Historic Sites Excavation, Oldman River Dam

Conference Paper

Historic Sites Excavation, Oldman River Dam

Rebecca BALCOM

Abstract

Prior to inundation by the Oldman River Dam Reservoir, Environmental Management Associates (now Golder Associates) completed mitigative investigations at six sites representing a time span from 1885 to 1935. These sites were selected for excavation on the basis of historical data and visual observation. A summary of the results of the mitigation is followed by a critique of the methods employed at the assessment and mitigation stages.