The Effects of Landscape Change on Woodland Groups and Their Sites,
Pukaskwa National Park, Northeast Lake Superior

RÈmi Farvacque
Parks Canada
Cornwall, Ontario

Abstract:  Water levels along the northeast coast of Lake Superior have 
dropped about 6 - 7 metres in the last 2000 years. While this drop was, in 
human terms, relatively gradual, it had a long-term impact on where people 
settled and the availability of food and material resources. It also had 
an impact on the preservation of many coastal sites. Present evidence 
suggests that a lack of identified coastal habitation sites in the study 
area may be the result of archaeological misconceptions of environmental 
stability and sedimentation in boreal environments, rather than a true 
reflection of seasonal settlement patterns.