVLWHKDVEHHQEXOOGR]HG
and is 90 per cent destroyed. A spring in the centre of the village may still have waterlogged deposits. Mckeachnie’s collection is large and has much Mackinac ware, Daigle’s collection has some pieces of archaic material from other nearby sites and must be used cautiously. CdId-2: Grand Cape
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Sault to Gros Cap. The site lies on a sand beach behind the sykes house and continues through the bay. Portions of the site have washed into the lake.
CdId-3: Copper Serpent
On the prominent nipissing raised beach where Hwy 550 crosses the ridge.
CdId-4: Nanabush Grandmother Rocks
This is a reef which lies just w of the large rock headland known as Gros Cap. I have collected several Ojibwa legends about these rocks. Nanabush threw his grandmother into the lake and she died and turned to stone here. 2ULJLQRI:KLWH¿VK
CdId-5: Chene Island
This island in the upper St. Mary’s River is located se of Gros Cap off of Sunnyside Beach road. Low sandbar type island with bushes. Located at beginning of St. Mary’s river from Lake Superior. Artifacts found at both ends of the island. This site needs testing and possible salvage. It could be one of the last sites in this section of the river.
CdId-6: McKiggan Just n of Sunnyside Beach in front of three cottages. The site is submerged in the shallow waters. Low beach and submerged beach on river. Other cottagers have found artifacts at this site.
CdId-7: Gros Cap Pictograph
On a boulder beach just n of Gros Cap, on the Lake Superior shoreline. Paintings occur on three boulders. All are within 40 feet of each other. Boulders on shoreline. 4 Pictographs on three boulders.
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TABLE 2. Ministry of Tourism and Culture Checklist for Determining Archaeological Potential.
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