Consists of a Government of Ontario computer print-out of a recreation supply inventory which displays the location of various recreational sites by municipality and/or county in southern Ontario. Also present is a blackline map titled, Grand River Basin : Water Management Study : Water Based Recreational Facilities.

Consists of a ts. (mimeographed) report on the East Side Recreation and Conservation Area, Kitchener, Ont. prepared by Dryden & Smith, Planning Consultants, Kitchener, Ont., possibly for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes blueline drawings.

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.

Consists of a ts. concept plan for the Chicopee Ski Club prepared by Varga Planning, Kitchener, Ont. in June, 1989, probably for distribution to the Chicopee Board of Directors, Committees, and Ski Club members. Includes maps and site drawings.

Consists a ts. (photocopy) resource management plan for the Caledonia Conservation Area prepared by the Grand River Conservation Authority Division of Planning. Includes blueprints drawn by D.E. Bradley, Division of Planning, of development proposals for the Caledonia Conservation Area.

Folder containing material relating to the Rockwood Mill. Includes a report with tile "Preservation Plan for the Rockwood Mill" by Elizabeth Kruse dated July 4 1977, that contains 33 b&w photographs pasted in. Also includes a pamphlet entitled Rockwood Conservation Area : Times Past to Times Present, ca. 1975; a Harris Woolen Mill floor plan and number key, 1974; a topographical view; two original sketches.

Consists of a ts. draft (photocopy) master plan for Laurel Creek Conservation Area, contained in a binder. Includes photocopies of site maps, statistical analysis and drawings.

Report by unknown author concerning determination of boundaries for land acquisition in the Speed River watershed below the junction of the Eramosa and Speed Rivers from below Guelph, Ont. to Preston, Ont. Includes 6 numbered blueprint maps of the Speed River Watershed from Preston to Guelph, prepared in May, 1972 by Terry Davison and Bruce [Henry?]. Maps are numbered no. 1, nos.3-7; map no.2 is not present. The maps are referenced in the body of the report.

Consists of a ts. report on trees and shrubs found in the Carolinian zone of southern Ontario, prepared for the Grand River Conservation Authority by Jim Roth, June 16, 1990. Includes photocopies of drawings of leaf specimens.

Consists of ts. contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a footbridge and road culvert at the Byng Island Conservation Area near Dunnville, Ont. Includes instructions to tenderers, forms of tender and agreement, general conditions and specifications. The form of tender has been completed by Doly Construction Ltd., Galt, Ont., July 10, 1959. Includes a blueline drawing of the Byng Island footbridge by R.K.Kilborn & Associates.

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 include Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 25, 1981; and Executive Committee : minutes of meetings.

File consists of two negatives showing portraits of Ken Peers.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) survey of Grand River Conservation Authority Conservation Areas users during the summer, 1982. Includes copy of survey instrument, statistical information and analysis.

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.

Consists of a ts. draft (photocopy) of a master plan for the Damascus Conservation Area, Damascus, Ontario, prepared by Wayne MacMillan, Research Biologist, Resource Planning Division, Grand River Conservation Authority, in January, 1980. Includes photocopies of maps of the site.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) tender specifications concerning work and materials for firms submitting tenders for the erection of an interpretive centre at App's Mills Conservation Area, Robinson Road, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ont. By Lingwood Robertson, Architects and Engineers, Kitchener, Ont. and Yuska & Wenzel Limited, Mechanical and Electrical Consultants, Kitchener, Ontario.

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 ts. draft of tender specifications prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, regarding the construction of a dam on the Eramosa River, Rockwood, Ont. Includes correspondence and blueline drawings.

Consists of ts. contracts documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority concerning the removal of silt from the Wellesley Pond, Wellesley, Ont. Includes form of tender, specifications, contract form, general conditions. A blueline drawing of the Wellesley Reservoir prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Ltd., December 21, 1954 is inserted.

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. 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.contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn, Consulting Engineerings, Toronto, Ont., April 11, 1957 for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority regarding the construction of a dam on the Speed River, Guelph, Ont. Includes forms of tenders and agreements, and specifications. Two completed tender forms from C.A.Scharfe Limited, Toronto, Ont.are present.

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

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 Meetings : minutes (the section tab is labelled Annual Meeting but consists of other general meetings only);
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board [empty section];
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Apps' Mill Advisory Committee : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; Special Committee on Water and Related Land Use : minutes of meetings; and Kortright Committee : minutes of meetings.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of John Harris.

