Document Front Sheet Contract or Purchase Number and Description: Contractor/Supplier Name: LC-EV-102 Regulatory Compliance - Labrador Stassinu Stantec Limited Partnership Document Title: Total Number of Pages Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Development Project 2017 Historic Incl. Front Sheet Resources Assessment and Recovery Program 208 Contractor Document Number: Revision Number: Supplier Document Number: Revision Number: NE-LCP Document Number: NE-LCP Issue Number: LCP-SC-CD-0000-EV-RP-0126-01 B2 LCP Contractor/Supplier - NE Approver’s Signature: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): Review Class: 12-FEB-2019 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): Jackie Wells 13-Feb-2019 LCP - NE-LCP Management: Date (dd-mmm-yyyy): NE General Comments: LCP-PT-MD-0000-IM-FR-0001-01 REV. B3 Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Development Project 2017 Historic Resources Assessment and Recovery Program Permit # 17.15 Prepared for: Nalcor Energy Hydro Place, 500 Columbus Drive PO Box 12800 St. John's, NL A1B 0C9 Prepared by: Stassinu Stantec Limited Partnership 19-21 Burnwood, PO Box 482 Stn. C Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL A0P 1C0 141 Kelsey Drive St. John’s, NL A1B 0L2 Tel: (709) 576-1458 Fax: (709) 576-2126 Final Report File No: 121414600 February 12, 2019 LOWER CHURCHILL HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2017 HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAM PERMIT # 17.15 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. viii Abbreviations .............................................................................................................................. x Glossary ...................................................................................................................................... xi 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 1 Project Works in Labrador .................................................................................................. 1 Historic Resources Assessment and Management ....................................................... 3 1.2.1 Stage 1 Historic Resources Overview Assessment ....................................... 3 1.2.2 Stage 2 Detailed Impact Assessment ........................................................... 3 1.2.3 Stage 3 Historic Resources Assessment ......................................................... 3 2017 Historic Resources Assessment and Recovery Program ...................................... 3 1.3.1 Permitting and Study Area .............................................................................. 3 1.3.2 2017 Study Objectives ...................................................................................... 4 2.0 APPROACH AND METHODS ............................................................................................ 6 Stage 1 Background Research ......................................................................................... 6 Stage 2 Field Assessment Methodology.......................................................................... 6 Stage 3 Recovery Program Methodology ...................................................................... 7 Artifact Processing and Conservation Methodology ................................................... 8 2.4.1 Artifact Processing and Collections Management .................................... 8 2.4.2 Conservation Methodology ............................................................................ 9 Training Program Methodology ........................................................................................ 9 Project Personnel ................................................................................................................. 9 3.0 STAGE 2 ASSESSMENT RESULTS ...................................................................................... 13 FgCh-06 ............................................................................................................................... 14 Quartzite Scatter Near FgCh-06 ..................................................................................... 15 Summary ............................................................................................................................. 16 4.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY PROGRAM OVERVIEW ................................................................. 17 5.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY RESULTS: FgCh-01 ........................................................................ 19 Site Stratigraphy and Features ........................................................................................ 21 5.1.1 Feature 1 .......................................................................................................... 26 5.1.2 Feature 2 .......................................................................................................... 27 5.1.3 Feature 3 .......................................................................................................... 28 5.1.4 Feature 4 .......................................................................................................... 28 Cultural Materials .............................................................................................................. 31 5.2.1 Debitage .......................................................................................................... 31 5.2.2 Artifacts ............................................................................................................. 31 Interpretation and Summary ........................................................................................... 41 i File No: 121414600 LOWER CHURCHILL HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2017 HISTORIC RESOURCES ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY PROGRAM PERMIT # 17.15 6.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY RESULTS: FgCh-02 ........................................................................ 43 Site Stratigraphy and Features ........................................................................................ 46 6.1.1 Feature 1 .......................................................................................................... 51 6.1.2 Feature 2 .......................................................................................................... 51 Cultural Materials .............................................................................................................. 51 6.2.1 Debitage .......................................................................................................... 51 6.2.2 Artifacts ............................................................................................................. 51 Interpretation and Summary ........................................................................................... 57 7.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY RESULTS: FgCh-03 ........................................................................ 58 Site Stratigraphy and Features ........................................................................................ 61 7.1.1 Feature 1 .......................................................................................................... 65 7.1.2 Feature 2 .......................................................................................................... 65 7.1.3 Feature 3 .......................................................................................................... 66 Cultural Materials .............................................................................................................. 66 7.2.1 Historic Component ....................................................................................... 66 7.2.2 Precontact Component ................................................................................ 66 Interpretation and Summary ........................................................................................... 77 8.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY RESULTS: FgCh-05 ........................................................................ 78 Site Stratigraphy and Features ........................................................................................ 80 8.1.1 Locus A Features ............................................................................................. 85 8.1.2 Locus B Feature ............................................................................................... 88 Cultural Materials .............................................................................................................. 88 8.2.1 Locus A ............................................................................................................. 88 8.2.2 Locus B .............................................................................................................. 94 Interpretation and Summary ........................................................................................... 95 9.0 STAGE 3 RECOVERY RESULTS: FfCh-02 ......................................................................... 96 FfCh-02 Locus A ..............................................................................................................