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Power Authority at a total cost of

1.0 INTRODUCTION

This report presents the results of an archaeological
survey of the Arrow Lakes in the Columoia Basin of British Colum-
bia. Field research was conducted between May 15 and August 15,
1977 and employed a crew of four persons; Brian Chisholm, Ann Mohs,

Gordon Mohs, and Cecelia turphy. Sucsequent analysis was carried

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out in Vancouver between Novembsr 15 and December 31, 1977 by the

author... The project..was..financed. the. B.C. Hydro and

Mr. PW. Bishop.
acted as administrative officer for 3.0. Hydro... A permit .to.con-
duct investigations was obtained from tne Archaeological Sites
Advisory Board and John McMurdo and Ray Kenny of the Provincial
Archaeologists' Office acted as Hegicnal Archaeological Supervisors
for the duration of the project.

Archaeological investigations of the Arrow Lakes region

conducted in the summer months of i¢?f?7 were the end result of

negotiations held between the Archacoicgical Sites Advisory Board
and the British Columoia Hydro and Power Authority in the period
1975 ~ 1977. (The Archaeological Sites Advisory Board is the
provincial agency charged with tne resvonsibility of protecting
all non-renewable archaeo icai resources in British Columbia ..
and B.C. Hydro is the Crown Corporation responsible for the flood-
ing of the Arrow Lakes.) he reasons for the Advisory Board's

concern over the archaeolo rees on the Arrow Lakes are

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outlined below.

In 1962, the Canadian Parliament ratified the Columbia