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 ts.contract documents for the construction of sluice gates for the Wellington Street dam on the Speed River in the City of Guelph, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Includes instructions to tenderers, form of tender, general conditions and specifications. Also includes advertisement from the Daily Commercial News and Building Record, (undated) notifying prospective tenders of the closing date for bidding for the supply and installation of sluice gates for the dam, and a letter from Ardelt Industries of Canada Limited to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

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 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 a ts. report to J.M. Tomlinson Associates, Consulting Engineers, Burlington, Ont., concerning subsurface conditions at the proposed Grand River Conservation Authority dam site at Shade's Mills, Township of North Dumfries, County of Waterloo, Ont., prepared by H.Q. Golder & Associates, Cooksville, Ont. Includes soil analyses and drawings of soil stratigraphy sections.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Series consists of topographical maps of GRCA properties.

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

• Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1980;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board [empty section];
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals and Historical Events : minutes of meetings; Special Committee on Water and Related Land Use : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Grand River Implementation Committee : Public Consultation Subcommittee : correspondence; Municipal Involvement Meetings : lists of attendees, March 19-20, 1980; and Finance Committee : minutes of meetings.

File consists of seven negatives showing portraits of Ilmar Kao.

File consists of maps created by, or relevant to, the GRCA. Includes an historic conservation map, as well as a historic watershed act.

Consists of ts.draft contract documents for the construction of a dam and reservoir on Laurel Creek in the Township of Waterloo, Ont., prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes instructions to tenderers, forms of tenders and agreements, contract conditions, and specifications. Also contains photocopies of soil stratigraphic graphs and charts of the Laurel Creek Dam site.

Inserted are : blueline drawings of the Laurel Creek Dam, prepared by Kilborn Engineering Ltd.; and cover letter from Kilborn Engineering to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

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,

Brief containing a description of the catchment area, rainfall and soils for the proposed Harrisburg Reservoir on Fairchild Creek, near Harrisburg, Ont, prepared by Philips & Roberts Ltd., Consulting Engineers, Burlington, Ont. Inserted : a blueline map of the City of Brantford : Land use study of city and surrounding area, which shows the site of the proposed reservoir.

Consists of ts. draft contract documents prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Toronto, Ont. for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, regarding the construction of the Courtnage Mill Dam on MacKenzie Creek in the Township of Townsend, Ont. Includes information for tenderers, forms of tender and contract agreements, general conditions and specifications. Also includes blueline soil stratigraphic charts prepared by William A. Trow & Associates Ltd.

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.

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.

Consists of a volume of drawings of the site and structures of the Guelph Dam on the Speed River at R.R.4, Guelph, Ont., prepared by Kilborn Engineering, Toronto, Ont for the Grand River Conservation Authority. Cover drawing shows the general location plan of the Guelph Dam.

Consists of ts. (carbon copy) report concerning a proposed dam and reservoir on the Speed River upstream from the City of Guelph, Ontario, prepared by R.K. Kilborn & Associates, Consulting Engineers for the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes soil stratigraphic charts and graphs, and 2 blueline drawings of the general plan of the reservoir and dam by R.K. Kilborn & Associates.

Consists of ts. executive summary of a functional design report prepared by Crysler & Lathem, Consulting Engineers, Thornhill, Ont. for the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning the erection of a dam on Canagagigue Creek above Elmira, Ont. in the Township of Woolwich, County of Waterloo, Ont. Includes cover letter and blackline drawing of the damsite.

Consists of ts. design report prepared by Crysler & Lathem, Consulting Engineers for the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning the erection of a dam on Canagigue Creek above Elmira, Ont., in the Township of Woolwich, County of Waterloo, Ont. Includes blackline drawings of the dam site, spillway, control structure and construction procedures.

Series consists of three oversize sketches.

File consists of nineteen negatives showing portraits of Hilde English.

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 Meeting : minutes;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings [empty section];
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous, which includes the following : Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Joint Meeting : Land Use and Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; Ad Hoc Committee on Doon Pioneer Village Fencing : minutes of meeting.

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 a printed copy of Province of Ontario Statute 1946, Ch. 11, An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Conservation Authorities for the purposes of the Conservation, Restoration and Development of Natural Resources, other than Gas, Oil, coal and Minerals and for the Prevention of Floods and Water Pollution (short title : Conservation Authorities Act, 1946), with 1947 mimeograph revisions tipped in.

