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<< Our Photo Pages >> Glenrose Cannery - Ancient Village or Settlement in Canada

Submitted by bat400 on Sunday, 01 February 2015  Page Views: 6571

Multi-periodSite Name: Glenrose Cannery Alternative Name: Glenrose Archaeological Site
Country: Canada Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Vancouver  Nearest Village: North Delta
Latitude: 49.161667N  Longitude: 122.935278W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Fire Pit at the Site where they did the Archaeological Dig in 1973. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Settlement in British Columbia

[Article from 2010] There's a vacant piece of property on the Fraser River's southern bank, slightly upstream from the Alex Fraser Bridge, that looks remarkably ordinary. However, this changes abruptly once R.G. Matson, a professor emeritus in archeology from the University of B.C., explains what's beneath your feet.

What you are actually standing on is abundant evidence of human history that stretches back before the days of Stonehenge in the U. K or the pyramids in Egypt.

This is the Glenrose Cannery archeological site in North Delta, where since 1969 scientists have dug deep into its earth and discovered artifacts and other remains that confirm that ancient First Nations peoples were using this location as a temporary summer food-gathering place as long as 9,000 years ago.

It's certainly one of B.C.'s oldest heritage sites and it's also well known internationally in archeological circles, but as important and priceless as it is, that's still not going to stop the B.C. government from building the $1.2-billion South Fraser Perimeter Road over it.

And that's why a small gathering of concerned citizens and community groups assembled earlier this week to hear Matson explain the site's importance and why it should be protected.

"When I started work on this site in 1973, it was the first piece of West Coast archeology that I did, but ultimately, it may be the most important," he tells us.

Previous archeological excavations show evidence of human habitation such as stone and bone spear points, knives and other tools, as well as animal remains including elk, deer, harbour seal, shellfish and salmon.

Matson says the oldest traces have been found more than eight metres below the current surface and represent the Old Cordilleran period, which is between 5,000 and 9,000 years old.

However, from an artifact point of view, the site's most productive layers were found between about five and six metres deep, which represents the St. Mungo Period from between 3,500 and 5,000 years ago.

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Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : The Grove of Trees just North of the Fire Pit Site of the Glenrose Cannery Site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : The Grassy Beach just South of the Glenrose Cannery Site. According to the Map I have about the Archaeological Dig, this is the area where they did the Digs. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : A Picture of the Glenrose Site taken from the Sewqueqsem Ancient Village Site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : The Old Wharf Posts where the Glenrose Cannery used to be. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : The Shoreline North of the Glenrose Site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Fire Pit just to the North of the Archaeological Dig. Probably where Aboriginal Natives now have Memorial Fires.

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by TheDruid-3X3 : Bushes just North of the Railway Tracks.

Glenrose Cannery
Glenrose Cannery submitted by Flickr : Beautiful riverside forest and historical community, ripped out to build a freeway. In Annieville, Delta Image copyright: rbrtwhite (Robert W. White), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Re: Glenrose Cannery by TheDruid-3X3 on Monday, 01 June 2020
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You have Glenrose Cannery positioned a few kilometers to the South from where it should be on the shore of the Fraser River.

It proper position should be:

49.161667
-122.935278
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Re: The Glenrose Cannery Wet Site, 4500 year old perishables by Andy B on Thursday, 21 May 2020
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TheDruid-3X3 wrote: Here is a Link to download the Records of the UBC Archaeological Dig that they did in 1973:
https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/download/1079/1123/

That PDF File has a concise Map of the Dig Locations so I took a copy of the Site Map to get a few pictures for the listing.
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Re: The Glenrose Cannery Wet Site, 4500 year old perishables by TheDruid-3X3 on Monday, 18 May 2020
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Here is the only YouTube Video that pictures the Glenrose Cannery before it was demolished:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDH3TzRk518


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Re: The Glenrose Cannery Wet Site, 4500 year old perishables by Andy B on Sunday, 01 February 2015
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"Upon completion of SFPR, the St. Mungo and Glenrose archaeological sites will be
better protected and recognized through a Recognition/Interpretive Area that will
celebrate and commemorate the culture and heritage of local First Nations and
the fishing history of the surrounding community."

Source:
http://www.sfprhighway17.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/SFPR_CommunityUpdate_apr9_4.pdf

http://www.sfprhighway17.ca/wp-content/themes/Wazz-child/maps/S12.pdf

http://www.sfprhighway17.ca/
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The Glenrose Cannery Wet Site, 4500 year old perishables by Andy B on Sunday, 01 February 2015
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Further reading

http://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/node/2619

http://qmackie.com/2010/10/02/glenrose-cannery-under-threat/

http://archaeology.about.com/od/gterms/a/Glenrose-Cannery.htm

http://www.straight.com/news/anne-murray-glenrose-cannery-archaeological-site-no-place-south-fraser-highway

First nations take government to court to save ancient burial sites from road (from 2011) http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=2077&forum=1&start=80
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