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 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 281 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [1], Index; 7345-7624.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 295 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; [2], Index; 7626-7919.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. transcripts of hearings, 138 pages, (photocopies). Pagination : [1], Appearances; i, Index; 7921-8057.

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."

Consists of a document including recommendations, submitted on behalf of the Grand River Conservation Authority by R.J. Miller to Judge W. Leach of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Grand River Flood, 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.

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 ts. (photocopy) decision of the Ontario Municipal Board issued on April 10, 1958 regarding an appeal of the apportionment of benefits afforded to participating municipalities by the Grand River Conservation Commission which came into effect on May 15, 1953. The appellant in the case was the Corporation of the Town of Paris; the respondents were the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Corporations of the Cities of Brantford, Kitchener, Galt and Waterloo and the Towns of Preston, Fergus and the Village of Elora

Consists of a corrected ts. policy statement concerning Grand Valley Conservation Authority personnel matters. Includes regulations and position descriptions. Also present are three ts. (thermal copy) organizational charts of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Inserted : ms.(original) and ts.(carbon copy) salary schedules.

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 regulations regarding employment and comportment of personnel, GRCA organization charts, salary and wage schedule, and position specifications(descriptions).

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

Consists of a ts. manual of Grand River Conservation Authority Personnel Regulations. Includes employment and comportment regulations for GRCA personnel, organizational charts, salary and wage schedule 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. report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed by the GRCA in the Grand River Experience Project, under the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Project SWEEP student employment program during the summer of 1972. Includes photographs of student employees.

Consists of a ts. (thermal copy) report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed by the GRCA in the Conservation Areas Branch, Central Services Division, Biological Services Branch and Resource Planning Division, under the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Project SWEEP student employment program in the summer of 1973.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) report prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the activities of students employed in the Administrative, Community Relations, Resource Planning, and Land Management Divisons, under the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Project SWEEP student employment program, in the summer of 1974.

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. 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.

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.

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 Managements Divisions, as part of the Ontario Experience '78 employment program.

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. 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.

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 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.

Consists of a ts. letter from W.H. Breithaupt to William Philip, Chairman, Flood Prevention Committee, Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, dated June 20, 1932. The letter contains comments from W.E. Breithaupt, who was a member of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, regarding a Department of Lands and Forest report concerning Grand River drainage. Also present is a cover page of a Department of Lands and Forest report titled, Report on Grand River Drainage, (Toronto, 1932).

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. (photoreproduction) Report on Grand River Conservation Project by T. H. Hogg, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission and L.V. Rorke, Surveyor General of Ontario, submitted to Hon. William Finlayson, M.P.P, Minister of Lands and Forests. The report concerns technical aspects and costs estimates for a proposed Waldemar dam project under consideration by the Grand River Conservation Commission.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) of a report submitted in the form of an undated letter from W.H. Philip, Grand River Conservation Commission Chairman to Hon. Mitchell F. Hepburn, Premier of Ontario. The report concerns flood control measures for the Grand River basin and apportionment of provincial, federal and municipal fiscal responsibility.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) of what appears to be a chapter section transcribed from the book History of Kitchener by William V. Uttley. The material details William H. Breithaupt's early interests and activities in flood control and water regulation of the Grand.

Consists consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission dated June 16, 1938, concerning alternative dam sites on the Grand River above Fergus, Ont. Includes a covering letter by O. Holden, Chief Hydraulic Engineer, Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department.

Also includes a ts.(photoreproduction) report by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, Engineering Department, showing yearly minimum flow levels measured at various points on the Grand River, 1914-1936. The report is accompanied by a covering letter by O. Holden dated August 13, 1938.

Also present is a letter from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests Surveys Branch to the Grand River Conservation Commission, dated February 23, 1939 concerning cost allotment by municipality for improvements to the Grand River.

Consists of records relating to a conference titled Conference on River Valley Development in Southern Ontario, sponsored by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development, held in London, Ontario, October 13 and 14, 1944. Includes printed conference programme, newsclipping, ts.[drafts and final?] conference paper on Grand River conservation prepared by E.F.Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission, October 13, 1944, and ts. conference resolutions.

