A total of 27 archaeological and historic sites have been located and recorded on Colonel's Island (See Figure 4 and Table 1). Nineteen of these contained prehistoric aboriginal components; five were occupied both aboriginally and historically; and three contain only historic components. Although a number of sites probably were undetected, the 27 recorded sites do represent an adequate sampling of the differing environmental zones and situations on the island. It is unfortunate that adequate surface collections of diagnostic cultural materials could not be made. The available materials do indicate, however, that the island was occupied at least intermittently from the late Archaic until the present century. On the basis of current data concerning extent, composition and location, the 27 sites found on Colonel's Island may be tentatively categorized as follows:
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