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Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario Prepared for: AECOM 300 Town Centre Blvd, Suite 300 Markham, Ontario L3R 5Z6 Tel: (905) 477-8400 Fax: (905) 477-1456 Archaeological Licence P057 (Robert Pihl) MCL PIF P057-558-2009 ASI File 09EA-051 October 2009 (Revised July 2010) Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Archaeological Services Inc. (ASI) was contracted by AECOM, Markham, on behalf of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), to conduct a Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (background study and property inspection) for the proposed Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, in the City of Toronto, Ontario. The study area includes the area located north of the existing Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, west of Leslie Street and south of Lake Shore Boulevard East. In addition, the study area includes a Leslie Street corridor between Lake Shore Boulevard East and Queen Street for connecting tracks between the proposed LRV Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility and the existing streetcar tracks along Queen Street. The Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment determined that no archaeological sites have been registered within or immediately adjacent to the study area. However, a single archaeological site has been registered within 1 km of it. A review of the geography and local nineteenth century land use of the study area suggested that the potential for the recovery of Aboriginal or early Euro- Canadian cultural material within the proposed LRV Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility is low. However, there is potential for the recovery of Aboriginal and early Euro-Canadian cultural material along the corridor for the connecting tracks to Queen Street East. Based on the results of the property inspection, it has been determined that both the proposed new LRV fleet maintenance and storage facility and the connecting tracks to Queen Street East have been previously disturbed, negating archaeological potential. In light of these results, the following recommendation is made: 1. The proposed LRV Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility study area does not require additional archaeological assessment. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario Page ii ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES INC. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT DIVISION PROJECT PERSONNEL Senior Project Manager: Robert Pihl, MA, CAHP [MCL license P057] Partner and Senior Archaeologist Manager, Environmental Assessment Division Project Director (licensee): Robert Pihl Project Manager/Archaeologist: Caitlin Lacy, Hon. BA [MCL license R303] Staff Archaeologist Project Administrator: Sarah Jagelewski, Hon. BA Research Archaeologist Field Director: Caitlin Lacy Report Writer and Graphics: Caitlin Lacy Report Reviewer: Robert Pihl Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario Page iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................... i PROJECT PERSONNEL ...................................................................................................................................... ii 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 2.0 BACKGROUND RESEARCH................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Previous Archaeological Research ................................................................................................. 2 2.2 Geography .................................................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Land-Use History ........................................................................................................................... 4 2.3.1 Historic Map Review ............................................................................................................. 4 3.0 ANALYSIS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTENTIAL EVALUATION .......................................................................6 4.0 PROPERTY INSPECTION ...................................................................................................................... 7 5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMPLIANCE ADVICE................................................................................. 7 6.0 REFERENCES CITED.......................................................................................................................... 10 7.0 PHOTOGRAPHY ................................................................................................................................ 12 7.1 Proposed New LRV Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility........................................................... 12 7.2 Connecting tracks to Queen Street East ........................................................................................13 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Location of the study area. ................................................................................................................ 1 Figure 2: The study area overlaid on the map of York (Southeast) Township in the 1878 Illustrated Historical Atlas of the County of York. ................................................................................................ 5 Figure 3: Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility - Results of the Stage 1 Property Inspection.........................................................................................................................................8 Figure 4: Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility (Connecting tracks to Queen Street East) - Results of the Stage 1 Property Inspection...............................................................................9 LIST OF PLATES Plate 1: View northwest along western edge of study area. ............................................................................ 12 Plate 2: View north toward man-made berm. ................................................................................................. 12 Plate 3: View east-northeast along northern edge of study area..................................................................... 12 Plate 4: View east toward man-made berm.................................................................................................... 12 Plate 5: View northeast along southern edge of study area ............................................................................ 12 Plate 6: View west toward man-made berm. .................................................................................................. 12 Plate 7: View north-northwest along disturbed Leslie St. corridor....................................................................13 Plate 8: View south-southeast along disturbed Leslie St. corridor...................................................................13 Plate 9: View northwest across Lakeshore Rd/Leslie St. intersection. .............................................................13 Plate 10: View south-southeast along disturbed Leslie St. corridor. ................................................................13 Plate 11: View north-northwest across Eastern Ave. along disturbed Leslie St. corridor....................................13 Plate 12: View south-southeast across Queen St. along disturbed Leslie St. corridor.......................................13 Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario Page 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION Archaeological Services Inc. (ASI) was contracted by AECOM, Markham, on behalf of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), to conduct a Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (background study and property inspection) for the proposed Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, in the City of Toronto, Ontario (Figure 1). The study area includes the area located north of the existing Ashbridges Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant, west of Leslie Street and south of Lake Shore Boulevard East. In addition, the study area includes a Leslie Street corridor between Lake Shore Boulevard East and Queen Street for connecting tracks between the proposed LRV Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility and the existing streetcar tracks along Queen Street. Figure 1: Location of the study area. Base Map: NTS Sheet 30 M/11 (Toronto) Authorization to carry out the activities necessary for the completion of the Stage 1 assessment was granted to ASI by AECOM on September 18, 2009. Stage 1 Archaeological Assessment (Background Study and Property Inspection) Light Rail Vehicle Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility, City of Toronto, Ontario Page 2 The objectives of this report are: • To provide information about the geography, history, previous archaeological fieldwork and current land condition of the study area; • To evaluate in detail the archaeological potential of the study area which can be used, if necessary, to support recommendations for Stage 2 survey
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