Also present are : an advanced proof of a publication titled, Flood Control in Southwestern Ontario, containing papers presented at the annual meetings of the Institute in London, Ont., February 2, 1938; and an article from The Star Weekly, March 18, 1939, titled, "Battling Old Man River," by R.C.Reade, concerning plans to build the Shand Dam on the Grand River.

Consists of a ts. (carbon copy) of an agreement issued by the Minister of Public Works concerning percentages and amounts of capital costs payable by the Province of Ontario to the Grand River Conservation Commission for the purchase of lands, erection of works and creation of reservoir. Includes a covering letter from R.A. McAllister, Deputy Minister of Public Works to the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 19, 1943. The agreement probably relates to the construction of the Shand Dam and Reservoir.

Consists of a graph drawn in pencil on graph paper showing rainfall and snowfall accumulations at Marsville, Ont. for the month of April, 1947.

Consists of ts. list of drainage areas in square miles for various sites in the Grand River Valley. The information was prepared by A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Province of Ontario Department of Planning and Development, August 31, 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.

Consists of a letter from J.P. Bruce, Hydrometeorologist, Ontario Department of Planning and Development to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer, Grand River Conservation Commission concerning rain gauging stations in the Grand basin. Included with the letter is a seminar paper titled, "Hydrometeorology in Ontario," by J.P. Bruce, presented at the University of Toronto, October 9, 1956.

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 2 ts.(mimeograph and photocopy) letters dated March 13, 1962 and May 4, 1962 concerning proposed dams at Ayr and [West] Montrose, 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.

Consists of ts. correspondence and reports accumulated by Ilmar Kao in his capacity as Assistant General Manager of the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning GRCA flood control operations and warning systems prior and subsequent to the Grand River flood, May, 1974.

Consists of a topographical map produced by the Geographical Section, Department of National Defence in 1939. The map has been annotated to show the Guelph and Eramosa damsites. The annotations may have been made at the design phase of the Guelph dam ca. 1971. Includes a reprint and mockup of an article titled, "Guelph Dam and Reservoir, Ontario," The Canadian Architect, (June, 1977), and an article titled "Guelph Micro-Hydro System," Your Valley (Spring, 1983).

Consists of ts. fact sheet concerning the history and development of the Grand River Conservation Authority.

One letter, ts. carbon.

One letter, ts. original, signed.

One letter, ts. original, signed, on Beatty Bros. letterhead, accompanied by two blueprints of the proposed Beatty Bros.Dam in Fergus.

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.

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

One letter (6 leaves), ts. mimeograph, signed.

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

One letter ts. mimeograph, signed, with attachment.

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

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.

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.

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.

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. annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority Operations Division. Includes colour and black and white photographs which have been affixed to pages in 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. annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority Operations Division. Includes black and white photographs of the operations of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch, which have been affixed to pages in the report.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy)annual report of the Biological Services Branch[Forestry and Wildlife Branch?] of the Grand River Conservation Authority.

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

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

Consists a ts.(photocopy) annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority. Appendices contain information regarding reforestation, nursery stock maintenance and wildlife, including waterfowl managment.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes colour photographs pasted onto the report. Appendices include material and statistics on reforestation, nursery stocks, and waterfowl and wildlife management.

Consists of a ts. annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority. The report is divided into five sections which include : Conservation Services; Nursery Report, 1990; Trapping Report and Wildlife Management Report; Reforestation on Authority Lands, 1988 and Reforestation on Private Land, 1990.

Consists of a ts. annual report of the Forestry and Wildlife Branch of the Grand River Conservation Authority, contained in a binder. The binder is divided into five sections which include : Conservation Services; Nursery Report, 1991; Trapping Report and Wildlife Management Report; Reforestation on Authority Lands, 1986-1990; and Reforestation on Private Land, 1991.

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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Clippings are largely concerned with the activities of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Also present are June, 1969 editions of the Gorge Park News and the Conservation Clarion.

Also present are June, 1969 editions of the Gorge Park News and the Conservation Clarion.

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