Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
Victoria_Park_Re port Final.pdf - City of Charlottetown
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Figure!4.2.18:!1974!aerial!photograph!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>,!<strong>Charlottetown</strong>.!Note!the!<br />
changes!made!to!Government!Pond!and!the!increased!landscaping.!.......................!23!<br />
Figure!4.3.1:!Modern!map!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>!with!existing!buildings!and!1873!<br />
buildings!noted.!................................................................................................................................!24!<br />
Figure!4.3.!2:!Modern!map!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>!showing!existing!buildings!and!buildings!<br />
from!1880!map.!................................................................................................................................!25!<br />
Figure!4.3.3:!Buildings!located!on!the!Government!Farm!according!to!a!1903!fire!<br />
insurance!map.!..................................................................................................................................!26!<br />
Figure!4.3.4:!Satellite!image!<strong>of</strong>!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>!showing!the!buildings!within!the!area!<br />
from!1873,!1880!and!1903!mapping.!......................................................................................!27!<br />
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EXECUTIVE!SUMMARY!<br />
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Davis!MacIntyre!&!Associates!Limited!conducted!an!archaeological!impact!<br />
assessment!for!the!<strong>Victoria</strong>!<strong>Park</strong>!Comprehensive!Plan.!This!assessment!included!<br />
consultation!<strong>of</strong>!historic!maps,!manuscripts,!aerial!photographs!and!the!Maritime!<br />
Archaeological!<strong>Re</strong>source!Inventory!in!order!to!determine!the!potential!for!<br />
archaeological!resources!in!the!study!area.!In!addition,!buildings!depicted!on!<br />
historic!maps!were!overlaid!onto!modern!data!using!GIS!to!identify!areas!<strong>of</strong>!high!<br />
potential!for!historic!archaeological!resources!within!the!study!area.!The!Director!<strong>of</strong>!<br />
Aboriginal!Affairs!and!Archaeology!for!Prince!Edward!Island!and!a!retired!<strong>Park</strong>s!<br />
Canada!archaeologist!familiar!with!archaeology!on!Prince!Edward!Island!were!also!<br />
consulted.!<br />
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Two!areas!<strong>of</strong>!high!potential!for!archaeological!resources!were!identified!in!this!<br />
re<strong>port</strong>.!One!is!the!location!<strong>of</strong>!Fort!Edward!and!the!second!is!the!area!around!the!<br />
Government!House!(bounded!by!the!house,!Terry!Fox!Drive!and!the!Prince!Edward!<br />
Home).!Therefore!it!is!recommended!that!should!any!ground!disturbance!be!<br />
planned!for!these!two!areas,!the!activities!should!be!monitored!by!a!qualified!<br />
archaeologist.!!<br />
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In!the!event!that!archaeological!resources!are!encountered!during!construction,!it!is!<br />
recommended!that!all!activity!cease!and!the!Director!<strong>of</strong>!Aboriginal!Affairs!and!<br />
Archaeology,!Dr.!Helen!Kristmanson!(902.368.5372),!be!contacted!immediately!<br />
regarding!a!suitable!method!<strong>of</strong>!mitigation.!<br />
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Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited<br />
VICTORIA PARK<br />
Davis MacIntyre & Associates Limited<br />
VICTORIA PARK<br />
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