Preservation and Public Archaeology on Carleton Island, New York

Douglas J. PippinState University of New York, College at Oswego

Plan of Carleton Island (1810)

Extant Features of Fort Haldimand

A soldier of the 84th Regiment of Foot

(1779)

An 84th regiment button from Fort

Haldimand

Encampment of the Loyalists at Johnstownby James Peachey

Collection of Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

HMS Seneca, HMS Ontario, and HMS Haldimand in North Bay, Carleton Island

by Peter Rindlisbacher, with permission, from Legend of the Lake, 1997

The Popular Perception of Fort Haldimand

For more than half a century, the traveler on the River St. Lawrence by way of the American Channel has not failed to notice a group of stone chimneys, standing on a bluff at the head of Carleton Island.

J. H. Durham, 1889

A portion of the Carleton Island“Escape Tunnel”

Turn of the century tourists posing on, and in front of, a chimney from Fort Haldimand

Bay of Fort Carleton (undated, c. 1890’s) by A. C. McIntyre

Bay of Fort Carleton (undated, c. 1890’s) by A. C. McIntyre

Historic Images of Fort Haldimand

Historic Images of Fort Haldimand

Historic Images of Fort Haldimand

Public Participation in the Archaeology of Fort Haldimand

Tracking the spread of vegetation withinFort Haldimand

Efforts of the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) in preserving Fort Haldimand

Efforts of the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) in preserving Fort Haldimand

Efforts of the Thousand Islands Land Trust (TILT) in preserving Fort Haldimand

A poem written by Judith Pearson, one of the student participants in the Fort Haldimand public archaeology program.

The Archaeological investigation of Fort Haldimand

The Archaeological investigation of Fort Haldimand

The Archaeological investigation of Fort Haldimand

The Archaeological investigation of Fort Haldimand

“Anti-Looting” at Fort Haldimand

Thanks to our Volunteers from:

Thousand Islands Land TrustNYSAA, Thousand Islands Chapter

NYSAA, Beauchamp Chapter Residents of Cape Vincent and Clayton, NYSyracuse University, Anthropology Dept.

SUNY Oswego, Anthropology Dept.

Acknowledgements:

Library and Archives CanadaNew York State Museum

Rochester Museum and Science CenterChesapeake Environmental, Inc.