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Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre 10-7201 Vedder Road Chilliwack, BC V2R 4G5 phone 604.824.2420 fax 604.824.0278 www.srrmcentre.com CULTURAL HERITAGE OVERVIEW ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED TRANS MOUNTAIN VARIANCE PROJECT IN CHILLIWACK, BC SHIP 2013-42 Prepared for: Trans Mountain ULC 6025 Sussex Street PO Box 81018 South Burnaby Burnaby, BC V5H 3B0 November 2017 © SRRMC CHOA of The Proposed Trans Mountain Variance Project in Chilliwack November 2017 GRANT OF LICENSE I, David Schaepe, Director of the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre (SRRMC) confirm that the SRRMC, in accordance with its’ copyright policy and acting to maintain copyright in trust on behalf of the collective use of the Stó:lō community, is the copyright owner of this permit report, and for good and valuable consideration irrevocably grant a non-exclusive license to the Province of British Columbia, for a term equal to the life of the copyright commencing on the date of execution below, to make copies of the reports, including all appendices and photos, and to provide such copies to anyone, at the discretion of the Province, either at no charge or at the cost incurred by the Province of British Columbia in making and distributing the copies. All parties, except the party for whom the report was prepared, acknowledge that any use or interpretation of this report is at the sole risk and liability of the subsequent user(s). Executed on the 20th of November 2017, by ___________________________________________ Signature, on behalf of the Copyright Owner ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SRRMC H2017-57 i CHOA of The Proposed Trans Mountain Variance Project in Chilliwack November 2017 CREDITS Permit Holder ......................................................................................... Cara Brendzy, B.A., B.App.GIS, RPCA Report Author ............................................................................................................................. Cara Brendzy Lisa Dojack, M.A. Report Edits ..................................................................................................................................... Lisa Dojack GIS/Graphics ............................................................................................................................... Cara Brendzy Research ...................................................................................................................................... Cara Brendzy ____________________________________________________________________________________ SRRMC H2017-57 ii CHOA of The Proposed Trans Mountain Variance Project in Chilliwack November 2017 SUMMARY OF RESULTS The Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre was retained by Trans Mountain to conduct a Cultural Heritage Overview Assessment (CHOA) of the proposed Trans Mountain Variance Expansion Project in Chilliwack, BC, in S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō Traditional Territory). The CHOA was conducted under Stó:lō Heritage Investigation Permit 2013-42, held by SRRMC Project Archaeologist Cara Brendzy. The CHOA consisted of two main components: (1) background research pertinent to the Study Area and its surroundings; and (2) review of previously conducted AIAs on the Study Area (Bond 2017a, Bond 2017b, Alexander 2016, Franck 2015, Osicki et al. 2014). Several previously recorded cultural heritage sites/areas are recorded within a 1 km context zone of the Study Area, including one Sxwôxwiyám, three Halq’eméylem Place Names, one previously recorded archaeological site, four Documented Travel Routes, and one traditional land and resource use area (Figure 3), five of which (one Sxwôxwiyám, one Halq’eméylem Place Name, and three Documented Travel Routes) are recorded within the Study Area. The Sxwôxwiyám and Halq’eméylem Place Name require further management (Section 5.0). One Geotech site, CPT-BGC16-CHW-01, was assessed within the Study Area with negative results (Bond 2017b). No archaeological features or materials have been identified in the Study Area as a result of the fieldwork to date (Bond 2017a; Bond 2017b; Alexander 2016; Franck 2015; Osicki et al, 2014). The archaeological impact assessment for the Study Area is labeled as incomplete for the Study Area (Plate 7; Osicki et al. 2014). Further work was conducted on the Study Area in 2017 by Stantec (H. Bond, personal communication, November 16, 2017); however, reporting with the assessment results has not been submitted to the SRRMC at this time. ____________________________________________________________________________________ SRRMC H2017-57 iii CHOA of The Proposed Trans Mountain Variance Project in Chilliwack November 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Proposed Project ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Project Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Report Organization ....................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 STUDY AREA SETTING ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 Lower Fraser Basin Environment .................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.3 Cultural Overview – The Stó:lō ....................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Archaeological Overview ................................................................................................................ 6 3.0 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1 Background Research ..................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 AIA Fieldwork Review ..................................................................................................................... 9 4.0 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 Background Research ................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 AIA Fieldwork Review ................................................................................................................... 14 5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................... 15 5.1 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 16 5.3 Land Use Decisions ....................................................................................................................... 16 5.4 Study Limitations and Unanticipated Materials ........................................................................... 16 6.0 WORKS CITED ................................................................................................................................... 19 TABLES Table 1 – Sxwôxwiyóm within Context Zone ................................................................................................ 10 Table 2 – Halq’eméylem Place Names within Context Zone ........................................................................ 11 Table 3 – Documented Travel Routes within Context Zone ......................................................................... 12 Table 4 – Traditional Land and Resource Use Area within Context Zone ..................................................... 13 Table 5 – Stó:lō Heritage Management Measures ....................................................................................... 15 APPENDIX I - FIGURES Figure 1 ..................................................................................................................................... Overview Map Figure 2 ...................................................................................................................... Midrange Location Map Figure 3 ................................................................................................................. Cultural Heritage Overview Figure 4 ....................................................................................................................................... LiDar Overlay APPENDIX II – BACKGROUND RESEARCH: STUDY AREA SETTING RESULTS APPENDIX III – ADDITIONAL FIGURES Plate 1 ............................................................................................................................................. Figure E-10 Plate 2 ............................................................................................................................................... Figure E-9 Plate 3 .........................................................................................................................................