Ian Badgley

A Stage 1 Historic Resources Overview Assessment was conducted at the base camp at the east end of Tasialuk Lake, Labrador, on September 1 and October 1, 1996.

The assessment work involved surface inspection and the excavation of 110 test pits within a radius of 50 metres of all camp facilities, including the helicopter landing pad, fuel and equipment and storage areas and the incinerator area. The greater part of the point of land was also surveyed and 24 additional test pits were excavated in areas adjacent to the camp. No intact or disturbed historical resources were discovered in the vicinity of the camp or the other areas surveyed.

Other grids were also archaeologically surveyed on October 2, 1996. These grids were accessed by helicopter and thoroughly inspected on foot. The areas surveyed consist variously of bedrock hills with moderately steep to abrupt slopes, highly uneven terrain composed of outwash rubble and soliflucted till and small ponds and streams bordered by sphagnum moss and outcrops. No historic resources were identified during the survey and all the grids concerned are considered to be located in zones of extremely low or no archaeological potential.