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Multi-periodSite Name: Comox EstuaryCountry: Canada Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Comox, BC
Latitude: 49.675900N Longitude: 124.9577W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Fish Traps and Clam Gardens in British Columbia. Many mudflats on tidal estuaries of the Johnstone Strait have evidence of wood and stone fish traps and clam gardens up to 1700 years old.
Wooden stakes, shaped by stone tools, were driven into the mudflats to form short stockade-like traps to catch fish as the tide went out. Over the passage of time the portions of abandoned traps that remained under the surface of the water covered mud have been preserved. Carbon dating indicates the same basic structures have been built and used up into historic times.
Clam gardens are terraced areas built so that sand is retained by rock walls, yet is still covered by water at each high tide.
The site location is only general for the area. There are many such sites near Comox.
Note: For more information see the article from the Campbell River Mirror.
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