Hello Woodpeck,

The archaeological (Node ID: 12892781186) is rock shelter site below a very large glacial erratic boulder where materials were recently found in the soil substrate that date back approximately 7,000 years.

An unsanctioned popular trail locally called "Mischief" travels near the site as it goes between the very large glacial erratic boulder and another smaller boulder.

In addition, the glacial erratic boulder has been called the "Barge Rock" by the rock climbing community as apart of the "Around the Squaw" group of rock climbing crags.

Information about this site has been provided to members of the local community as apart of the land use planning process for this area and is mentioned in the public "Shannon Basin Visitor Use Management Project" meeting notes.

At the start of this year, the local mountain bike trail advocacy association was tasked with upgrading and developing a new section of trail North of this trail, hence the "Old Mischief" and "New Mischief" trail names in this area. This works included public volunteer trail building events.

In addition, the local rock climbing advocacy association was tasked with deactivating the sport climbing route on the boulder.

Both local organizations provided brief updates to their membership regarding the works.

It is my understanding that the government plans to install signage in the area to advise of the cultural significance of the area and to discourage rock climbing and bouldering on the glacial erratics and to discourage use of the trail. In addition, the government may develop first of its kind public access restrictions in this general area.

I do not normally add archaeological sites to OpenStreetMap but since this site in particular is unique in that it has pre-existing use, is known to members of the community, will have signage, and has played an influential role in the land use planning is why I decided that it was worth adding to OpenStreetMap.

If the community consensus or Data Working Group determine that archaeological sites should not be mapped then I would not be against it. I would just ask that guidelines for archaeological sites be further clarified on the OpenStreetMap wiki page for historic=archaeological_site.

Please let me know if you require further clarification.

Be advised that this is similar to a previous discussion I had with the Data Working Group (user: Glassman) in July 2024 via private message ("Archaeological Sites in BC").

Thank you, eerib