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Archaeological Monitoring of Services Installation for the Manitoba Children's Museum at The Forks

Monitoring of installations yielded 404 artifacts relating to the following periods: Late Woodland (AD 500-1737); Fort Gibraltar I (1810-1816); Immigration Sheds (1872-1885); and Railroad (1888-1988). Precontact artifacts are limited to lithic and faunal remains. Postcontact artifacts represent the following categories: architectural objects; transportations; smoking equipment; ceramic, glass, and metal dinnerware, storage, and ornamental containers; clothing; detritus. Features recovered include brick foundations, a midden, and a Precontact occupation site. Stratigraphy is discussed in detail. Appendices include an artifact catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1994. Archaeological Monitoring of Services Installation for the Manitoba Children's Museum at The Forks. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. Prepared for The Forks Renewal Corporation, Manitoba Children's Museum, Winnipeg Hydro. [ CRM report (32pp)(HRB, MM) ]
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Archaeological Monitoring of the CanWest Global Park Baseball Facility Parking Lot

Monitoring of the construction of the baseball facility parking lot between Pioneer and Water Avenues yielded Pre- and Postcontact artifacts. The 322 Postcontact (19th and early 20th centuries) artifacts include: architectural objects; lighting equipment; food processing; clothing; recreation; adornment; house-wares; faunal remains; containers; and dinnerware. The 27 Precontact (post 700 BP, Late Woodland) artifacts include lithics, ceramics, and faunal and floral remains.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 2003. Archaeological Monitoring of the CanWest Global Park Baseball Facility Parking Lot. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM report (41pp)(HRB, MM) ]
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Archaeological Monitoring of the Construction of the Manitoba Theatre for Young People at The Forks

Monitoring of auger holes and excavations yielded 28 artifacts from Precontact, Homestead and Industrial periods in the following categories: faunal remains; architectural objects; clothing; floral recoveries; soil; and containers. Historical context is briefly discussed for the following periods: First Inhabitants (8000 BC-AD 1737), including Archaic (3000 BC-AD 1) and Woodland (AD 1-1737); Contact (1737-1821), including Fort Gibraltar I (1810-1816); Transition (1821-1870); Industrialization and Immigration (1870-1888); and Railway (1888-1988). Stratigraphy is discussed in detail, providing information on flood activity at The Forks over the last 3000 years. Appendices include an artifact catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1999. Archaeological Monitoring of the Construction of the Manitoba Theatre for Young People at The Forks. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM report (30pp)(TFNP, HRB, MM) ]
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Archaeological Monitoring of the Construction of the Westbound Component of the Provencher Paired Bridges

Excavations to facilitate construction of the bridges were monitored, yielding a total of 12 Historic artifacts representing the following categories: architectural objects; manufacturing equipment; clothing; faunal remains; storage and dinnerware containers. Recoveries date to between 1881 and 1905. Stratigraphy is discussed in detail. Appendices include an artifact catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 2003. Archaeological Monitoring of the Construction of the Westbound Component of the Provencher Paired Bridges. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM report (19pp)(HRB, MM) ]
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Archaeological Monitoring of the Extension of the Parking Lot Drainage System at The Forks

Monitoring of installations yielded 29 Postcontact artifacts from the Hudson’s Bay Experimental Farm (1836-1848) and Railway/Industrial (1860-1988) periods representing the following categories: architectural objects; lighting equipment; communication; clothing; transportation; faunal remains; glass and ceramic storage containers; and dinnerware. Stratigraphy is discussed in detail. Appendices include an artifact catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1996. Archaeological Monitoring of the Extension of the Parking Lot Drainage System at The Forks. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM report (27pp)(TFNP, HRB, MM) ]
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Archaeological Monitoring of the Stage I Construction Program

