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AGE
Introduction RECENT HISTORIC
1930-1970
In the Keeyask Project Study Area, physical artifacts 1870-1930 LATE HISTORIC

and features distributed over the landscape document 1821-1870 HISTORIC PERIOD MIDDLE HISTORIC
tangible history. These tangible resources are sometimes 1650-1821
EARLY HISTORIC
directly linked with historical information found in
NORTHERN SOUTHERN NORTHERN
primary records. The discovery and documentation INFLUENCES INFLUENCES BOREAL FOREST
of tangible cultural materials and site locations can be
linked to the intangible traditional knowledge of the Clearwater Kame Hills
ca. 400 – 1,000 years ago
local communities in the area. WOODLAND PERIOD Blackduck Lake

ca. 1,000 – 2,000 years ago
Archaeological investigations conducted between 2001
and 2019 for the Keeyask Generation Project reveal Taltheilei Laurel
land use by ancestors of today’s Ininew communities, Pre-Dorset (Arctic Small Tool Tradition)
workers of the fur trade era, and other Indigenous
peoples dating back thousands of years. Pelican Lake

This handbook was prepared by InterGroup
Consultants Ltd. as an update to the Keeyask Heritage
Handbook compiled in 2009 by Northern Lights Oxbow
Heritage Services Inc. ca. 2,000 – 6,500 years ago ARCHAIC PERIOD

While the 2009 edition focused on the archaeological
sites recorded during Heritage Resource Impact
Assessments for the Keeyask Generation Project
near Odie River, Split Lake, Clark Lake, Moose Nose
Lake, Carsadden Lake, Gull Lake, Fox (Atkinson) NORTHERN PLANO COMPLEX
Lake and Stephens Lake, this edition will feature 67
archaeological sites located within or near the Keeyask ca. 6,500 – 8,000 years ago PALEO-INDIAN PERIOD LAND REBOUND AND REVEGETATION
reservoir area.

Source: Flett 2016; Mantey & Pettipas 1996
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