Construction of the CityPlace Schooner

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Shipwrecks and the Public: Getting People Engaged with their Maritime History" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

In 2015, the remains of an early 19th-century schooner were discovered below Bathurst Street and Fort York Boulevard in downtown Toronto, during the construction of the CityPlace neighborhood. The wreck, located alongside the remains of the Queen’s Wharf, was excavated and relocated to Fort York National Historic Site. During the summer of 2018, a team from Texas A&M University surveyed the remains of the vessel. The surviving structure includes the centerline timbers and a portion of the port side of the hull, which show signs of modification to its construction. This presentation will discuss the recording methodology used during the 2018 field season and provide a preliminary analysis of the vessel’s construction.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2019   •
• Shipwrecks and the Public: Getting People Engaged with their Maritime History

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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