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Document Front Sheet Contract or Purchase Number and Description: Contractor/Supplier Name: LC-EV-107 Golder Associates Ltd. Document Title: Total Number of Pages Historic Resources Assessment (Stage 2) – Labrador-Island Incl. Front Sheet 144 Transmission Link (Newfoundland Segment) Contractor Document Number: Revision Number: 1312500043-3-002 A1 Supplier Document Number: Revision Number: /Supplier NE-LCP Document Number: NE-LCP Issue Number: ILK-GA-CD-0000-EV-RP-0001-01 B1 Contractor LCP - Approver’s Signature: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): Review Class: NE 12-May-2014 Comments: Equipment Tag or Model Number: REVIEW DOES NOT CONSTITUTE APPROVAL OF DESIGN DETAILS, CALCULATIONS, TEST METHODS OR MATERIAL DEVELOPED AND/OR SELECTED BY THE CONTRACTOR, NOR DOES IT RELIEVE THE CONTRACTOR FROM FULL COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTUAL OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS. 01 – REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED – NO COMMENTS 02 – REVIEWED – INCORPORATE COMMENTS, REVISE AND RESUBMIT 03 – REVIEWED - NOT ACCEPTED 04 – INFORMATION ONLY 05 – NOT REVIEWED Lead Reviewer: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): Project Manager: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): LCP - NE-LCP Management: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): NE General Comments: LCP-PT-MD-0000-IM-FR-0001-01 REV. B3 DOCUMENT REVIEW Comment Sheet Completed by LCP Representative Completed by LCPDCC Document Title: Record Number: Historic Resources Assessment (Stage 2) – Labrador-Island Transmission Link (Newfoundland Segment) NE-LCP Document Number: Revision: 3RD Party Document Number: Revision: Transmittal Number: ILK-GA-CD-0000-EV-RP-0001-01 A1 13-1250-0043-3-002 A1 LCP Department of Origin: Purchase Order/Contract Number: Transmittal Date: Environment & Regulatory Compliance LC-EV-107 Distribute Comment Sheet to: Date returned to LCPDCC Peter Madden 24-Mar-2014 LCP Representative: Peter Madden Lead Reviewer: Peter Madden Comments: Section / Paragraph Item No. Comment Response Status / Page / Sheet 1 Title Change: Change made as requested. Historic Resources Impact Assessment Report – Labrador-Island Transmission Link (Newfoundland Segments) 2 Pg 12 -Introduction Add: Change made as requested. 1st sentence “Newfoundland Segments of the” before … Labrador-Island Transmission Link are to be built… 3 Pg 37 – Last sentence Comment: was the winter cabin location in PA-1E reported to Added sentence: “The existence of the cabin was Nalcor at the time? If so, please indicate. reported to Nalcor by e-mail on 31 October.” 4 Pg 39 – last paragraph Correct spelling of Stantes’s to Stantec’s. Corrected. LCP-PT-MD-0000-IM-PR-0009-01 Rev. B1 External Revision Controlled Documents Review and Acceptance Process 1 Historic Resources Impact Assessment Report Labrador-Island Transmission Line (Newfoundland Segments) Archaeological Investigation Permit #13.47 (Shoal Cove to Soldiers Pond) Golder document #13-1250-0043-3-002 Testing a suitable area for a campsite, near PA12, Tote River (CN.6142). Submitted to Marion Organ Lower Churchill Project Delivery Team Submitted by Golder Associates Limited 62 Pippy Place, Suite 204, St. John’s, NL, A1B 4H7 On behalf of Gerald Penney Associates Limited P.O. Box 428, St. John's, NL, A1C 5K4 22 April 2014 Labrador-Island Transmission Line Permit #13.47 GOLDER DRAFT II GPA 2014 CONTENTS List of Figures, Tables and Plates ......................................................................... 4 Letter of Transmittal ............................................................................................ 7 Executive Summary ............................................................................................. 9 Participants ........................................................................................................ 11 1 Introduction..................................................................................................... 12 2 Previous Archaeological Results ..................................................................... 13 Relative sea-level history................................................................................ 13 Pre-contact cultures of Newfoundland ............................................................ 16 Stage 1 field testing of the ROW .................................................................... 21 3 Historic Aboriginal Use ................................................................................... 24 Beothuk ......................................................................................................... 24 Inuit and Innu ................................................................................................ 25 Mi’kmaq ....................................................................................................... 25 4 European Patterns of Settlement ...................................................................... 27 Northern Peninsula ........................................................................................ 27 Central .......................................................................................................... 29 5 Work Plan ....................................................................................................... 32 Methodology ................................................................................................. 32 6 Field Investigations ......................................................................................... 35 PA1 – Corridor Ponds ................................................................................... 35 PA2 – Western Brook Pond ........................................................................... 44 PA3 – Ten Mile Narrows............................................................................... 47 PA4 – Leg Pond ............................................................................................ 51 PA5 – River of Ponds .................................................................................... 54 PA6 – Six Mile Pond ..................................................................................... 58 PA7 – Outside Pond ...................................................................................... 62 PA8 – Birchy Lake ........................................................................................ 65 PA9 – Badger [Exploits River] ...................................................................... 69 PA10 – Lemottes Lake .................................................................................. 72 PA11 – Rattling Brook .................................................................................. 75 PA12 – Tote River ........................................................................................ 78 PA13 – Dead Wolf Brook ............................................................................. 81 PA14 – Terra Nova River .............................................................................. 84 PA15 – Southwest Brook ............................................................................. 87 PA16 – Goose Pond ...................................................................................... 90 PA17 – Harbour Main Pond .......................................................................... 92 2 Labrador-Island Transmission Line Permit #13.47 GOLDER DRAFT II GPA 2014 7 Health and Safety ............................................................................................ 94 8 Discussion ....................................................................................................... 96 9 Sources ........................................................................................................... 98 Appendix A: Project Execution Plan ................................................................ 106 Appendix B: Stage 1 & 2 Standard Operating Procedures (PAO) ..................... 124 3 Labrador-Island Transmission Line Permit #13.47 GOLDER DRAFT II GPA 2014 List of Figures, Tables and Plates Figures Figure 1: Location of Project Areas ................................................................... 8 Figure 2: PA1 Corridor Ponds ......................................................................... 36 Figure 3: PAs 1A to 1E, Corridor Ponds .......................................................... 40 Figure 4: PAs 1G and 1F, Corridor Ponds ....................................................... 41 Figure 5: PA-1H, Corridor Ponds .................................................................... 42 Figure 6: PA2 Western Brook Pond ............................................................... 45 Figure 7: PA3 Ten Mile Narrows .................................................................. 48 Figure 8: PA4 Leg Pond ............................................................................... 53 Figure 9: PA5 River of Ponds ....................................................................... 55 Figure 10: PA6 Six Mile Pond ......................................................................... 59 Figure 11: PA7 Outside Pond .......................................................................... 63 Figure 12: PA8 Birchy Lake ............................................................................ 67 Figure 13: PA9 Badger [Exploits River] .......................................................... 70 Figure 14: PA10 Lemottes Lake ........................................................................ 73 Figure 15: PA11 Rattling Brook ........................................................................ 76 Figure 16: PA12 Tote River .............................................................................. 79 Figure 17: