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Grand River Conservation Commission : Conestogo Dam : sluice gates and accessories : tender documents.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy and mimeograph) tender submission document prepared by the Dominion Bridge Company Limited, Lachine, Quebec for the Grand River Conservation Commission regarding the construction of sluice gates for the Conestogo Dam near Glen Allan, Ont. Includes copy of specifications from the Grand River Conservation Commission.

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In the wake of Hurricane Hazel : a review of flood problems.

Consists of ts. paper entitled "In the Wake of Hurricane Hazel : a review of flood problems," by R.L Clinch and H.J. Saaltink, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd., presented at the Engineering Institute of Canada, May 11, 1955. The paper deals in part with the Grand River. Includes blackline storm tracking diagram, and isoheytal maps and flood hydrographs of the Grand River prepared by H.G. Acres & Company Limited, May 1955. Also includes a cover letter from A.W. F. McQueen, Vice-President, H.G. Acres & Company Ltd.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : report on improvements to pond, Township of Wellesley, Ontario.

Consists of ts. report prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority concerning improvements to an artificially-created pond in the Village of Wellesley, Township of Wellesley, Ont.

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Minutes, 1955.

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume.

The volume is divided into the following sections : General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume); Executive Committee : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedures : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Conservation Areas (includes Luttrell Creek Advisory Board and Nith Valley Flood Control Advisory Board) : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of Meetings; Advisory Board on Soils and Water(referred to as Land, Water Use Advisory Board on section tab) : minutes of meetings; and
*Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Laurel Creek : preliminary report on Laurel Creek project, City of Waterloo, Ontario.

Consists of ts. preliminary report prepared by Kilborn Engineering Company, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, concerning possible sites for storage runoff of Laurel Creek and its tributary Clair Creek, in the city of Waterloo, Ont. Includes blueline maps and damsite drawings by Kilborn Engineering Company, March, 1954.

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Clippings.

Consists of news clippings relating to activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, and the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also present are the covering letters accompanying clippings: letter from Hugh Templin, Fergus, Ont. to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission, April 14, 1954, ; letter from Geo. W. Rayner, Rayner Construction Limited, Leaside, Ont. to E.F.Roberts, December 30, 1954.

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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.

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Publicity : Clippings : Originals : Photocopies 1953-2002

Series consists of spiral-bound volumes and scrapbooks of original and photocopies of newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission, Grand Valley Conservation Authority and Grand River Conservation Authority. The materials are organized chronologically; scrapbooks of clippings devoted to particular events such as floods on the Grand River are present.

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Grand River Conservation Commission : Conestogo Dam : report on hydraulic model tests of sluiceway, 1953.

Consists of ts. report prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, Limited, Niagara Falls, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Commission regarding design and testing of a model sluiceway for the Conestogo Dam, near Glen Allan, Ont. undertaken in 1953. Includes blueline drawings of the general arrangement of spillway, dam model, and stilling basin, prepared by H.G. Acres and Company in November, 1953, and photographs of the sluiceway model. Correspondence between the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Department of Planning and Development is inserted.

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Report on a plan of ancillary conservation measures for the construction of the Conestogo Dam : a recommendation from the Executive to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority presented by the Chairman of the Advisory Board on Reforestation, Elora, Ontario, October 16, 1953

Consists of ts. report concerning conservation measures including reforestation to be taken in the lands to be affected by the proposed Conestogo Dam near Glen Allan, Ont. Also contains a ts. report titled : Grand Valley Gorge Park : a report submitted to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority at Elora, Thursday, March 26, 1953 by the GVCA Advisory Board on Recreation. Includes photoreproductions of photographs of the Elora Gorge.

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Minutes, January, 1953 to December, 1954.

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume.

