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Grand River Conservation Commission fonds. File
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Conservation authorities : correspondence, reports, etc., 1963.

File consists of Ilmar Kao's file relating to other conservation authorities. Includes information about a tour of the Grand River watershed by members and staff of the Muskingum Conservancy district and Ohio Water Commission, hosted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes reports, correspondence with the GVCA and Otonabee Region Conservation Authority and ephemera. Includes ms. notes.

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Correspondence.

File consists of unrelated correspondence found loose, some with the Ontario Government. Includes information about the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. Includes ms. drafts by W.P.

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Correspondence.

File consists of material relating to the proposed Waldemar Dam and to the Shand Dam. Includes correspondence and reports re progress on the Shand Dam, reforestation, etc. Includes correspondence and a 2 p. ts. by W.W. Breithaupt on "Grand River Conservation." Includes a ts. carbon letter from T.H. Hogg and L.V. Rorke to the Minister of lands and Forests for Ontario on the topic of Grand River Drainage, dated Feb. 11, 1932. Includes charts, reports, ms. notes and draft correspondence by Wm. Philip.

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Correspondence.

File consists of material relating primarily to drainage and drains. Includes correspondence to and from Wm. Philip and others and ms. notes.

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Correspondence.

File consists of a copy of a resolution passed by the City of Galt Council with cover letter addressed to E.F. Roberts, dated Apr. 3, 1951.

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Correspondence.

File consists of Wm. Philip's copies of two letters signed by E.F. Roberts re insurance and an agreement with the CPR re relocation of the railway in its Elora subdivision.

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Correspondence.

File consists of correspondence copies to and from E.F. Roberts re funding for Conestogo Project from provincial and federal governments. .

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Correspondence.

File consists of 2 pieces of correspondence, one from H.G.Acres to Wm. Philip dated 1953; one undated from Philip Breithaupt. Includes Wm. Philip's ms. notes.

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Correspondence : A.

File consists of "A" correspondence to and from Frank P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission on a variety of topics, including bids and tenders for construction of the Shand Dam, employment inquiries and land purchases from individuals.

Includes an article by S.W. Archibald, Consulting Engineer, "Ontario stream control : an investigation of the application of the drainage acts of the Province of Ontario to the problem of flood control and damage prevention" (no publication information).

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Creager, William P.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and Mr. William P. Creager, Hydraulic Engineer, Buffalo, N.Y. re consulting. Includes mention of W.H. Breithaupt.

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D miscellaneous folder.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from F.P. Adams. Correspondents include Dominion Bridge Co. re sluice gates, Dominion Engineering Co. and others re tenders, also correspondence re information requests and property purchases.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Departments of Health, Planning and Development and Public Works.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Dept. of Lands and Forests. Includes ms. notes and calculations.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Dept. of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Engineering and Water Branch, concerning gauge charts and gauge recorder sites.

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D4.

File consists of routine "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts. Includes one clipping relating to West Garafraxa drain and one letter to W. Philip concerning an incident at Belwood Lake, with ms. reply.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, and correspondence replied to by I. Kao. Correspondents include government departments, suppliers and individuals.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to C.J. Drexel's farm lease. Other correspondents include the Dept. of Public Works and the Town of Drayton.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, and others, primarily with the Village of Drayton and several government departments. Includes ms. correspondence written by Wm. Philip.

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts: one letter to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics; one receipt from the Dept. of Public Works.,

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D4.

File consists of "D" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including the Department of Resources and Development, Dept. of Lands and Forests re Wilson Dam, Dept. of Highways re river crossings and the Dept. of Public Printing.

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Daily Journal 1960.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1960 belonging to H.A. Cameron. Daily entries are used to record climactic information such as lake level, temperature, wind, precipitation, incidents, etc. Also recorded are details of work done by the writer and others, in the office and on the property: construction, lumber mill, machinery, incidents, etc. Includes a list of vehicles. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1961.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1961 belonging to H.A. Cameron. Daily entries are used to record climactic information, but less so than in 1960. Also recorded are details of work done by the writer and others, in the office and on the property: construction, lumber mill, machinery, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1962.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1962 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Daily entries are used to record some climactic information such as snowfall and ice. The diary is primarily used to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office, on the property and elsewhere : construction, repairs, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1963.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1963 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Daily entries are used to record some climactic information such as snowfall and ice. Also recorded are details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1964.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1964 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1965.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1965 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1966.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1966 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1967.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1967 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1968.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1968 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1969.

