RC114 SeptOct 2024 - Magazine - Page 33
METROLINX
(Top): ASI often works along the edges of existing
roads or transit corridors, as part of transportation
expansion projects.
(Inset): To prepare for major construction on
the Ontario Line subway station at Moss Park,
Metrolinx enlisted the help of archaeologists to
unearth the old foundation beneath the park,
where they discovered remnants of nineteenthcentury row buildings along Queen Street East.
Alternatively, some infrastructure projects are wide
enough that if they9re in agricultural oelds, archaeologists
can perform a pedestrian survey, where they get the oeld
ploughed and then walk on the surface, looking for artifacts
at a minimum of ove-metre intervals.
