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  • Fossil Shows Canada Had 400 Day Long Year

    Fossil Shows Canada Had 400 Day Long Year

    The Great Lakes Basin, once inundated by a vast ancient, shallow sea that covered much of central North America, is today revealing an abundance of fossil corals, invertebrates, and marine organisms found within many limestone formations uncovered by glaciers and erosion. Haldimand and Norfolk County have especially become an attractive area to explore for fossils…

  • Prehistoric Trails Across Southern Ontario Farm Lands

    Prehistoric Trails Across Southern Ontario Farm Lands

    For over 25 years archaeological efforts have been ongoing to delineate where potential prehistoric trails exist across the landscape of southern Ontario.   Trails were created and used by the earliest inhabitants of the region after glaciers disappeared some 15,000 years ago.  One of the roles for a trail system was to help keep people alive.…

  • The Fuss About Archaeology Conducted On Ontario Farmlands

    The Fuss About Archaeology Conducted On Ontario Farmlands

    Farmland development throughout wind-powered Ontario has resulted in the hiring of many consulting archaeologists by developers of solar panels and wind turbine farms and the public continues to wonder why so much attention is given to archaeological sites several thousand years old that hold little or no cultural value to the people who live there…

  • Australian Archaeologist In Ontario For Practices Exchange

    Australian Archaeologist In Ontario For Practices Exchange

    Phil Czerwinski of Perth, Australia and director of “Heritage Western Australia” an archaeological consultant company focusing on the survey of indigenous rock art, archaeological, and ethnographic sites in Western Australia came to learn about archaeology in southern Ontario. Phil arrived in Haldimand-Norfolk County July 4-11, 2014 to participate in an archaeological exchange with the Haldimand…

  • MTO Explain Archaeological Delays For Ontario Bridge

    MTO Explain Archaeological Delays For Ontario Bridge

    Silo/HNARP- Can you tell our readers a bit about the history of the bridge, for example the year in which it was first built and its age? The Grand River Cayuga Bridge is a 5-span through-truss bridge. Construction began in 1923 and was completed in 1924. Silo/HNARP- So why is the bridge being redesigned and…