Details of Site Location: The Brookwood Golf Course in Scarborough, at the west boundary near the green overlooking the course.
PDM: Borden # AlGt 11, easting 641,800, northing 485,510.
Boundary History: The size of the site and its boundaries have not been determined.
Current Use of Property: Much, if not all, of the site is used as a golf course.
Historical Description: This site is also known as either the Brookwood or the Roberts site, and it is associated with AlGt 10 with the same easting and northing. AlGt 11 has had more damage than AlGt 10, but both were identified in the 1971 survey by Konrad as sensitive because of advancing disturbance and destruction. The site has been identified as Middle Woodland Iroquoian and is dated from 1200 to 1600 A.D. These are the peoples who met the first white men coming into the area. They were engaged in intensifying agriculture and were raising beans, squash, sunflowers, and tobacco. Hunting smaller game, their lithic points had become smaller. Their ceramic work had become more stylistically identifiable. The creek running through the area, although somewhat damaged, is a likely source of information about those inhabiting the site.
Relative Importance: Konrad ranked AlGt 11 as 4/5 in importance and 5/5 threatened, and ranked AlGt 10 as 3/5 in importance and 3/5 threatened.
Planning Implications: As they are sensitive and partially intact, the two sites should be flagged for further investigation archaeologically. Once this has been done, a plaque could be mounted at the green overlooking the golf course; this plaque should be prepared by the owners of the golf course.
Reference Sources: Victor A. Konrad, The Archaeological Resources of the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Area: Inventory and Prospect(Department of Geography, York University, Discussion Paper Series #10, 1973); Robert R. Bonis, A History of Scarborough (1968).
Acknowledgements: Ontario Archaeological Society, Toronto Branch; Maps Project; Province of Ontario Archaeological Database.