Consists of ts. tender submission documents prepared by Dominion Engineering Company Limited, Lachine, P.Q. for the Grand River Conservation Commission. Includes completed form of tender, specifications and blueline drawings prepared by the Dominion Engineering Company.

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

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

Map of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo showing the boundaries according to Bill 167 which came into effect on January 1, 1973. The map has been annotated.

Consists of a blueline land plan of the Luther Lake and its environs in the Townships of East and West Luther, Ont.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) table of local share of costs for the Shand, Luther and Conestogo dam allocated among eight municipalities in the Grand River watershed, from Fergus, Ont. to Brantford, Ont.

Consists of a letter from J.P. Bruce, Hydrometeorologist, Ontario Department of Planning and Development to E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurere of the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning weather advisory services offered by private meteorological firms. Includes copy of a Department of Transport Intra-departmental memorandum, and two ts. reports by the American Meteorological Society.

Consists of a letter from A.H. Richardson, Chief Conservation Engineer, Ontario Department of Planning and Development, Conservation Branch to William Philip, Chairman, Grand River Conservation Commission concerning an agreement respecting the building of the Conestogo Dam.

Consists of a printed programme for a Conference on River Valley Development in Southern Ontario sponsored by the Ontario Department of Planning and Development in London, Ont., October 13-14, 1944.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) specification document prepared by H.G. Acres, Chief Engineer [H.G. Acres and Company Limited, Niagara Falls, Ont.] for the Grand River Conservation Commission concerning exploration of the foundations of proposed dam sites on the Grand River, including the probable site of the Shand Dam near the village of Belwood, Ont.

Consists of a ts. (photoreproduction) of a memorandum of an investigation by the Hydro-Electric Commission 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.

File consists of five negatives showing members of the Grand River Conservation Authority executive.

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

• Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 27, 1979;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas : Advisory Board : minutes of meetings; and
• Miscellaneous Committees which includes the following : Finance Committee : minutes of meeting; Orientation meeting, January 29, 1979 : minutes; Environmental Assessment of Water Control Structures in the Grand River Basin : Steering Committee : minutes of meetings; Audit Committee : minutes of meetings; Grand River Basin Water Management Study : Municipal Involvement Program : minutes of meetings : Cayuga, Ont, February 14, 1979 and Fergus, Ontario, February 12, 1979; Committee for the Special Recognition of Indivduals : minutes of meeting; Insurance Committee : minutes of meetings; Grand River Conservation Authority, City of Kitchener and Chicopee Ski Club : minutes of Annual Meeting, July 25, 1979.

Series consists of sound recordings produced for internal and external use, for development, education and promotion, some meant to accompany slide shows. Also includes recordings of annual reports.

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.(carbon copy) cost estimates for the proposed Waldemar Dam reported by the Grand River Conservation Commission on August 31, 1936. Also includes a document titled "Estimated Cost of the Waldemar Dam," prepared by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario, ca. 1934.

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.

Blackline map of the Grand River Drainage Basin prepared by the Hydraulic Department of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. The map has been marked in pencil crayon to show the outline of the Grand River and its tributaries.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) list of concerns which appear to be associated with an investigation relating to sewage treatment and disposal by communities located on the Grand River. The document references page numbers in an unidentified assessment report. The document has also been annotated.

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.

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.

Consists of ts.report for tenderers regarding the reconstruction of a spillway section of the Breslau Community Pond and Mill Dam, Breslau, Ont. prepared by the Ontario Department of Commerce and Development. The report notes that the Breslau dam was broken out during Hurrican Hazel in October, 1954. Includes background report, information to bidders, forms of tender and agreement, general contract conditions and clauses and specifications.

Also present are blueline drawings of the general arrangement, plans, elevations and sections of the Breslau Dam and Community Pond prepared by the Ontario Department of Commerce and Development, February 28, 1961.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) draft preliminary report on measures to upgrade the Baden Dam and Mill Pond to operating condition, prepared by G. Switzer, P.Eng., R. McMinn and J. Barlett for the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes blackline drawings of topographic surveys and blackline drawing of the Baden Mill Dam prepared by [the Grand River Conservation Authority?], February 5, 1981 to March 5, 1981.

