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Environmental assessment of water control structures in the Grand River Basin : public participation meetings and briefs.

Consists of a binder containing ts.(photocopy) proceedings of public participation meetings held at Kitchener, Cambridge, Elora and Brantford, Ontario, during May, 1977. The proceedings concern environmental assessment of water control structures on the Grand River. Also includes briefs submitted by individuals and organizations involving environmental issues related to water control structures on the Grand.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Executive Committee : minutes, July 19, 1963 to July 25, 1965.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume.
Also present are copies of a press release dated August 31, 1965 concerning the amalgamation of the Grand River Conservation Commission and Grand Valley Conservation Authority; budget estimates; organizational chart dated January 1, 1964 showing the administrative and organizational structure of the GRCC; and staff list.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Executive Committee minutes, April 21, 1939 to March 7, 1942

Consists of ts. minutes of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume.

Also present are:

  • correspondence from the Executive Committee to the Chairman and Members of the Grand River Conservation Commission;
  • a printed copy of Province of Ontario legislation entitled An Act to Provide for the Conservation of Water in the Grand River Valley, 1938 which defined the powers of the Grand River Conservation Commission and established the guidelines for selection and composition of the Executive Committee;
  • printed muncipal voting lists from West Garafaxa township, 1942; and
  • a packet of cancelled cheques dated January to November, 1941.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience 75 : end of project report.

Consists of a ts. final report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority summarizing the activities of students employed in GRCA conservation, community relations, wildlife management and clerical programs, as part of the Ontario Experience '75 summer employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '76 : end of year report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in GRCA Administrative, Community Relations, Land Managment, Resource Planning, and Water Management Divisions as part of the Ontario Experience '76 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '77 : year end report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in the GRCA Administration, Community Relations, Water Management, and Land Management Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '77 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '78 : summary report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in the GRCA Administration, Community Relations, Resource Planning, Water Management, and Land Managements Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '78 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '79 : summary report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority, regarding the activities of students employed in the GRCA Administration, Community Relations, Resource Planning, Water Management and Land Management Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '79 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '80 : summary report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in the GRCA Administration, Community Relations, Resource Planning , Water Management, and Land Management Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '80 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Experience '82 : summary report.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in the GRCA Administration, Community Relations, Resource Planning, Water Management, and Land Management Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '82 employment program.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Fairchild Creek : Harrisburg Reservoir : brief.

Brief containing a description of the catchment area, rainfall and soils for the proposed Harrisburg Reservoir on Fairchild Creek, near Harrisburg, Ont, prepared by Philips & Roberts Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Burlington, Ont. Inserted : a blueline map of the City of Brantford : Land use study of city and surrounding area, which shows the site of the proposed reservoir.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Field Center[sic] worksheets.

Consists of 1 volume of ts.worksheets prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority for the identification of birds and trees, measurement of streamflow, and forecasting of weather. The worksheets are indexed and appears to have been designed for distribution to students or other users of GRCA Field Center.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Field Officers' Conference, 1954.

Consists of ts. materials relating to a Field Officers' conference organized by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch, held in Toronto, Ont., February 15, 17, 1954. Includes agenda, background documentation including copies of legislation, and papers presented at the conference. The binder belonged to Mac Coutts, Field Officer of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, who presented a paper at the conference.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1966-68.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts.(mimeograph) flood advisory bulletins concerning spring run-off, issued by the Grand River Conservation Commission on April 8, 1964 and March 30, 1965, and ts.(photocopy) flood advisory bulletin issued by the GRCA on March 30, 1965. Also contains ts. (photocopy) list of emergency contact personnel and circular letter to municipalities issued by the Ontario Department of Energy and Resource Management concerning flood monitoring.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1969-71.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts. memoranda by the GRCA Division of Operations concerning spring run-off conditions; ms.(original) and ts.(original and photocopy) advisory bulletins issued by the GRCA, March 5, 1970 and March 15, 1971, respectively; and ts.(carbon copy) correspondence from the GRCA to the Ontario Water Resources Commission.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1972.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts.(carbon copy) flood advisory bulletin, issued by the GRCA, March 22, 1972; ms. draft and ts.(photocopy) correspondence between the GRCA and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources regarding flood control on the Grand River; ts. list of operators of GRCA water control structures; graphs of Shand Dam lake levels and inflow values, April, 1972; and ts. recommendations of the GRCA Water Management Advisory Board, June 16, 1972.

Also contains newspaper clippings.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1973.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and water flow monitoring in the Grand River Basin and other watersheds in Ontario. Includes ts. report on spring runoff, 1973 by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also includes ts. (photocopy) list of emergency contact personnel and circular letter from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to wardens, mayors and reeves of municipalities in Ontario, dated March 6, 1973 concerning emergency planning.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1974.

Consists of materials relating to the planning and procedures of a flood warning system for the Grand River Watershed. Includes :

  • ms.(original) minutes of meeting of representatives of the GRCA, member municipalities and regional and municipal police forces concerning the establishment of an emergency flood warning system;
  • ts.(photocopy) notes on GRCA meeting with news media representatives, December 12, 1974;
  • ts. draft plan of flood warning system, revised, January 10, 1974 ;
  • correspondence between the Grand River Conservation Authority, member muncipalities and chiefs of police regarding flood warning systems and flood emergency preparedness;
  • ts. report titled : Report on Flood Event, May 16-19, 1974 by the GRCA; and
  • ts. list of emergency contact personnel.

