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August 13, 2015 REVISED REPORT Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment Retirement Residence Part of Lot 6, Concession 2, Carleton County March Township, City of Ottawa, Ontario Licensee: Aaron Mior (P1077) PIF#: P1077-0004-2015 Submitted to: Dan Roach Hawthorn Retirement Group 9310 NE Vancouver Mall Drive, Suite 200 Vancouver, WA, 98662-8210 Report Number: 1523083 Distribution: 5 copies - SCS Consulting Group Ltd. REPORT 1 e-copy - Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport 1 copy - Golder Associates Ltd. STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT RETIREMENT RESIDENCE Executive Summary The Executive Summary highlights key points from the report only, for complete information and findings as well as limitations, the reader should examine the complete report. Golder Associates Limited (“Golder”) was retained by SCS Consulting Group Limited to complete a Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment for the proposed development of a retirement residence located with Part of Lot 6, Concession 2, Geographic Township of March, Carleton County, City of Ottawa, Ontario. The proposed 1.7-hectare development will consist of a four-storey wood frame structure and associated access road, parking area and landscaped grounds situated east of the existing Goulbourn Forced Road and north of Kanata Avenue. This Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment was triggered by the Planning Act as part of the site plan approval process. The objectives of this archaeological assessment were to identify known archaeological resources within the designated area, to provide information on previous archaeological studies completed in the area, to assess the archaeological potential of the subject property and to provide recommendations as to whether any additional archaeological investigations are required. Registered archaeological sites BhFx-21, BhFx-23. BhFx-28 and BhFx-30 are all within the vicinity of the study area, although none are located within 300 metres of the proposed development limits. An inspection of the study area was carried out on June 26, 2015, in clear sunny conditions with a temperature of 18°C. Permission to access the property was provided by Dan Roach of Lenity Architecture. The visual site inspection identified a significant amount of previous disturbance to the subject property. In regards to the study area detailed in this report, features indicating archaeological potential include evidence of historical occupation on the property beginning in the mid-19th century by the Nesbit family and Goulbourn Forced Road, which is considered to be a historically significant transportation route. Although these criteria identifying archaeological potential within the subject property are present, both the 2005 aerial photograph and the documentation from the visual site inspection completed on June 26, 2015, have identified the entire study area to have been significantly disturbed by previous construction activities with no portions of the subject property retaining potential to recover in situ archaeological resources. Based on the analysis documented in this report, this investigation has provided the basis for the following recommendation: 1) That the archaeological integrity of the study area has been compromised and therefore no potential for the recovery of in situ archaeologically significant materials remains. As a consequence, it is recommended that the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) issue a letter concurring that no additional archaeological investigations are required for the study area. August 13, 2015 Report No. 1523083 i STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT RETIREMENT RESIDENCE Project Personnel Proponent: Tara Risi, SCS Consulting Group Ltd. Client: Dan Roach, Hawthorn Retirement Group Project Director: Hugh J. Daechsel, M.A. (P051) Project Manager: Aaron Mior, M.MA. (P1077) Licenced Archaeologist: Aaron Mior, M.MA. (P1077) Report Preparation: Aaron Mior, M.MA. (P1077) GIS/Mapping: Bojan Radojevic, B.A. Administration: Courtney Adey, Lois Breadner, B.A. August 13, 2015 Report No. 1523083 ii STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT RETIREMENT RESIDENCE Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................ i PROJECT PERSONNEL ........................................................................................................................................................... ii 1.0 PROJECT CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Development Context .......................................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 HISTORIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Regional Aboriginal History ................................................................................................................................. 2 2.2 European Contact and Initial Settlement in the Ottawa Valley ............................................................................. 3 2.3 March Township History ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2.4 General Property History ..................................................................................................................................... 5 3.0 ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT ...................................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Subject Property Environment ............................................................................................................................. 7 3.2 Previous Archaeological Investigations ............................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Known Archaeological Sites ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.4 Study Area Inspection .......................................................................................................................................... 8 3.5 Archaeological Potential ...................................................................................................................................... 9 4.0 ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS .................................................................................................................................. 10 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 11 6.0 ADVICE ON COMPLIANCE WITH LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................ 12 7.0 IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS REPORT ......................................................................... 13 8.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 9.0 IMAGES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17 10.0 MAPS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 CLOSURE................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 IMAGES Image 1: Eastern portion of study area, looking east. .............................................................................................................. 18 Image 2: Gravel pathway extending though the eastern portion of the study area, looking south............................................ 18 Image 3: Mounds of soil and excavated material within northern portion of study area, looking north. .................................... 19 August 13, 2015 Report No. 1523083 iii STAGE 1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT RETIREMENT RESIDENCE Image 4: Piles of excavated bedrock within northern portion of study area, looking west. ....................................................... 19 Image 5: Evidence of previous construction activity and soil disturbance in western portion of study area, looking south. ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Image 6: Exposed limestone bedrock in western portion of study area, looking east. ............................................................. 20 Image 7: Former Goulbourn Forced Road extending through west limit of study area, looking south. .................................... 21 Image 8: View from Goulbourn Forced Road towards subject property showing drop in elevation, looking east. .................... 21 Image 9: Disturbed topography and excavated bedrock soil in southern