{"id":67877,"date":"2021-11-05T12:45:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T16:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=67877"},"modified":"2021-11-08T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T21:51:43","slug":"construction-at-keli-seaside-creates-opportunity-for-cooperation-between-park-and-mikmaq-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/construction-at-keli-seaside-creates-opportunity-for-cooperation-between-park-and-mikmaq-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction at Keli Seaside creates opportunity for cooperation between park and Mi’kmaq community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parks Canada and the Mi\u2019kmaq of Nova Scotia are working together to preserve Mi\u2019kmaq heritage before renovations begin at Kejimkujik Seaside Park.<\/p>\n

The park has been closed since Oct. 20 to repair infrastructure damage as a result of Hurricane Dorian.<\/p>\n

Some trails will be repaired, and others rerouted.<\/p>\n

Parks Canada and the Mi\u2019kmaq of Nova Scotia, as represented by Kwilmu'kw Maw-klusuaqn Negotiation Office (KMKNO)\u00a0along with Boreas Heritage Consultants have planned all aspects of the archaeological dig together to ensure the Mi\u2019kmaq perspective is at the forefront.<\/p>\n

KMKNO staff archaeologist Kait MacLean says it\u2019s important to preserve and protect Mi\u2019kmaq heritage.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the ways that we can protect Mi\u2019kmaq heritage is to locate it. We know that Mi\u2019kmaq people were here, we know that Mi\u2019kmaq people would have used this landscape. Being able to protect that heritage before infrastructure goes in is really important to us. The work that we\u2019re doing with Parks Canada allows us to have that Mi\u2019kmaq perspective into how the work is planned and how it is undertaken,\u201d said MacLean.<\/p>\n

A 10-person team from Boreas Heritage consultants is digging test holes at five metre intervals along the proposed trails to ensure nothing of significance is being disturbed.<\/p>\n

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Archaeologists Rebecca Dunham and Kait MacLean at Keji Seaside. Photo by Ed Halverson.<\/p><\/div>\n

Parks Canada Terrestrial Archaeologist Rebecca Dunham says construction crews won\u2019t have to wait too long to begin their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are moving along pretty quickly. Probably will be another couple of weeks. If something is found though, things change. They\u2019ll be more tested required and that may prolong the actual testing timeline a bit. It will be a few weeks anyway,\u201d said Dunham. \u201cThe construction crews will move along as the archaeology is completed. It will be a progressive process.\u201d<\/p>\n

MacLean says by working together, Parks Canada and the Mi\u2019kmaq of Nova Scotia have ended up with what she calls, better archaeology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this process we\u2019ve found sites in areas where Parks [Canada] previously wouldn\u2019t have necessarily thought were high risk areas or would\u2019ve necessarily looked,\u201d said MacLean. \u201cI think that\u2019s a real positive outcome of this, is that we\u2019ve been able to see real achievements from it. We have found sites that previously would\u2019ve been unrecorded. I think that\u2019s a great success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crews will continue to work on the trails through the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Keji Seaside is expected to reopen in January.<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
\nTwitter: @edwardhalverson<\/strong><\/p>\n

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