File consists of Perpetual Desk Calendar and Diary for 1969 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1970.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1970 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Includes list of appointments at front. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1970.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1970 containing entries in several hands, primarily assistant superintendent Fred Fackham. Includes weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by several employees, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Includes list of appointments at front. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1971.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1971 belonging to assistant superintendent Fred Fackham. Includes weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by several employees, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1971.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1971 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1972.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1972 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Daily Journal 1973.

File consists of Brownline Daily Journal for 1973 belonging to H.A. Cameron, working from the Shand Dam station. Includes some weather observations. Daily entries are used primarily to record details of work done by the writer and others, in the office on the property and at other locations: construction, repairs, machinery, inspections, incidents, etc. Not all days have entries; information recorded varies.

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Darling, E. H., Consulting Engineer.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams and E.H. Darling concerning the latter's application for a position as consulting engineer.. Includes newspaper article by E.H. Darling and one severely damaged photograph.

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Department of Lands and Forests : Grand River Conservation Act, 1938.

File consists of correspondence between the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests Conservation Authorities Branch. The correspondence concerns amending the Grand River Conservation Act for the purposes of receiving grants from the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, and with the mechanics of transferring the Conservation Authorities Branch from the Dept. of Commerce and Development to the Dept. of Lands and Forests.

Correspondents include J.W. Spooner and A. Kelso Roberts, Ministers of Lands and Forests in 1961 and 1963 respectively and G.E. Fisher, Chairman GRCC. Includes ms. notes; Ilmar Kao's file

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Department of Lands and Forests : Hon. Peter Heenan and Dr. J.L. Morris.

File consists of correspondence between F.P. Adams, Secretary, Grand River Conservation Commission and Dr. J.L. Morris of the Surveys Branch of the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests concerning the appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board from municipalities concerning costs assessed against them by the GRCC. Morris was one of the authors of the original report or 1934 and of the revised report done in 1939. Includes one letter to the Minister of Lands & Forests, Hon. Peter Heenan.

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Department of Lands and Forests, 1953-1956.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, the GRCC and the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests primarily relating to reforestation. Includes draft agreement for management of municipal forests, applications etc. for nursery stock.

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Department of Northern Affairs : gauging stations.

File consists of correspondence between Ilmar Kao and the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, Water Resources Branch. As well as routine correspondence, file contains correspondence explaining policies relating to release of river flow data. Includes ms. notes.

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Department of Planning and Development.

File consists of ts. list of and information about Ontario planning areas and planning boards as well as a copy of a paper by Harold V. Miller, "Industrial zoning: a paper for the information of members ... of the Association of State Planning and Development Agencies, ... April 16, 1951."

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Department of Planning and Development : Grand River Survey, 1949.

File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer for the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch, concerning historical statistics relating to Dam operations. Also contains information pertaining to a conservation tour of the Nith River valley, Aug. 17, 1949.

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Department of Planning and Development, 1951.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Dept. of Planning and Development on a variety of topics. Correspondents include

  • A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Department of Planning and Development concerning elevation datum used at the gauge station at Brantford, work of the commission in general and discharge records for 1947 and 48 as a basis for storage need forecasting;
  • A.E.K. Bunnell, Consultant, Community Planning Branch, Dept. of Planning & Development concerning enforcement of the Grand River Act.

Includes a copy of an address by A.E.K. Bunnell "Introducing Seminar Town Planning Problems" at the Conference of the Federation of Canadian Mayors and Municipalities, London, Ont., June 12, 1951.

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Department of Planning and Development, 1953.

