The 2012 Heritage Assessment of the Proposed Grand Bend Wind Farm, FIT Contract # F-002178-WIN-130-601, Municipalities of Bluewater, South Huron & Huron East, Huron County, & Municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario The 2012 Heritage Assessment of the Proposed Grand Bend Wind Farm, FIT Contract # F-002178-WIN-130-601, Municipalities of Bluewater, South Huron & Huron East, Huron County, & Municipality of West Perth, Perth County, Ontario Submitted to Neegan Burnside Ltd., 292 Speedvale Avenue West, Unit 7, Guelph, Ontario N1H 1C4 Telephone – 519 823-4995 Facsimile – 519 836-5477 and The Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Prepared by D.R. Poulton & Associates Inc. 69 Langarth Street West, London, Ontario, N6J 1P5 Telephone – 519 434-0319 Facsimile – 519 434-0517 E-mail -
[email protected] December 7, 2012 The 2012 Heritage Assessment of the Proposed Grand Bend Wind Farm, Municipalities of Bluewater, South Huron, Huron East and West Perth, Ontario Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Project Personnel v Acknowledgments v Executive Summary vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION 4 3.0 CULTURAL SYNTHESIS 9 3.1 The Paleo-Indian Period (9500-7000 B.C.) 9 3.2 The Archaic Period (7700-500 B.C.) 9 3.3 The Woodland Period (1000 B.C. – 1650 A.D.) 11 3.4 The Historic Period (A.D. 1650 to Present) 14 4.0 SOURCES 17 5.0 BUILT HERITAGE RESOURCES 19 5.1 Definitions of Built Heritage Resources 19 5.2 Inventory of Built Heritage Resources 20 5.3 Evaluation of Built Heritage Resources 25 5.4 Impact Assessment 26 6.0 CULTURAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES 28 6.1 Definitions of Cultural Heritage Landscapes 28 6.2 Inventory of Cultural Heritage Landscapes 30 6.3 Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Landscapes 30 6.4 Impact Assessment 32 7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 33 8.0 REFERENCES CITED 34 D.R.