One of last year’s mudslides near the newly completed Highway 97 four-lane project south of Williams Lake revealed a house platform and artifacts, some dating back to almost 4,000 years ago.
“We knew there was a previously recorded site there,” said Whitney Spearing, archaeologist and natural resources co-ordinator for Williams Lake Indian Band of the area they studied located at Sugar Cane adjacent to Sutton Road.
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