Consists of a ts. student project titled : "The West Montrose Dam : a general engineering design," by Frank Kriksic, Kerry MacCormack and John Stevenson, students in a third year civil technology course, Conestoga College, Kitchener, Ont. Includes blueline drawings of the West Montrose dam site, West Montrose, Ont.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of Gord Chaplin.

Series consists of six audio cassettes, four of them annual reports, one oral history and one other.

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 Meetings : minutes;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board [empty section];
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Committee concerning the Waterloo Region Review Commission : minutes of meetings; Subcommittees of the Environmental Assessment of Water Control Structures in the Grand River Basin : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Cambridge Valley Land Committee : minutes of meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Steering Committee on Land Use : minutes of meetings; and Audit Committee : minutes of meetings.

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.

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,

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.

Consists of ts. correspondence and application forms submitted to the Grand Valley Conservation Authority concerning the construction of ponds on farm properties.

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.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) report titled : A pollution study of the Grand River, prepared by nine students in a Grade 12 Industrial Chemistry class at Cayuga Technical and Commercial High School, Cayuga, Ont. The student authors are identified by name.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) report prepared by C.W. Stevens, P.Eng, Operations Engineer, Grand River Conservation Authority concerning measures undertaken by the GRCA and others to deal with floodwaters on the Grand in April, 1975. Includes graphs and maps.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) student essay concerning flooding on the Grand River, prepared by Gary Boyd, Carolyn Goodfellow, Ted Harvey, John Hollingshed and Sylvie Rockel for a course in geography at an unidentified university.

Consists of ts.(photocopy) document by George E. Priddle and Brian Turnbull, titled : Water supply in the Middle Grand Region : a series of questions that must be answered.

Consists of ts. summary table of elevations and flow rates during the October 15-16 1954 run-off at the Shand Dam and on the Conestogo River, prepared by E.F. Roberts, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission.

File consists of four negatives showing portraits of Gord Chaplin.

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 Meeting : minutes, which consists of the Grand River Conservation Authority : Annual Meeting : minutes, February 22, 1978;
• Executive Committee : minutes of meetings;
• Water Management Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Land Use Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Community Relations Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Conservation Areas Advisory Board : minutes of meetings;
• Miscellaneous Committees, which include the following : Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Special Committee for Review of the 1979 National Campers and Hikers Association (NCHA) Campvention Proposal : report; Orientation meeting, January 30, 1978; Sub-committees of the Environmental Assessment of Water Control Structures in the Grand River Basin : minutes of meetings; Committee for the Special Recognition of Individuals : minutes of meetings; Finance Committee : minutes of meetings; Cottage Lot Review Committee : minutes of meetings; Grand River Basin Water Management Study : information meeting, June 5, 1978; and Cambridge Valley Land Committee : minutes of meetings.

Series consists of working files of slides pulled together for possible use in the State of the Grand River CD ROM project.

Consists of ts.(carbon copy) report on an streambank erosion control experimental scheme for Whiteman Creek, Brantford Township, Brant County, Ont. and Horner Creek, Burford Township, Brant County, Ont. submitted by the Grand Valley Conservation Authority to the Ontario Minister of Planning and Development in accordance with the requirements of the Conservation Act (R.S. 1950, Ch.62).

Includes blueline drawings of the Whiteman Creek site. Also present are : correspondence to and from the Ontario Department of Planning and Development; and copies of invoices, and accounts concerning the Whiteman Creek project.

Consists of a ts. report concerning erosion of the Nith River Watershed prepared by Harold Cockburn for the Grand River Conservation Authority. The report includes black line drawings and photographs of the Nith River watershed. Also present is a cover letter from Ilmar Kao, Director of Operations, Grand River Conservation Authority to G.M. Coutts, General Manager, GRCA, concerning the creation and distribution of the report.

Consists of ts. inventory undertaken by the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Concession Street, Water Street and Grand Avenue areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of buildings. Also includes correspondence between homeowners and the Mayor and City Council, Cambridge, Ont. and the Grand River Conservation Authority.

Consists of ts. inventory undertaken by the Grand River Conservation Authority concerning houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Water Street and Grand Avenue areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of buildings. Also present are blueline and photocopy maps, and a draft copy of legal agreement concerning flood protection measures by the GRCA.

Consists of ts. inventory of houses and other buildings in the vicinity of the Parkhill Dam in the Water Street, Concession Street , Grand Avenue and Parkhill Road areas of downtown Cambridge, Ont. Includes photographs of the buildings and demolition dates.