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View east along access
route to rock promontory
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The GNWT Department of Transportation contracted Jacques
Whitford Environment Limited to conduct a heritage resources
assessment of a gravel pit and associated access road adjacent
to km 838 of the Mackenzie Valley Winter Road, south of Tulita.
Archaeological studies were undertaken in August 2002 to fulfill
conditions attached to the Department of Transportation’s
quarrying permit obtained for work carried out in the winter
of 2002.
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| View northwest over
quarry from rock promontory, Mackenzie River in background. |
The project involved examination of a 45 m x 35 m quarry
site. An associated 6-m wide access route runs east of the
quarry for approximately 500 m, crossing the Enbridge Pipeline
Inc. right-of-way and meeting the Mackenzie Valley Winter
Road. During the field investigation the gravel pit and access
route were thoroughly surveyed by pedestrian traverse, and
no evidence of historic resources was found. Although six
previously recorded archaeological sites are recorded within
10 km of the quarry site, most are clustered at the mouth
of the Saline River or along the banks of the Mackenzie River.
None will be affected by the quarry development. It was recommended
that the Department of Transportation be granted heritage
resources approval.
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