STAGE 1 AND 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ...

STAGE 1 AND 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS

OF 900 ALBERT STREET PART LOT 38, CONCESSION 1

OTTAWA FRONT GEOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP OF NEPEAN

FORMER COUNTY OF CARLETON NOW IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO

STAGE 1 AND 2 ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS OF 900 ALBERT STREET, PART LOT 38, CONCESSION 1, OTTAWA FRONT, GEOGRAPHIC TOWNSHIP OF NEPEAN, FORMER COUNTY OF CARLETON, NOW IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA, ONTARIO

Prepared for:

Re: Prepared by:

Project No.: Licensee: P.I.F. No.: Date:

Mr. Ryan Moore, MPl, MCIP, RPP, LEED AP

Development Manager

Trinity Development Group Inc.

Sun Life Financial Centre, East Tower

3250 Bloor Street West, Suite 1000

Toronto, ON M8X 2X9

Phone:

416-255-8800 x 255

E-mail:

rmoore@trinity-

Planning Act

Jeff Earl, M.Soc.Sc.

Principal

Past Recovery Archaeological Services Inc.

4534 Bolingbroke Road, R.R. #3

Maberly, Ontario K0H 2B0

Phone:

613-267-7028

E-mail:

j.earl@

PR15-41

Adam Pollock, Licence P336 Staff Archaeologist Past Recovery Archaeological Services Inc.

P336-0109-2015

February 25, 2016 Original report

Stage 1 and 2 Archaeological Assessments 801 and 900 Albert Street, Ottawa

Past Recovery Archaeological Services Inc.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Mr. Ryan Moore, Development Manager, Trinity Development Group Inc., provided background material for the investigation, in particular reports from previous environmental site assessments conducted within the property and detailed site mapping.

Mr. Brian Webster, Principal, Stantec Geomatics Ltd., ensured that all test trench locations were staked in the field and that the locations were added to all project mappings.

Ms. Erin Tate, City of Ottawa, provided copies of previous environmental assessment reports.

Mr. Robert von Bitter, Archaeological Data Coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, conducted a search of the Ontario Archaeological Sites Database for all registered archaeological sites located within 1 kilometre of the study area.

PROJECT PERSONNEL

Project Manager

Jeff Earl, M.Soc.Sc., Licence P031

Site Supervisor/Licence Holder Adam Pollock, M.A. (P336)

Stage 2 Field Crew

Jeff Earl Peter Sattelberger, M.A. (P111) Caitlyn Howard Shyong En Pan Stephanie Holmhofer

Artifact Processing

Stephanie Holmhofer

Report Preparation

Jeff Earl

Figure Preparation

Caitlyn Howard Jeff Earl

Report Review

Brenda Kennett, M.A. (P030)

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Stage 1 and 2 Archaeological Assessments 801 and 900 Albert Street, Ottawa

Past Recovery Archaeological Services Inc.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Past Recovery Archaeological Services Inc. was retained by Trinity Development Group Inc. to undertake Stage 1 and partial Stage 2 archaeological assessments for an approximately 1.6 ha property in the Bayview area, located within part of Lot 38, Concession 1, Ottawa Front, in the former Township of Nepean, now in the City of Ottawa (see Maps 1 to 3). The purpose of the Stage 1 assessment was to determine whether or not the study area, or portions thereof, exhibited potential for the presence of significant archaeological resources and to make recommendations for appropriate steps to be taken to address archaeological concerns prior to the initiation of any development. The purpose of the Stage 2 assessment was to determine whether or not there were archaeological resources with cultural heritage value or interest on the property and to make a determination as whether further assessment was required.

In order to evaluate the archaeological potential of the property, detailed archival research was conducted in order to provide an overview of past land use. Historical mapping was compiled to generate an overlay map showing the locations of nineteenth and early to mid-twentieth century structures in order to identify areas of archaeological interest. Much of the area was determined have potential for the presence of significant archaeological resources, including those associated with both pre-Contact First Nations and post-Contact Euro-Canadian settlement and land uses.

While most of the study area required Stage 2 assessment, it was determined by the proponent that the current Stage 2 would focus on lands owned by the City of Ottawa and Capital Railway, with the remainder of the property deferred to a later date. As the research had determined that the study area contained extensive fill deposits related to its use as a railway yard and later developments, the Stage 2 assessment consisted of the mechanical excavation of nine test trenches targeting potential archaeological remains. Foundation walls from a large roundhouse constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1883 and removed after a fire in 1910 were encountered in two of the test trenches,

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