Between 1998 and 2005 Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Service (UAS) carried out an underwater archaeological survey of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada. The project's chief aims were to locate, identify and inventory submerged archaeological sites on the bed and shoreline of the canal. Jonathan Moore's presentation will describe the project's rationale, outline the methods employed, and show some of the varied and fascinating archaeological sites the team studied, including shipwrecks, engineering structures and drowned landscapes.

Jonathan Moore is an underwater archaeologist with Parks Canada's Underwater Archaeology Service (UAS) based in Ottawa. He attended Queen's University and the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) where he obtained a Master's Degree in Maritime Studies. Jonathan has been active in archaeology for over twenty-five years and has been diving for over twenty. With the UAS he has participated in or directed underwater archaeology projects across Canada, including a survey of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada completed a little over five years ago.

For more information, please e-mail contact@ottawahistoricalassociation.com. The Ottawa Historical Association gratefully acknowledges the support of the Department of History and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Carleton University