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FINAL REPORT Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment, Ripley and Siatras Lands, Part Lots 7 and 8, Concession 3, Former Township of Osgoode, City of Ottawa, Ontario Prepared for: Sunset Lakes Development Corporation 6598 Pebble Trail Way Greeley, Ontario K4P 0B6 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. 2791 Lancaster Rd., Suite 200 Ottawa, ON K1B 1A7 February 4, 2010 CIF # P002-187-2009 Project No.: 122510329 STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, RIPLEY AND SIATRAS LANDS, PART LOTS 7 AND 8, CONCESSION 3, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE, CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO – DRAFT REPORT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment was completed for a proposed subdivision development in part Lots 7 and 8, Concession 3, in the former Township of Osgoode, City of Ottawa Ontario. Based on a review of aerial imagery, existing archaeological potential maps, information regarding registered archaeological sites in the vicinity, local physiography and topography, Census returns, historic maps of the project area and soil integrity within the project area it has been determined that there is elevated potential for previously undiscovered archaeological resources within the project area. Given the elevated archaeological potential for both prehistoric and historic period archaeological resources within that area it is recommended that parts of the project area undergo Stage 2 Archaeological Assessment prior to any project related activities that could cause ground disturbances and result in disturbance of any previously undiscovered archaeological resources. Project No.: 122510329 i STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, RIPLEY AND SIATRAS LANDS, PART LOTS 7 AND 8, CONCESSION 3, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE, CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO – DRAFT REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. I 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 2 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................. 1 3 EXISTING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Archaeological Culture History Of Eastern Ontario ............................................... 7 3.2 Prehistoric Period Resources ............................................................................. 13 3.3 Historic Period Resources .................................................................................. 13 4 STUDY RESULTS ......................................................................................................... 17 5 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................. 17 6 CLOSURE ..................................................................................................................... 21 7 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 22 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 - Location of Project Area ............................................................................................................ 2 Figure 1-2 Proposed Plan of Subdivision ..................................................................................................... 3 Figure 2-1 Project Area Showing Ground Conditions in 2008 ...................................................................... 4 Figure 2-2 Soil Types Present in the Project Area ........................................................................................ 5 Figure 2-3 Project Area Topography, Showing North End of Drumlin .......................................................... 6 Figure 3-1 Areas of Archaeological Potential As Identified on City of Ottawa eMaps .................................. 8 Figure 3-2 Project Area As Shown Over Detail of 1863 Walling Map ........................................................ 15 Figure 3-3 Project Area Shown Over Detail of ............................................................................................ 16 Figure 3-4 Detail of 1960 and 2002 Air Photos, .......................................................................................... 18 Figure 3.5 Approximate Location of 19th Century House Shown on Walling Map ..................................... 19 Figure 4.1 Areas of Archeological Potential Requiring Stage 2 Assessment ............................................. 20 Project No.: 122510329 ii STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, RIPLEY AND SIATRAS LANDS, PART LOTS 7 AND 8, CONCESSION 3, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE, CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO – DRAFT REPORT LIST OF TABLES Table 3-1 Southern Ontario Prehistoric Cultural Chronology, Years Before Present (BP) ..................................................................................................................................... 6 Table 3-2 Land Occupancy as Indicated in Historic Records, ......................................................... 14 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Land Registry Office Records Appendix B Archaeological Potential Determination Checklist PROJECT PERSONNEL Project Director Colin Varley, M.A., R.P.A. Archival Research Christienne Uchiyama, B.A. (Hons), Colin Varley, M.A., R.P.A. Report Christienne Uchiyama, B.A. (Hons), Colin Varley, M.A., R.P.A. Project No.: 122510329 iii STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT, RIPLEY AND SIATRAS LANDS, PART LOTS 7 AND 8, CONCESSION 3, FORMER TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE, CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO – DRAFT REPORT 1 INTRODUCTION Sunset Lakes Development Corporation (Sunset Lakes) has proposed to create a subdivision development in the south part of the City of Ottawa, in the geographic Township of Osgoode, east of the Town of Manotick (Figure 1-1). The present plan of subdivision calls for the development of 61 residential house lots in the north part of the subdivision, three artificial lakes, a park and walking trails (Figure 1-2). Further residential lots are scheduled to be built in the south part of the development in the future. Portions of the project property were identified in the City of Ottawa’s archaeological potential modeling as having archaeological potential and thus a Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (AA) of the project property was required as part of the conditions for development. Sunset Lakes contracted Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) to complete the Stage 1 AA for submission to the City of Ottawa Planning Department and to the Ontario Ministry of Culture. 2 STUDY AREA The Project area is an irregularly shaped plot of land of approximately 57 ha (140 acres). Fronting along Stagecoach Road in the geographic Township of Osgoode, being approximately the south-east ¼ of Lot 7 and all of the east ½ of Lot 8, Concession 3 (Figure 2-1). At present most of the project area is undeveloped and historically was used, where feasible, for agricultural purposes. The property lies within the North Gower Drumlin Field physiographic region, an area of approximately 150 square miles on either side of the Rideau River in Rideau and Osgoode Townships. (Chapman and Putnam, 1984). As its name implies the dominant characteristic of the physiographic region is a series of drumlins which are generally oriented north-south. Overall, the soil between the drumlins is composed of silt or clay deposited by the Champlain Sea and drainage is not well developed, particularly in the lowlands. The drumlin features, on the other hand, exhibit good drainage and exhibiting occasional stony qualities. The project property exhibits both of these overall soil types, with the north end of a drumlin identifiable in the south-west part of the property, where there are cleared fields, and low, poorly drained sections surrounding the drumlin ridge, and notable by their forest cover (Figure 2-1). Specific soil types within the project property include poorly to imperfectly drained Mille Isle, Uplands and Goulbourn series soils, and well-drained Kars Sandy Loam and Grenville Sandy Loam soils (Figure 2-2) (Hills et al. , 1944). The Grenville soils are associated (within the project area) exclusively with the drumlin ridge; the Kars soils are located along Stagecoach Road, where the ground is slightly elevated above the poorly drained soils below the drumlin (Figure 2-3). Although not directly associated with the project area, the Middle Castor River has its headwaters to the north-west of the project property (Figure 1-1). Although not navigable at this point, the Middle Castor River is a branch of the larger, and navigable Castor River, a tributary of the South Nation River, approximately 38 km to the east. Much closer is the Rideau River, located 6 km to the west. There are, however, no watercourses within the limits of the project area, and the nearest that the Middle Castor River flows to the project property is 290 m south- west of the south-west corner of the property. At this point the stream is less than 1 m wide. Project No.: 122510329 1 Project Area 1000 m Figure 1-1 Location of ProjectArea (Source Map: National Topographic Series 30-G-04) LEGEND: NOT TO SCALE Completed By: PROPOSED SUBDIVISION Figure 1-2 Proposed Plan of Subdivision Drawing No.: PART OF LOTS 7 & 8 - CONCESSION 3 (Original Courtesy of Sunset Lakes Development Corporation) Scale: Date: CITY OF OTTAWA - Formerly TOWNSHIP OF OSGOODE SK-1 RRDDRRDD BBLLOOSSSSOOMMTTRRAAIIILLDDRR 25 0 m BBLLAACCKKSSTTAALLLLIIIOONNWWAAYY B B B B B L L L L L A A A A A C C C C

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