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list of registered archaeological sites within 1 km of the subject property (completed June 10, 2020);

•  a review of known prior archaeological reports for the property and adjacent lands was undertaken (note: the MHSTCI currently does not keep a publicly accessible record of archaeological assessments carried out in the Province of Ontario, so a complete inventory of prior assessment work nearby is not available);

•  Ontario Base Mapping (1:10,000) was considered through ArcGIS and mapping layers provided by geographynetwork.ca; detailed mapping providing by the client was also reviewed;

•  a review of historic maps and records related to post-1800 land settlement;

•  additional sources of information were also consulted, including modern aerial photographs, local history accounts, soils and physiography data provided by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and both 1:50,000 (Natural Resources Canada) and finer scale topographic mapping; and

•  the City of Windsor Archaeological Master Plan Study Report (CRM Group et al. 2005).

  There are no commemorative plaques or monuments on or near the subject property.

  When compiled, this information was used to create a summary of the characteristics of the subject property, in an effort to evaluate its archaeological potential.

The Province of Ontario (MTC 2011 – Section 1.3.1) has defined the criteria that identify archaeological potential as:

•  previously identified archaeological sites;

•  water sources;

  • o primary water sources (lakes, rivers, streams, creeks);

  • o secondary water courses (intermittent streams and creeks, springs, marshes, swamps);

  • o features indicating past water sources (e.g., glacial lake shorelines indicated by the presence of raised sand or gravel beach ridges, relic river or stream channels indicated by clear dip or swale in topography, shorelines of drained lakes or marshes, cobble beaches);

  • o accessible or inaccessible shoreline (e.g., high bluffs, swamp or marsh fields by the edge of a lake, sandbars stretching into marsh);

•  elevated topography (e.g., eskers, drumlins, large knolls, plateaux);

•  pockets of well-drained sandy soil, especially near areas of heavy soil or rocky ground;

•  distinctive land formations that might have been special or spiritual places, such as waterfalls, rock outcrops, caverns, mounds, and promontories and their bases; there may be physical indicators of their use, such as burials, structures, offerings, rock paintings or carvings;

•  resource areas, including: