Pre-reservoir clearin

= acvivities des stroyed large portions

of many archaeological sites on tne arrow Lakes and were occasion~

ally responsible for the destruction of entire sites. The use of

heavy machin

ery such as bulldozers, skidders, earthmovers, and |

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large trucks on archaeological sites disturbed the surface struc-

ture and altered the context of sites to the point where sites

became of

occurred,

erably.

limited use to archaeolozists even before inundation
Removal -of the forest cover and clearing of the ‘surface

nereased the rate of erosion of imunce ted sites consi id-

9.4 Post -Inungation Develooment Frotects

Post-inundation development rojects destroyed a number

rchacological sites on tne Arrow Lazxes. Tne censtruction of

the new ferry terminal at Needles, <2:

power house north of Needles

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the resettlement of Edgewood, construction of the Celgar

log dumps at Renata, and the creation of a public swimming beach

at Grassy Point, are but a few of tne projects which destroyed

arenaeolo

oF erosic

nm and pre-reservoir clearing activities, but they have

exposed to the random collecting activities of artifact

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It was inevitable that wnis should occur.