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Ault Park (Ontario)

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University of Toronto and the National Museum of Canada, was largely a salvage operation to conserve the artifacts left behind from many cultures of people including remnants of a village believed to date back 3500 years. The University of Toronto petitioned for an injunction against the Seaway project in order to continue the excavations however they were not successful. A number of artifacts were taken from the site for further investigation.
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The original site of Ault Park on Sheek Island was also the site of an important archaeological excavation between 1956 and 1958, before the island and dig site were permanently submerged under 14-feet of water for the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. This project, a joint project of the
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Some of the cultures who were found to have inhabited the island were multi-component-Middle Archaic, Laurentian, Archaic, Meadowood, Point Peninsula, Pickering, and the St. Lawrence Iroquois.
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incorporating a number of buildings moved from the villages. Other buildings from the villages were moved to a site near
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Buildings and structures in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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Tourist attractions in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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project in 1958, and Ault Park was rebuilt on the new river shore.
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Geography of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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Museums in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
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Ault Park

Saint Lawrence River
Township
South Stormont
Long Sault, Ontario
living museum
www.lostvillages.ca
St. Lawrence River
Township
South Stormont
Long Sault, Ontario
Sheek's Island
Cornwall
Levi Addison Ault
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lost Villages
living museum
Morrisburg
Upper Canada Village
CMA
CHIN
Virtual Museum of Canada




"Partners in the Past: UofT and OAS Digs: Ault Park"
University of Toronto
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