A total of 10,969 artifacts were recovered during monitoring of Stage I construction in the East Yard at The Forks site. Postcontact recoveries represent the following: architectural objects; lighting equipment; scientific artifacts; medicine; communication; food processing; clothing; transportation; recreation; housewares; containers; detritus; and floral and faunal remains. Precontact recoveries include lithics, ceramics, faunal and floral remains, sediment samples and radiocarbon samples. Stratigraphy and features are discussed in detail. Interpretation is discussed for the following periods: Railway (1888-1988); Industrial and Immigration (1870-1888); Contact and Transition (1737-1870); and Precontact (4000 BC-AD 1737). Appendices include locational data, artifact cataloguing hierarchy, photographic plates, and an artifact inventory catalogue (the latter contained in volume II).
Kroker, Sid, and Pam Goundry. 1990. Archaeological Monitoring of the Stage I Construction Program. Winnipeg:The Forks Renewal Corporation. [ CRM monograph report (Vol. I 216pp.; Vol. II artifact catalogue)(TFNP, HRB, MM, on file at PC) ]
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Archaeological Resources at the Manitoba Sports Federation Building Site (200 Main Street)

Impact assessment of the site yielded 427 diagnostic historic artifacts in the following categories: architectural objects; lighting and manufacturing equipment; medicine; communication; food procurement and processing; commerce; clothing; transportation; recreation; adornment; housewares; glass, ceramic, and metal storage containers and dinnerware; cooking, waste, and ornamental containers; detritus; faunal remains. The history of 200 Main Street from 1870 to 1989 is covered, and stratigraphy and features relating to modification of historic buildings on the site are detailed. Appendices include a preliminary heritage resource assessment, photographic plates, and artifact catalogue in a separate volume.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1990. Archaeological Resources at the Manitoba Sports Federation Building Site (200 Main Street). Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. Prepared for 200 Main Inc.. [ CRM monograph report (Vol. I 147pp; Vol. II 16pp)(HRB, MM) ]
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Heritage Resource Impact Assessment of the Tourist Hotel Site

Assessment included monitoring of geo-technical drilling, surface collection of exposed areas, sub-surface auger investigations, and backhoe excavations of a parking lot area. A brief historic background is provided from archival research. A total of 2,308 Postcontact artifacts were recovered, the earliest relating to a homestead structure standing in 1848. The following categories are represented: structural artifacts; transportation; tools and equipment; housewares; clothing and accoutrements; dinnerware; containers; food product residue; and miscellaneous. Soil stratigraphy is described in detail, and interpretation and recommendations are included. Appendices include an artifact list, photographic plates, and an artifact inventory catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1988. Heritage Resource Impact Assessment of the Tourist Hotel Site. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM report (66pp)(HRB) ]
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Heritage Resources Impact Assessment of the Portage East Site

Assessment involved backhoe excavations of 168m of trenches, uncovering artifacts from Protocontact (AD 1650 to 1730) and Postcontact (clustering around 1880 and 1910s). Artifacts represent the following categories: lithics; Precontact ceramics; trade copper; architectural objects; lighting and manufacturing equipment; science related artifacts; communication; food procurement and processing; clothing; transportation; recreation; housewares; floral and faunal remains; storage, cooking, ornamental containers; dinnerware. Land use is briefly discussed for the: Precontact (4000 BC-AD 1737); Fur Trade (1737- 1860); Immigration & Industrialization (1860-1900); and Urban (1900-1970) periods. Stratigraphy and features (waterlines, basement foundations) are detailed. Appendices include provenience data, stratigraphic profiles, and artifact catalogue.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1996. Heritage Resources Impact Assessment of the Portage East Site. Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM monograph report (229pp)(HRB, MM) ]
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Impact Assessment and Archaeological Monitoring of The Forks Access Project: North of Water Avenue Project: (DlLg-77)

Monitoring of the construction of Pioneer Boulevard north from Water Avenue to connect with Lombard Street yielded 573 artifacts. Historic recoveries span the late 19th to mid-20th centuries (1872- 1950s). Stratigraphic data and artifact recoveries are discussed. Range of artifacts includes: architectural objects; structural remnants; lighting and manufacturing equipment; transportation; communication; medicine; clothing; housewares; metal, ceramic, and glass containers; bottles; dinnerware; floral and faunal remains. Containers, bottles, and dinnerware were analyzed using maker’s marks, patterns, and where possible, manufacturing firm identification.
Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. 1999. Impact Assessment and Archaeological Monitoring of The Forks Access Project: North of Water Avenue Project: (DlLg-77). Winnipeg:Quaternary Consultants Ltd.. [ CRM monograph report (91pp)(TFNP pdf, HRB, MM) ]
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