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Holocene Occupations of Northwestern Ontario: Implementing a Multi-analytical Approach for the Detection of Technological Variability and Subsistence Complexities
(2016)
This thesis presents the results of a micro-analytical analysis, specifically use-wear and residue analyses, on unifacial lithic artifacts from the Electric Woodpecker II (DdJf-12) Early Holocene site, located approximately ...
A GIS-based decision-support model linking urban forest benefits with sustainability goals: an application to Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2012-11-10)
Urban forests are a key piece of a city's green infrastructure, highly valued for their socioeconomic and environmental benefits. Current research demonstrates their structure and function are considerable assets to the ...
Monitoring for success in stream restoration: a case study of the Kama Creek, north shore of Lake Superior
(2015-06-15)
This thesis investigates the use of success criteria to evaluate the changes induced by a small-scale stream restoration project. The research is based on a case study of the Kama Creek, Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior. Declines ...
Interpreting the spatial distribution of lithic artifacts from the RLF Paleoindian site (DdJf-13), Thunder Bay Region, Northwestern Ontario
(2015-06-15)
This thesis explores the intra-site organization of Late Paleoindian, Lakehead
Complex populations at the RLF site (DdJf-13), located east of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Situated upon a relic Lake Minong beach ridge, the RLF ...
Living landscapes of Granville Lake, Manitoba
(2012-11-10)
This thesis addresses aspects of indigenous knowledge held by members of the community of Pickerel Narrows, located on Granville Lake, Manitoba as part of a larger community-based heritage research project led by Kevin ...
Community gardening : exploring motivations, benefits and gardener experience
(2012-11-10)
A food system is a set of interrelated functions that includes food production,
processing and distribution, food access and utilization by individuals, communities and
populations, and food recycling, composting, and ...
Trading with the Hudson's Bay Company, a case study of the Nipigon House Post, 1828-1838
(2012-11-10)
This thesis critically examines generalizations offered in the fur trade literature regarding the impact of the amalgamation of the Northwest Company and Hudson's Bay Company upon Aboriginal trade partners. There are ...
A Cartographic analysis of ecological boundary symbology
(2012-11-10)
Maps are used often in ecological boundary analysis. However, there is a
lack of research concerning the relationship between ecological boundary
research and the cartography of ecological boundaries. This multidiscipl ...
Late Paleoindian biface manufacture: a case study from the Mackenzie I site (DdJf-9) near Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2015-06-15)
The Mackenzie Sites appear to form part of the Late Paleoindian Lakehead Complex that occupied the unglaciated peninsula between Glacial Lakes Agassiz and Minong during the terminal Pleistocene. A number of sites and ...
Middle holocene archaeology and paleoenvironments of the Thunder Bay region, Lake Superior basin
(2012-11-10)
This thesis describes the analysis of a deeply buried peat deposit discovered in a
cutbank along the Kaministiquia River near Thunder Bay, Ontario. This exposure yielded
a large sample of well-preserved plant macrofossils ...