File consists of correspondence between E.F. Roberts and A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Department of Planning and Development, Ontario, relating to the Luther Marsh project, hydrometric gauges and gauge charts, a hearing in Orangeville, and the appointment of A.H. Richardson as Chief Engineer of the GRCC and to the GRCC Board of Engineers.

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Department of Planning and Development, 1961.

File consists of material relating to the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development maintained by Ilmar Kao, first in his position as Manager and Assistant Secretary and later in the position of Secretary-Treasurer. Includes lists of conservation authorities in Ontario and their member municipalities; resolutions passed at the Conservation Authorities Conference held at Preston, 1960; correspondence relating to park development, amendments to the Grand River Conservation Act, background data, summer cottage subdivision plan in the Conestogo project and reforestation. Includes ms. notes by I. Kao.

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Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

File consists of correspondence between the Dominion Bureau of statistics and E.F. Roberts, GRCC Secretary treasurer concerning submission of capital and repair estimates for 1954 and forecast for 1955. Includes form.

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Dominion Water and Power Bureau.

File consists of correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Dominion Water and Power Bureau, later the Water Resources Division of the federal Dept. of Resources and Development, and others relating to gauge readings, readers and gauge stations. Includes notes by W. Philip, completed discharge measurement forms for several locations, gauge height and flow records and ephemera relating to water level recorders.. Includes a copy of Norman Marr's "Surface run-off in the Thames and Grand River Basins in Ontario," reprinted from the Engineering Journal (Feb. 1938)

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E. F. Roberts.

File consists of E.F. Roberts correspondence relating to his own routine Commission business. Includes expenses summary, invitation to the opening of the Kiwanis Club Camp on Lake Belwood, sketch, news clipping re hunting at James Bay, pamphlet from the Izaak Walton League of America dated July 1945, "A National Water Policy: Water the Orphan: a Discussion of the basic factors involved in All River Developments," and an ms. fisherman's grace, "offered at this season by W. P." [William Philip].

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E. F. Roberts, Brantford.

File consists of material relating to E.F. Robert's work as Secretary-Treasurer of the GRCC.

  • Includes correspondence concerning visits, meetings and presentations given by him on conservation.
  • Includes background research material including information received from the Ontario Dept. of Planning and Development in the form of reports on other conservation authorities, briefs and pamphlets concerning flood control and river valley development.
  • Includes also issues of periodicals, offprints and reprints, including "Conservation and post-war rehabilitation: a report prepared by the Guelph Conference on the Conservation of the Natural resources of Ontario, February 1942," Robert F. Legget "Conservation and sanitation: a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Institute on Sewerage and Sanitation ... 1943," "A plan to grow wealth and eliminate waste" by the Grand Valley group of Engineers,
  • Includes E.F. Roberts ms. and ts. notes for an address on conservation given to the Ontario Municipal Association, Aug. 28, 1947. Includes a 9 page mimeograph document dated Jan. 28, 1946: "Grand Valley Authority" that has an organization chart as a cover page.

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E5.

File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to the Village of Elora. Includes correspondence and two blueprints concerning a proposed sewerage line across the Grand River.

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E5.

File consists of "E" correspondence to E.F. Roberts: three letters from the Village of Elora.

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E5.

File consists of "E" correspondence to E.F. Roberts: one letter from the Village of Elora.

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E5.

File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, primarily relating to the Village of Elora, and the steam-pipe line and possible footbridge erected over the Grand River by John C. Mundell Co. Includes ms. notes and correspondence drafts by W.Philip (such as "Dec. 18/47. Dear Roberts, I have written to the editor Elora paper. Will get in touch with McDonald personally am in favour of a show down ... W.P.") and also ms. notes from Marcel Pequegnat. Also includes a small amount of general correspondence and correspondence to and from the Etobicoke River Conservation Authority.

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E5.

File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts: one letter only from Katharine Marsden of the Elora Express.

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E5

Contents :File consists of "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including with the Village of Elora.

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E5.

File consists of routine "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts and the Village of Elora.

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E5.

File consists of routine "E" correspondence to and from E.F. Roberts, including with the Village of Elora.

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