Prehistoric bison among big finds of B.C. Hydro's Site C heritage preservation plan
Prehistoric bison among big finds of B.C. Hydro's Site C heritage preservation plan
DERRICK PENNER
Published:
February 3, 2019
Updated:
February 3, 2019 2:56 PM PST
Palaeontologists carefully unearth the bones of a 12,500-year-old prehistoric bison near B.C. Hydro's Site C dam construction site, which was discovered by construction crews and is one of the more significant finds under the heritage management plan for the project.
Crews race to rescue First Nations artifacts daring back thousands of years and paleontological evidence from the beginning of time.
A construction crew digging a utility trench in the fall of 2016 unearthed the 12,500-year-old remains of a prehistoric bison, one of more significant archeological finds in the construction zone of B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam.
“This is one of the oldest bison ever found in northeastern B.C. and its discovery forms an important part of the region’s and our province’s paleontological history,” said Hydro spokeswoman Tanya Fish in an email exchange.
It is one of hundreds of thousands of artifacts that B.C. Hydro contract crews have uncovered as Site C has proceeded, as part of the utility’s heritage management plan for the project, Fish said.
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