Dig at site FaFt-6, near the Eastmain River (KP 310)
Duration of the work
2002-2005
2004
Digs at 5 of 15 selected sites. The results will be released in 2005.
2003
Inventory of priority areas at the Eastmain 1 reservoir. More than 60 sites uncovered.
Discovery of 33 archaeological sites, including 17 containing
prehistoric components.
Discovery of clues about land occupation and use (stones split and reddened by fire, hearth matrix containing bones, portage and collapsed
dwelling structures).
Concurrently, inventory work by the Nadoshtin Corporation, in roughly fifty areas along the Eastmain River and around Pivert Lake. Discovery of
three historic period sites.
2002
Fifty-three areas inventoried in the rights-of-way of the Nemiscau–Eastmain-1 road and of the power line between the jobsite and Muskeg substation as well
as near the main structures.
Digs at two sites near Eastmain workcamp.
Our actions
Our reasons for acting
Work area: Nemiscau–Eastmain-1 road / Power line between the jobsite and Muskeg substation / Eastmain workcamp / Main structures / Reservoir
The Société d’énergie de la Baie James is undertaking a program of archaeological inventories and digs.
The creation of an Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Fund, planned in the Nadoshtin Agreement, promotes Cree involvement in all stages of
the program.
Dig area
Complying with government authorizations as well as our legal obligations.
Archaeological studies have led to the identification of more than 200 areas that will be inventoried to preserve the Cree cultural heritage.