Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings (The GRCA Annual Meeting, 1995 is not explicitly identified, possibly due to the membership reorganization which took place in 1995. However, correspondence in the file indicates that the Annual Meeting took place on January 13, 1995; the minutes of the meeting held on this date are present.)
• Planning and Operation Committee : minutes of meeting;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meeting;
• Other Committees : minutes of meetings, which include the following : Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Luther Marsh Technical Steering Committee : minutes of meeting; Tour Committee : minutes of meetings; and Strategic Planning Workshop, May 10, 1995 : list of attendees.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Luther Marsh Technical Steering Committee : minutes of meeting; Tour Committee : minutes of meetings; Clean Up Rural Beaches (CURB) : tour, July 20, 1995; Special Recognition : minutes of meetings;

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings; Membership Review Committee : minutes of meetings;

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : By-Law Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings; and Insurance Review Committee : minutes of meetings.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :

• General Membership : minutes of meetings, which includes a report on a CD-Rom titled : WS report presentation, January 14, 2003;
• Planning and Operations Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Administration, Finance and Personnel Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous,which includes the following : Special Recognition Committee : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings;

Series consists of budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority appended to the agenda and GRCA membership list. This information does not appear to be included in the bound volumes of minutes. The bound volumes appear to contain only the minutes and resolutions, not the agendas and supporting documents.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 27, 1973. Also includes agenda of the 1973 Annual Meeting and GRCA membership list.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 26, 1976. Also includes agenda of the 1976 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 28, 1979. Also includes agenda for the 1979 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Also present is correspondence from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to the GRCA. The budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, GRCA General Manager.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 27, 1980. Also includes agenda of the 1980 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Consists of a condensed ts. insurance survey prepared by Frank Cowan Company Limited [Princeton,Ont.?] regarding properties, building and equipment, and insurance liabilities of the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of correspondence, samples of award certificates, minutes of meetings of the Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical events Committee of the GRCA, newspaper clippings, ts. lists and profiles of recipients of Special Recognition Awards, and photographs of recipients, most of whom are identified on verso.

Contains a photocopy of an untitled article from the Ontario Department of Planning and Development Conservation Authorities Branch periodical : Our Valley, Vol. 2, no.1(January, 1956), concerning the Pinehurst Conservation Area, which was opened by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority in the summer of 1955.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report by Ilmar Kao, Assistant General Manager, Grand River Conservation Authority and C. W. Stevens, Manager, Water Resources Engineering, GRCA concerning facts surrounding the flood on the Grand in May, 1974.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) news releases and accompanying original photographs issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

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.

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.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) manual of peacetime emergency plans for the municipalities of the City of Brantford, Town of Paris, Townships of Burford, Oakland, South Dumfries, Onondaga, and Brantford, assembled by the Brant County Emergency Measures Organization. Includes township, town and city by-laws regarding emergency services operations. Also present is a cover` ms. memo dated March 10, 1977 to Ilmar Kao, Grand River Conservation Authority from Gerald Axworthy which lists the contents of the manual.

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.

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.

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.

Consists of ts. and ms. test flood warning messages issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority for distribution internally and to member municipalities, police forces and other public organizations involved in flood control emergency 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.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 192 pages (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [i]-iii, Index; 1039-1227.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 121 pages (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; [1], Index; 1228-1346.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 188 pages (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; [2], Index; 1678-1862.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 152 pages (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; [1], Index; 1864-2013.

Consists of 1 volume ts. transcripts of hearings, 190 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; [1], Index; 2367-2554.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 177 leaves, (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; i, Index; 2761-2935.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 208 leaves, (photocopies). Pagination : [2], Appearances; [1], Index; [3181]-3386.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 221 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [2] Appearances; [1] Index; 3389-3607.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 252 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; i-ii, Index; 5224-5473.

Consists of ts. transcripts of hearings, 156 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [i]-iii, Index; 6759-6911.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 164 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [i]-ii, Index; 6951-7111.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 234 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [i]-iii, Index; 7113-7343.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) decision of the Ontario Municipal Board concerning compensation owing to William H. Norris, Township of West Garafaxa, Ont. by the Grand River Conservation Commission for expropriation of farm lands belonging to the former.

Consists of a ts. manual of Grand River Conservation Authority Personnel Regulations. Includes organization charts, lists of regulations as they relate to the employment and comportment of personnel, and position descriptions.

Consists of a ts. manual of Grand River Conservation Authority Personnel Regulations and Position Descriptions. Includes employment and comportment regulations for GRCA personnel, organizational charts, salary and wage schedules, and position descriptions.

