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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Portages and river ports, according to Christer Westerdahl, are archaeological nodes that articulate the larger maritime cultural landscape. This conceptualisation gives meaning to the small river port called Anse-aux-Batteaux, located on the Saint Lawrence River at the head of a 20-kilometer stretch of rapids and cascades....
A Portage in Time: The Submerged Remains of Anse-aux-Batteaux, a 19th Century River Port (2024)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The Anse-aux-Batteaux site on the Upper St Lawrence contains the submerged remains of a short-lived 19th-century river port, notably three wharves and five abandoned ships within an area of 1 hectare. The Université de Montréal initiated its study at the height of the Covid-19 epidemic. Anse-aux-Batteaux site exemplifies the...