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Indigenous ancestral remains were found 20 years ago. Ontario says the new homeowners have to investigate

CBC·Kimberly Ivany·about 1 month ago
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In April 2006, two locals on Wolfe Island, Ont., were checking the damage of the previous day's storm on the shoreline when they noticed something strange on the edge of a sandy bank. They approached the object — and discovered it was a human skull.  The police and coroner came to the scene and uncovered more remains — some teeth, some long bones — and took some of them away for analysis. They left the rest in the ground.  During a preliminary assessment, a provincial archaeologist wrote: "It seems most likely that the individual in question would be affiliated with the Point Peninsula Culture, late Middle Woodland period, dating to circa AD 750. … A more detailed report will be forthcoming within a fortnight." That report never came, and the investigation appeared to stop there.  The remains that had been left behind by authorities were reportedly reburied farther inland by the locals.…

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