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.