List of archaeological sites in Whitchurch–Stouffville explained

This is a list of archaeological sites in Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario, Canada:^[1] Both the Trent University Site Designation number and the Borden System archaeological designations are given.^[2]

Late Ontario Iroquois (1400 AD - 1650 AD)^[3]

• Aurora (or Old Fort) Site (7Yk27; BaGu-27); 3.4 ha
  • Location: Lots 14 and 15, Concession 6, West half. 44°00'N 79°20'W
  • Date: 1550-1600 AD
• Aurora Isolated Site (7Yk24; BaGu-11)
  • Location: Lot 15, Concession 6, West half. 44°00'N 79°20'W
• Chalk Site (7Yk20; BaGu-8)
  • Location: Lot 16, Concession 4, East half. 44°00'N 79°22'W
• Clark Lake Site (7Yk23; BaGu-10)
  • Location: Lot 14, Concession 5, East half. Entrance: 44°00'N 79°20'W
• Foote Site (7Yk26; AlGt-158)
  • Location: East side of McCowan Road, north of Stouffville Road. 43°57'N 79°18'W
• Horton-Devins Site (7Yk22; BaGu-9)
  • Location: East of Warden Avenue, north of Vandorf Sideroad. 44°01'N 79°20'W
• Hoshel-Huntly Site (7Yk21; AlGu-15)^[4]
  • Location: West of Warden Avenue, on the south side of Vandorf Sideroad. 44°00'N 79°22'W
• Mantle Site (AlGt-334); 4.2 ha; 90% excavated
  • Location: Immediately west of Byers Pond Way, and south-west of Lost Pond Crescent. 43°57'49.9"N 79°14'12"W
  • Date: 1500-1550 AD
• Preston Site (7Yk18; AlGu-9)
  • Location: Lot 13, Concession 4, West half. 43°59'N 79°22'W
• Ratcliff (or Radcliffe) Site (7Yk25; AlGt-157); 2.8 ha
  • Location: Lot 9, Concession 8, West half. 43°59'N 79°W
  • Date: 1550-1600 AD
• Van Nostrand-Wright (or Vandorf) Site (7Yk19; A1Gu-13); 4.3 ha; limited excavation
  • Location: Lots 14 and 15, Concession 4, West half; overlooking Van Nostrand Lake to the north-east. 43°59'N 79°23'W
  • Date: 1550-1600 AD

See also

• Whitchurch–Stouffville
• Draper Site, Pickering, Ontario

Notes and References

1. See Gordon C. Dibb, "An Archaeological Survey of the East Holland River and its Environs." Manuscript on file, Ontario Ministry of Culture, Toronto, 1979; also Jean Barkey, et al., Whitchurch Township (Erin, ON: Boston Mills, 1993), ch. 7; Jennifer Birch, Coalescent Communities Iroquoian Ontario (PhD Dissertation, Dept. of Anthropology, McMaster University, 2010).
2. For lot and concession numbers, see the detailed 1878 map, Township of Whitchurch, Illustrated historical atlas of the county of York and the township of West Gwillimbury & town of Bradford in the county of Simcoe, Ont. (Toronto: Miles & Co., 1878); also Google Maps.
3. Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township, pp. 121ff.
4. Cf. Barkey et al., Whitchurch Township, p. 124.