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A construction crew digging a utility trench in the fall of 2016 unearthed the 12,500-year-old remains of a prehistoric bison, one of more significant archeological finds in the construction zone of B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam.

“This is one of the oldest bison ever found in northeastern B.C. and its discovery forms an important part of the region’s and our province’s paleontological history,” said Hydro spokeswoman Tanya Fish in an email exchange.

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It is one of hundreds of thousands of artifacts that B.C. Hydro contract crews have uncovered as Site C has proceeded, as part of the utility’s heritage management plan for the project, Fish said.

Most of the work required under that management plan is complete, Fish said, but B.C. Hydro recently issued a request for proposals seeking contractors to complete the remainder of the project, mainly to do with realignment work along Highway 29 between Hudson’s Hope and Fort St. John.