Consists of a ts. manual of Grand River Conservation Authority Personnel Regulations and Position Descriptions, contained in a binder. Includes employment and comportment regulations for GRCA personnel, salary and wage schedules and position descriptions.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report prepared by Joel F. Finlay, SWEEP Coordinator, and Jane E. Allen, SWEEP Assistant Co-ordinator, for the Ministry of Natural Resources : Conservation Authorities Branch, concerning the provincial operations of Project SWEEP (Students Working in an Environmental Enhancement Program) during summer, 1972. Includes background material on the development of SWEEP, terms of reference, sample application forms, and statistical information.

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.

Consists of a ts. report produced by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding activities of students employed in the GRCA Community Relations Division, as part of the Ontario Experience '76 employment program.

Consists of a ts. (mimeograph) research document compiled by unidentified students employed by the GRCA under the Young Canada Works Project in the summer of 1977. Includes indices of books, transcripts of articles and excerpts from books, charts and handdrawn maps concerning the history of various communities located on the lower Grand River River Valley.

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.

Consists of a ts. memorandum of interview with Department of Health representatives, which may have been prepared by the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade. The memorandum concerns industrial pollution and sewage disposal on the Grand River in relation to public health and safety.

Consists of ts.transcripts(carbon copy) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, December 12, 1930 to April 20, 1934. Also includes minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission May 30, 1934 to October 31, 1946.

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.

Consists of ts.(original, photocopies and carbon copies) of correspondence, reports and briefs concerning projected land purchase and construction costs associated with GRCA proposed dams and reservoirs at West Montrose, Everton, Ayr, Guelph, and Hespeler, Ont.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) excerpt from the Grand River Conservation Authority Annual Report concerning water control systems; ts.(photocopy) humour piece concerning the Glengowan Dam and Reservoir environmental assessment; and ts.(photocopy) Legislature of Ontario Debates, Thursday December 20, 1973.

One letter on GRCC letterhead, ts. original, signed.

Consists of 1 bound volume of ms. temperature, precipitation and discharge values recorded by H.A. Cameron at the Shand Dam near Fergus, Ont. Includes additional commentary on conditions at the Shand Dam site.

Series consists of annual reports of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority. The reports contain information regarding reforestation programs, wildlife management and control and maintenance of nursery stocks. Some of the annual reports from the 1970s include black and white and colour photographs of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch operations, which have been pasted or otherwise affixed to the reports.

Consists of a ts. annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority Operations Division. Includes black and white photographs of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch operations, which have been pasted onto the report.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority Operations Division.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) annual report of the Biological Services Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority Land Management Division.

Consists of a binder containing clippings from the collection of Hugh Templin, member of the Grand River Conservation Commission and editor of the Fergus News Record. The clippings concern various aspects of the history and development of the Grand River Conservation Commission. Also present is a copy print of a photograph of members of the Grand River Conservation Commission, February 16, 1957.

Edition of the Fergus News Record, August 6, 1942 concerning the opening of the Shand Dam; correspondence and ts. (photocopy)draft of article which appears to have been collated in preparation for the fiftieth anniversary of the completion of the Shand Dam. Also contains a clipping and correspondence concerning a disaster relief program established in Brantford, Ont. in 1954
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Consists of a newsclipping titled : "Jiu Jitsu on the Grand River : Governments see light for reservoirs to hold back spring floods and release waters for summer needs of 300,000 people," from The Financial Post, November 7, 1932.

Consists of clippings from the Kitchener-Waterloo Record and other local newspapers concerning the debate over establishing a Waterloo Regional Government.

Consists of a supplement to the Cambridge Daily Reporter, Thursday, April 30, 1981 titled : Inside Cambridge. The newspaper may have been retained due to the presence of a cover photograph of the Parkhill Bridge and Parkhill Dam which is operated by the GRCA.

Consists of photocopies of clippings.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) preliminary study of subsoil and foundations conditions on the site of the proposed Hespeler Conservation Dam on the Speed River, Township of Guelph, Wellington County, Ont., prepared by William A. Trow & Associates Ltd., Weston, Ont. for R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. on behalf of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Includes photographs of the damsite which have been pasted into the study and 1 blueline drawing prepared by William A. Trow & Associates Ltd., titled : Inverted Subsoil Stratigraphy, which includes a site plan of the proposed Hespeler conservation dam,

Consists of ts. instructions to tenderers, forms, specifications and performance and payment bond information for the construction of a reservoir at Shade's Mills, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, Ont., prepared by J.M. Tomlinson & Associates Limited, Consulting Engineers, for the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) Report on Flood Control Measures for the City of Guelph, Ont., prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority by R.K.Kilborn & Associates, Ltd, Professional Engineers, Toronto, Ont. The report reviews water flow conditions and flooding at the confluence of the Speed and Eramosa Rivers in Guelph, Ont. and provides recommendations for a flood relief program.

