Indigenous ancestral remains were found 20 years ago. Ontario says the new homeowners have to investigate – CBC

Apr 24, 2026

Conflicting accounts of whether province issued burial site investigation order to previous owner

In April 2006, two locals on Wolfe Island, Ont., were checking the damage of the previous day’s storm on the shoreline when they noticed something strange on the edge of a sandy bank.

They approached the object — and discovered it was a human skull.

The police and coroner came to the scene and uncovered more remains — some teeth, some long bones — and took some of them away for analysis. They left the rest in the ground.