The volume is divided into the following sections :

  • General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meetings are not specifically identified in this volume) ;
  • Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedure : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Pollution : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Soils and Water : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings; and
  • Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

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Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Advisory Board on Soils and Water : Luttrell's Creek Valley conservation report, 1953.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) report concerning conservation in Luttrell's Creek Valley submitted to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority by the Advisory Board on Soils and Water. The report is based upon a survey undertaken by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development; printed copies of the land use survey and forestry measures required are included.

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Grand River Conservation Commission : preliminary report on flood control measures for the City of Galt, Ontario, January 16, 1951.

Consists of ts. (carbon copy) preliminary report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission for submission to Hon. Wm. Greisinger, Minister of the Ontario Department of Planning and Development and A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, regarding flood control measures on the Grand River in the City of Galt, Ontario.

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Brief : re the Glen Allan Dam on the Conestogo River a tributary of the Grand River to the Honourable Alphonse Fournier, Minister of Public Works and the Honourable Robert Winters, Minister of Resources and Development, Government of Canada : from the Grand River Conservation Commission, Brantford, June 1, 1951.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) brief regarding the necessity of building the Glen Allan Dam[Conestogo Dam] on the Conestogo River.

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Grand River Conservation Commission : report on Luther Marsh storage on the Grand River.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, Consulting Engineers, Niagara Falls, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Commission, regarding a proposed Luther Marsh storage development. Includes blackline contour plans, and blackline drawing of the Luther Dam prepared by H.G. Acres & Company, March 15, 1950.

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Artifacts

Series consists of discrete items, including the first river flow recording gauge used by the GRCA, the GVCA banner and several engraving plates of GRCA logos.

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Minutes, July 25, 1950 to February 2, 1954.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are correspondence, tender estimates for the Luther Dam, dated September 9, 1950; accounts payable statements for the Grand River Conservation Commission; and a financial statement of the Grand River Conservation Commission as of December 31, 1952 produced by Scully & Scully, Chartered Accountants, Kitchener, Ont.

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Water management.

An ms. note added to the listing accompanying the slides relates that the Water management slides contain "some key May' 74 flood aerials."

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Minutes, January, 1950 to December, 1952.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume.

The volume is divided into the following sections :

  • General Meetings : minutes, which includes Grand Valley Conservation Authority : Annual Meetings : minutes, April 17, 1950, April 26, 1951 and April 22, 1952;
  • Executive Commitee : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Soils and Water : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Education and Publicity : minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Farm Ponds and Small Dams minutes of meetings;
  • Advisory Board on Rules and Procedures : minutes of meetings; and
  • Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

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Elora footage, 1950s.

Consists of a DVD transfer of a videocassette of an 8 mm promotional film of Elora, Ontario by the Elora Chamber of Commerce. Includes scenes of local industries, railways and the Grand River.

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Visual : Slides : Historic :"Archival Slides"

Series consists of two metal cases of "Archival" slides belonging to the the Grand River Conservation Authority which illustrate the history of the management of the Grand River Watershed including water management and conservation efforts primarily during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Lion's Club address, September 30, 1949.

Consists of a ts. notes for a speech concerning the background and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission prepared for a presentation to the Lion's Club[Kitchener, Ont.?] by an unidentified member of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

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Memo re Grand River Watershed, November 17, 1949.

Consists of a ts. memo by an unidentified author regarding the history and development of conservation and water management in the Grand River Watershed. The memo appears to have been prepared for public distribution and focuses primarily upon the activities of the Grand River Conservation Commission in regard to dam construction and water flow control.

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Minute Book no. 5, November 17, 1949 to January 25, 1955

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1950-1954.
Also included are correspondence and reports. Enclosed are : annual audited financial statements of the GRCC for the years ended December 31, 1949-1953.

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Grand River Conservation Commission Secretary-Treasurer : correspondence, 1949.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) letters to the Hon. A.G. Welsh, Department of Planning and Development from E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning request for approval and support of projects at Luther Marsh and on the Conestogo River. Also includes letters received by the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Ontario Minister of Public Works relating to funding of the Luther Marsh and Conestogo Dam Projects.

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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.

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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.

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