Crevasse Flats

Location:	British Columbia, Canada	Latitude (N):	52.10°	Longitude (W):	131.22°
Site notes:	On the east side of Anthony Island, at the southern end of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The Aboriginal name for this locality is SGang gwaay.

Hebda, R. J., M. G. Pellatt, R. W. Mathewes, D. W. Fedje, and S. Acheson 2005

Vegetation History of Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii, and Its Relationship to Climate Change and Human Settlement. In Haida Gwaii: Human History and Environment from the Time of the Loon to the Time of the Iron People, edited by D. W. Fedje and R. W. Mathewes, pp. 59-76. UBC Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Site discussed: SGang gwaay Crevasse Flats (SCF), on Anthony Island, in the southern part of the Queen Charlotte Islands archipelago. Pollen record spans postglacial interval and basal radiocarbon dates suggest initiation of organic accumulation around 12,000 C¹⁴ yr BP.

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