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- 1966-1992
Grand River Conservation Authority
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Grand River Conservation Authority
Minutes, October to December, 1966.
Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections:
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Clippings : 1966-1968 : scrapbook.
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Consists of photocopies of clippings.
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Consists of ts. tender documents prepared by the Grand River Conservation Commission for distribution to tenderers, concerning the construction of a reinforced concrete culvert and dam fill on the Columbia Street Dam, in the area of Laurel Creek, Waterloo, Ont. Includes blank contract agreement, tender form, instructions to bidders and specification.
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Albion and Long Beach Conservation Areas.
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SCSA may refer to the Soil Conservation Society of America.
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Consists of a printed booklet containing a Province of Ontario Statute titled : The Conservation Authorities Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1960, Chapter 62.; includes amendments 1960-1966.
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Consists ts. contract documents prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a dam and reservoir on Laurel Creek, Township of Waterloo, Ont. Includes instructions to tenderers, forms of tenders and agreements, contract conditions, and specifications. Also contains soil stratigraphic charts and graphs in the Township of Waterloo, Ont.
Also present are following inserts : blueline drawings of the Laurel Creek Dam site prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd., and completed form of tender submitted by Len Ariss and Company Limited, Guelph, Ont.
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Laurel Creek Conservation Authority.
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Grand River Conservation Authority members.
File consists of a handwritten list of members of the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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Bill 32 : an act to establish the Grand River Conservation Authority.
Colour photocopy of document belonging to E. Kribs.
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Minutes, January to September, 1966.
Consists of ts. and ms. minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :
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Administration : Flood Warning System
Series consists of materials relating to the planning and procedures and operation of the Grand River Conservation Authority Flood Warning System. Includes correspondence, reports, minutes of planning meetings, and flood warning messages and bulletins.
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Consists of ts. (photocopy) draft of a brief titled : Brief on Flood Control and Water Conservation Measures for the Grand River Watershed to the Government of Ontario, represented by the Honourable J.R. Simonett, Minister of Energy and Resources Management and The Government of Canada represented by the Honourable Jean-Luc Pepin, Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys, submitted by the Grand River Conservation Authority, August, 1966.
The brief presents a case for the need for additional flood control, pollution abatement and water conservation on the Grand River and its tributaries.
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Heart Lake : 94 degrees farenheit.
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Consists of ts. contact documents prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning the construction of the Victoria Mill Dam on McKenzie Creek, Township of Townsend, Ont. Includes information for tenderers, forms of tender and agreements, genderal conditions and specifications. Also contains blueline soil stratigraphic charts prepared by William A. Trow & Associates. Inserted photocopies and carbon copies of a contract change order completed by Tidey Construction Co., Hamilton, Ont.
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Consists of ts.draft report prepared by Kilborn Engineering, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont for the Grand River Conservation Authority, concerning an appraisal of the Caledonia Dam, Caledonia, Ont. for rehabilitation or possible replacement. A history of the Caledonia Dam is included. Also present are photocopies of photographs and blueline drawings of the general plan of the Caledonia Dam.
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Consists of ts. tender procedures and materials and construction specifications prepared by R.E.Winter & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ont., for the Breslau Hotel, Breslau, Ont. regarding the construction of a sewage stabilization pond and forcemain. Includes blank contract agreement forms and blueline drawings.
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Conservation area maintenance guidelines : draft.
Consists of a binder containing a ts. (photocopy) draft maintenance guideline manual prepared by the Conservation Areas Division of the Grand River Conservation Authority outlining standards and procedures for GRCA Conservation Areas maintenance.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : conservation area maintenance guidelines : draft.
Consists of ts.(photocopy) draft manual containing guidelines for maintenance standards and procedures established by the Grand River Conservation Authority for implementation at GRCA conservation areas.
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Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :
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Condensed report of 1967 insurance survey for the Grand River Conservation Authority.
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.
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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.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : staff meeting at Shand dam, March 29, 1967 (file 5 of 16).
Candid group portrait. Some identifications provided on the negative envelope.
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Series consists of slides and slide tape presentations for internal and external use, for training, educational and publicity purposes.
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Guelph Dam : Conservation Report and Miscellaneous Scenery.
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Flooding : Beaver Creek after ice jam.
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GRCA membership and staff photos : Board of Directors, Lake Belwood, June 21, 1967 (file 6 of 16).
Some identifications provided on the negative envelope.