Also includes ts. (photocopy) claims concerning damages associated with the Grand River flood, May 17-18, 1974 and an accounting schedule of GRCA costs associated with the Grand River Flood Inquiry, 1974.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletins and system : general correspondence.

Consists of ts. (original and photocopy) correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority, including letters received from provincial and muncipal governments, concerning flood emergency management planning and procedures. Also contains ts. (photocopy) lists of emergency contact personnel, and ms. operating schedules for the Shand, Conestogo and Guelph dams during the spring freshet period, March, 1978, including graphs and charts.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood control : special issue of The Engineering Journal, February, 1938.

Consists of an issue of the periodical, Engineering Journal, Vol. XX1, no. 2 (February, 1938), devoted to flood control measures and water flow issues in southwestern Ontario, including the Grand River Water Basin. Accompanying the periodical is an Ontario Department of Planning Development memorandum from A.E.K. Bunnell to A.H. Richardson, Conservation Branch.

Also present is a photocopy of an obituary of A.H. Richardson, December 27, 1971 and a periodical article by P.C. Perry titled : "Stream Control in relation to droughts and floods," The Engineering Journal, June, 1939 : 269-274.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood hazard of the upper Grand River.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) student essay concerning flooding on the Grand River, prepared by Gary Boyd, Carolyn Goodfellow, Ted Harvey, John Hollingshed and Sylvie Rockel for a course in geography at an unidentified university.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood Inquiry, 1974.

Consists of materials assembled by the Grand River Conservation Authority apparently in connection with a trial commencing in June, 1980 involving a lawsuit against the GRCA for property damage sustained by plaintiffs during the 1974 flood of the Grand River. Contains ts. (original and photocopy) correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority from their legal representatives, the firm of Lochead Sills Barristers, Kitchener, Ont.

Also includes ts.(original and photocopies) correspondence from 1948 to 1969 between the GRCA and federal and provincial authorities concerning flood control projects, and between the GRCA and legal firms, which appears to have been collated as evidence. Also includes ts.(photocopy) schedule of evidence presented by the GRCA at the hearings of the Ontario Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Grand River Flood, 1974; and ms.(original) report titled : Report on Grand River Flood Event, May 16-19, 1974, by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood inquiry, May, 1974.

Consists of background materials assembled by the Grand River Conservation Authority for presentation at the hearings of the Ontario Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Grand River Flood, May, 1974. Primarily contains ts. (photocopy and original) correspondence between the Grand River Conservation Authority and federal, provincial and municipal governments concerning flood control programs and projects, including dams and reservoirs, on the Grand River and its tributaries. A large proportion of the correspondence is concerned with matters of funding.

Inserted in the file are : a Kitchener-Waterloo Record article titled : Flood wiped out pair's $10,000 dream, May 6, 1972; and a Regional Municipality of Waterloo pamphlet titled : Flood Warning System, amended March 20, 1980.

The following ms. note is inscribed on the folder : "Do not take apart: file assembled for Flood Inquiry, May, 1974."

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning : Grand River Conservation Authority and other agencies : reports on floods and their management.

Consists of a binder containing materials relating to the emergency preparedness and flood warning measures undertaken by the Grand River Conservation Authority and its precursor, the Grand River Conservation Commission, and various Canadian and American governmental bodies. Includes correspondence, offprints and photocopies of periodical articles, pamphlets concerning control of flood damage.

Also present are blueline charts of rainfall amounts of Grand River run-off, prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission, 1948 and blueline graph of water flow at Lake Conestogo, Belwood Reservoir and other sites on the Grand River System, prepared by the GRCC, 1960.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning calls, Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 1982.

Consists of ms. transcripts of telephone calls received from observers of river levels. Also includes ms. and ts.(photocopy and original ) flood warning messages issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority to the Waterloo Regional Police Force.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning correspondence, 1983.

Consists of ts.(original, carbon copy and photocopy) correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes letters received from federal, provincial and municipal governments concerning flood emergency management planning and proceudres. Also includes ts.(photocopy) report on water control structures and flood warning system in the Grand River Basin by the GRCA; and ms. and ts. lists of emergency contact personnel. Also includes a pamphlet titled : Grand River Watershed Flood Warning System, 1982, by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning messages and operations, Spring 1979.

Consists of materials relating to flood warning preparedness planning and procedures, and advisories issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority during the spring, 1979. Includes ms.(original) river watch reports concerning ice and water flow conditions, by the GRCA; and ts.(photocopy) correspondence from the GRCA

Also contains ts. (photocopy) excerpt of General Manager's report to the Executive Committee, April 27, 1979, and three maps produced by Canada Department of Energy, Mines and Resources showing the Grand River and its tributaries in the environs of Galt, Brantford and Guelph, Ont., respectively. The maps have been annotated or otherwise marked to show areas of ice jams and other features associated with flooding.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning messages, 1982.

Consists of ms. and ts.(original and photocopy) Grand River Conservation Authority flood advisory messages, for distribution internally and to member municipalities and regional police forces.

Grand River Conservation Authority

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