Consists of ts. supplement, dated February 16, 1956, to a Report on Flood Control Measures for the City of Guelph, Ontario, December 1, 1955 prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes cover letters and ts.(photocopy) resolutions of the City of Guelph regarding projects to control flooding of the Speed River.

Also present are 3 blueline drawings of the Speed River Dam and Edinburgh Road Bridge prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd, which are enclosed in pocket labelled : Plans submitted to Department of Lands and Forests, May 7, 1957.

Consists of a binder containing ts. tender documents relating to the construction of sluice gates on the Speed River in Guelph, Ont., prepared by Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited, Kitchener, for submission to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes completed form of tender, technical description, blueprints of sluice gates, blueline schematic wiring diagram and 5 photographs of samples of gates supplied by Fried, Krupp, Germany, the parent company of Ardelt Industries.

Inserted are the following : cover letter and additional correspondence from Ardelt Industries to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and correspondence from R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. to the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of a ts. newsrelease prepared by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the opening of a new control dam on the Speed River just below the Wellington Street Bridge, and an Opening Ceremony programme with schedules of events by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and the City of Guelph.

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.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) information report concerning the background, objectives, interpretive strategies and management of the Apps' Mill Conservation Area, Brant County, Ont. Appendices include topographical drawings and maps.

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.

Consists of a ts. report which concerns estimation of flood damages Galt, Ontario prepared by D. McLean for Ilmar Kao, Director of Operations, Grand River Conservation Authority. The purpose of the report was to determine the feasibility of a model of analysis for application in Galt and other cities subject to flooding. Includes blueline map of downtown Galt, Ont. Ats. estimate of direct industrial damages is inserted.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) report submitted to the General Manager, Grand River Conservation Authority from the GRCA Planning Department concering work to be undertaken as part of the Whiteman Creek Watershed Management Plan, South Easthope, East Zorra and East Oxford Townships, Ontario.

Includes a cover letter from Richard V. Patrick, Supervisor of Special Projects and W.Eric Lemp, Director of Planning, February 17, 1969. Also present is a ts.(photocopy) report titled : Evaluation of Phase 1-69 of the Whiteman Creek Watershed Management Programme, and a blueline map of the Whiteman Creek Watershed.

Consists of ts. report submitted to the General Manager, Grand River Conservation Authority from the GRCA Planning Department concering work to be undertaken as part of the Whiteman Creek Watershed Management Plan, South Easthope, East Zorra and East Oxford Townships, Ontario. Includes a cover letter from Richard V. Patrick, Supervisor of Special Projects and W.Eric Lemp, Director of Planning, February 17, 1969. Also present are blueline maps of the Whiteman Creek Watershed.

Consists of ts. proposal prepared by Harrington and Hoyle Ltd., Landscape Architects, Markham and Cambridge, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning a natural channel design and construction project on Devil's Creek near Blair, Ont.

Consists of a ts.(original and photocopy) report regarding a survey of water levels and quality in the Baden Mill Pond. Includes blueline drawing of the Baden Reservoir prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) contracts documents for tenderers concerning the construction of a dam on the Grand River at Caledonia, Ont., prepared by Kilborn Limited, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation. Includes forms of tender and agreements, and specifications.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) revised report on Grand River Conservation Authority watershed monitoring and flood warning systems extant in January, 1974.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) report by P. D. Mason, Water Management Division, on a preliminary water quality survey of the Conestogo Reservoir near Glen Allan, Ont.

Consists of a ts. report by Patricia A. Nash, Environmental Services Group, concerning fish and fisheries habitat on D'Aubigny Creek, a tributary of the Grand River in Brant Township and the City of Brantford, Ont.

Consists of ts. materials concerning the initation of a provincially-funded study entitled : Study on Evaluation of Floodplain Management. The study was a joint initiative of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Ministry of Housing and concerned the impact of flood reduction from both a social and economic perspective. Also contains correspondence from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources including circular letters to the chairmen of Conservation Authorities in Ontario.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) report on a survey of day use patrons at conservation areas in the Grand River Watershed in the summer of 1972. Includes copies of survey data collected by the GRCA and the survey instrument.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) summary and recommendations concerning master plan of the Brant Conservation Area, near the City of Brantford, Ont. Includes photocopies of local and regional location maps.

Contains an original and working print.

Appears to contain two films titled : Flooding, which was made in 1975; and The Restive Grand, which was made in 1972. Ms. list of contents enclosed.

Notes on film contents are contained in canister. The film is a composite of original colour footage selected [in 1977] but not used by Summit Film Productions in the creation of a film titled : GRCA Prologue, May 12, 1978.

An ms.note listing contents of scenes is present in the film canister.

Note on label : Summit file copy.

File consists of one script for The Restive Grand.