Key Number:	HS 16098
Site Name:	Cree Burn Lake
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Site Type:	1910 - Archaeological Site

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Near Town:	Fort MacKay

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History:	RESOURCE Cree Burn Lake Archaeological Site ADDRESS Athabasca River Lowlands, 60 kilometers north of Fort McMurray HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE The Cree Burn Lake archaeological site is situated on the east side of the Athabasca River 60 kilometers north of the City of Fort McMurray. The site takes its name from a nearby backwater lake formed in an abandoned oxbow of the Athabasca River. The lake is known as Ena Kerin Ka (Burnt Cree) Lake to the Cree and Metis residents of Fort McKay and Isadore’s Lake to the Chipewyan residents. It is a traditional resource procurement area for fish, fowl, fur bearers, deer and moose, as well as for medicinal plants and berries. Wood buffalo seasonally frequented this area until about the mid 19 th century, when over hunting resulted in their near extinction. Cree Burn Lake is an extremely large (Approximately 445 acres) internally complex site containing vast numbers of stone artifacts, cultural diagnostic tools, internal activity areas and in some areas stratifies cultural deposits associated with organic horizons. Cree Burn Lake is larger and more complex that the Beaver River Quarry site, a Provincial Historic Resource, located nearby. * * * The Cree Burn Lake Archaeological Site (HhOv-16) is comprised of a related set of pre-contact aboriginal campsites and stone tool workshops which have been utilized for at least 5,000 to possibly 8,000 years. In addition to surface occurrences of artifacts, the Cree Burn Lake site contains stratified buried organic horizons with associated archaeological remains which are rare in northern Alberta. The Cree Burn Lake Archaeological Site contains information that could contribute considerably to the knowledge and understanding of the prehistoric cultural record of all of northern Alberta. The site is currently experiencing levels of recreational vehicle travel which could endanger its integrity.

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Provincial Historic Resource	1999/08/10

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Alberta Register of Historic Places:	4665-0144