In the latter quarter of the 20th century, the Lawson Site experienced significant change:

The Museum

Reconstructing the Village

Field Stripping and Field Schools

Beginnings of Meaning Beyond Archaeology at the Lawson Site

Beginning in the 1970s and 1980s, new residential developments began encircling the Lawson Site. Ambleside to the north east, Attawandaron Road to the north and Whiteacres, anchored around Woodholme, to the south.