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Assorted openings and tours : Special Committee, Shand Dam downstream, June 1 1967 (file 11 of 21).
Some identifications provided on the verso.
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Conestogo Dam stilling basin, Taquanyah Dam, Laurel Creek workshop construction.
Snapshots received from Ilmar Kao on his retirement.
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Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report concerning an alternative or supplemental water supply from Lake Erie for the community of Brantford, Ont., prepared by N.A. Grandfield, P.Eng., General Manager and Secretary of the Brantford Public Utilities Commission for the Chairman and Members of the Brantford Public Utilities Commission, Janurary 27, 1967. Sections of the report have been underlined or otherwise marked.
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Visual : Slides : State of the Grand River Working Files
Series consists of working files of slides pulled together for possible use in the State of the Grand River CD ROM project.
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Consists of photocopies of clippings.
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Consists of ts. first draft of a preliminary report regarding a proposed dam on the Conestogo River at Arthur, Ontario, prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes 8 blueline drawings of the general location plan,dam and reservoir perpared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd.. Also includes 1 blueline drawing of soil profiles at the proposed Arthur dam site prepared by William Trow & Associates Ltd,
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Consists of ts. revised draft of a preliminary report regarding a proposed dam on the Conestogo River at Arthur, Ontario, prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes 12 blueline subsoil profiles and charts prepared by William Trow & Associates and 6 blueline drawings of the general location plan, dam and reservoir prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd.
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Report on proposed Puslinch Lake Conservation Area, June, 1967.
Consists of a ts.(photocopy) staff report on a Grand River Conservation Authority proposal to establish a conservation area at Puslinch Lake, Ont.. Includes photocopies of site maps.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : water control, 1967.
Consists of a binder containing materials relating to the operation and maintenance of water control structures employed in the Grand River Conservation Authority flood control and low flow augmentation systems. The binder is divided into the following sections :
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GRCA membership and staff photos : board tours and meetings (file 15 of 16).
Snapshots taken on several tours in 1967, pasted on three pages labelled "General page 1, 2 and 3" . Includes Western Tour, Executive Tour, Brantford Board of Trade Tour, as well as meetings.
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Clippings : 1967-1968 : scrapbook part one.
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Conestogo Conservation Authority.
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Consists of ts. draft report concerning the appraisal of the existing Caledonia Dam and design of a proposed new dam on the Grand River in the Town of Caledonia, Ont., prepared by Kilborn Engineering, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes photocopies of photographs of the Caledonia Dam site, blueline drawings of the Caledonia Dam prepared by Kilborn Engineering and blueline soil stratigraphic charts prepared by William Trow & Associates.
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Consists of a ts. report prepared by V.R. Astrop Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Ancaster, Ont. [on behalf of the Grand River Conservation Authority] for submission to Mr. A.R. Holmes, County Engineer, County of Wellington. The report concerns the feasibility of creating a new composite bridge over the Conestogo River at Drayton, to replace two existing bridges. Includes blueline plan, profile and elevation drawings prepared by V.R. Astrop Ltd.,
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Consists of ts. completed tender documents submitted by E.and E. Seegmiller Limited to the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a reinforced concrete culvert and dam fill on Columbia Street West, Waterloo, Ont. Inserted are estimates of project costs by Ilmar Kao, GRCA and ts. (photocopies)correspondence and invoices.
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Consists of a spiral binder enclosing a blueline topographical property and an aerial photograph of the Shade's Mills Reservoir and Conservation Area, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, prepared by Peter E. Rhodes and Associates (Canada) Limited for inclusion with a property appraisal by Associated Property Appraisers Limited, Don Mills, Ont., for the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Province of Ontario.
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Consists of ts. (photocopy) preliminary report prepared by J.M. Tomlinson and Associates Limited, Consulting Engineers, Burlington, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority regarding channel improvements to Fairchild Creek above Brantford, Ontario. Includes blueline drawing of the Fairchild Creek relatocation site plan prepared by J.M. Tomlinson and Associates Ltd., September, 1967.
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Grand River Conservation Authority : dam inventory : photographs.
Consists of an inventory containing photocopies of photographs of GRCA dams, reservoirs and spillways. The dams are identified only with a GRCA number; no key is present.
