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Originally Posted by mleblanc
York Redoubt has come under a few positive changes over the past couple years, but you're right it does leave some scarce hope about this site. Would be cool to see it unearthed, but how much money would it cost to decontaminate the site. Makes me wonder why they even allowed a fort to be buried for an oil company anyways?
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I'm glad to hear that York Redoubt has had some improvements. Haven't been out there in years, but did see some pics online showing a state of neglect in the recent past.
Site decontamination is something that I hadn't considered, though one would think it would be required in either circumstance. The main difference, I imagine, would be the extra requirements to make it an archaeological excavation with the goal of preservation of the fort underneath. I would expect the budget for such an operation to be easily predicted, though, so it would likely come down to the political will involved to preserve this piece of history.
As to why it was buried? Not that unusual for the times, I think, especially in Nova Scotia. The land was needed for use by an oil company investing in the local economy... it was cheaper to bury it than remove it, plus there was probably little need felt at the time to preserve some old fort for the sake of history. Of course, those are just my thoughts - not fact-based in any way...