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Visual : Uncategorized Slides in Boxes
Series consists of categorized hanging pages and boxes of slides primarily concerned with natural features, buildings and programs associated with Grand River Conservation Authority conservation areas. Also contains slides relating to GRCA water management and land use programs and general topics such as conservation techniques, educational programs and the Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
The slides are organized topically in hanging pages. A ts. listing of the slide collection by topic including alphabetical codes to the storage system is included. The slides are in no particular order within each topical section; some of the slides are not present.
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Grand River Conservation Authority
Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections :
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Clippings : 1968, June-Dec. : scrapbook.
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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.
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Clippings : 1968-09, Sept.-Dec..
Consists of photocopies of clippings.
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Consists of a ts. appraisal report regarding the Shade's Mills Reservoir and Conservation Area, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority by Associated Property Appraisers Limited, Don Mills. The document includes site plans.
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Valleys and people / Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources : Conservation Authorities Branch.
Consists of a DVD transfer of a 16 mm film titled : Valleys and people, concerning conservation authorities in Ontario.
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Luther Marsh slides : tray number 2.
Consists of slides of flora, fauna, farming and recreational activities at Luther Marsh and its surroundings, which were employed in a slide show. Identifications are provided on an ms. list on the interior lid of the slide tray; but many of those listed are not present. Includes slides of migratory birds, blue herons and their nesting grounds, various trees and plant life and crop harvesting.
According to the original GRCA listing, the slides were taken by Bill Miller.
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Flooding : Lower Thames : aerials.
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Lower Grand : ice jam, Brantford and Paris, Ont..
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Middle Grand : Cressman's Bush.
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State of the Grand River CD Rom : working slides.
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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."
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Consists of a ts. appraisal report regarding Shade's Mills Resevoir and Conservation Area, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority and the Government of Ontario, by L.J. Simmons, Senior Appraiser and R.T.C. Hilton, A.A.C.I, S.R.A, Ontario Land Economist, Manager of Appraisals, Associated Property Appraisers Limited, Don Mills, Ont.
The report includes site plans of the Shade's Mills Reservoir and Conservation Area; the addenda consists of 9 aerial photographs of the site and a report titled, "Forest product evaluation : Shade's Mills Conservation Area, Grand River Conservation Authority," by C.J.R. Wilde, R.P.F., Consulting Professional Forester for Associated Property Appraisers Limited.
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Consists a binder containing ts. materials relating to the construction of a composite bridge and the undertaking of channel improvement on the Conestogo River at Drayton, Ont. Includes correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority and provincial and municipal governments. Also includes photographs of the Conestogo River near Drayton, Ont., including views of the existing bridges.
Also present is a ts. (photocopy) report titled "Report on the Main Street Bridge over the Conestogo River, Village of Drayton, County of Wellington," by V.R. Astrop, Consulting Engineers, Ancaster, including blueline drawings of the proposed bridge. In addition, there are two blueline drawings of the channel improvement plan by an unidentified creator, possibly the GRCA.
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Flooding : Lower Grand, February, 1981
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Shade's Mills Conservation Authority.
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Grand Valley Conservation Foundation.
File consists of one photograph showing members of the Grand River Conservation Foundation.
Left to right: Betty Schneider, Laverne Asmussen, James Sare, Donald Noble, Hector Stewart, Robert Haworth, Jim Robinson, Jim Bauer. Identification from verso.
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Damage studies found in various GRCA commissioned reports.
Consists of a binder of ts.(photocopy) materials relating to flood damage evaluation and control which is both generic and specific to the the Grand River Basin. Includes copies of reports on floodline mapping and water control structures commissioned by the GRCA, Province of Ontario studies of flood plain management, and GRCA reports on flood damages on the Grand River Watershed.
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Elora Gorge beach pavilion and other park construction scenes.
Snapshots received from Ilmar Kao on his retirement. Includes construction photographs of Elora beach house, Belwood washroom, Chicopee Dam, Byng swimming area.
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The Conservation Authorities Act, 1968 : Statutes of Ontario, 1968.
Consists of a printed booklet containing a Province of Ontario Statute titled : The Conservation Authorities Act, 1968, Statutes of Ontario, 1968.
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Photocopy of document, including cover letter to Mr. G.M. Coutts, General Manager, GRCA, Dec. 3, 1968.
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Clippings : 1968-01, -Jan.-Apr.
Consists of photocopies of clippings.
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Clippings : 1968-05, May-August.
Consists of photocopies of clippings.
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Valens Conservation Area and official opening.
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