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Grand River Navigation Act, 1837.

Consists of a ts. (thermograph) Province of Upper Canada act entitled "An Act to Incorporate a Joint Stock Company to improve the navigation of the Grand River,"(Grand River Navigation Act) dated November 18, 1837.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Chapter 11 : an act to provide for the establishment of conservation authorities for the ourposes of the conservation, restoration and development of natural resources, other than gas, oil, coal and minerals and for the prevention of floods and of water pollution, assented to April 5th, 1946, session prorogued April 5th, 1946, revised.

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.

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The Conservation Authorities Act : Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1960 : Chapter 62 : as amended by 1960-61, Chapter 10, 1961-62, Chapter 16, 1962-63, Chapter 20, 1966, Chapter, 22.

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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Grand River Conservation Commission : information meeting, March 20, 1964.

Consists of a ts. (photocopy) information package probably distributed in conjunction with an information meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 20, 1964 concerning the proposed Ayr and Montrose dams and reservoirs. The package provides an overview of the purpose and responsibilities of the Grand River Conservation Commission together with statistical information and maps.

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Grand River Conservation Authority : review of accounting systems and administrative organization, 1970.

Consists of ts. report prepared by Woods, Gordon & Co., Management Consultants, London, Ont. in December, 1970. The report analyzes and provides recommendations concerning the organization, accounting systems and reporting systems of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority. Includes a covering letter.
Also present are organizational charts showing the reporting structure of the Grand River Conservation Authority administration as implemented in May, 1966 and as it evolved by November, 1970.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Grand River Valley Boards of Trade : Minutes, December 12, 1930 to August 30, 1933.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade including reports of committees, contained in a binder. Also includes newsclippings and correspondence.

Inserted in the binder are ts. (photoreproduction) of correspondence from J.L. Morris and James Mackintosh to the Secretary of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade, April 18, 1934; ts.(carbon copy) undated report titled : Estimated Cost of the Waldemar Dam; and ts.(photoreproduction) report concerning Grand River Conservation Records by the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario Engineering Department, August 13, 1938.

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Grand River Valley Boards of Trade : Development Committee : report, August 29, 1933.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report submitted to the President of the Grand River Valley Boards of Trade by the Development Committee, probably for presentation at a Grand River Valley Boards of Trade meeting on August 30, 1933 The report is in the form of an unsigned letter; Committee reports normally accompanied the GRVBT minutes of meetings. The report concerns river flow and sewage disposal on the Grand River.

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Minute Book no. 1, April 20, 1934 to May 27, 1938.

Consists of minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Also includes minutes of the annual meeting of the Grand River Conservation Commission, March 3, 1937.
Also present are copies of reports, cost estimates for the Waldemar Dam project, and correspondence.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minute Book no. 2, May 19, 1938 to January 26, 1942.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1939-1941. Minutes for May 19 and May 27, 1938, respectively, are duplicated in GRCC Minute Book no. 1.
Also present are copies of statements of accounts, and correspondence.

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Minute Book no. 3, February 27, 1942 to November 14, 1945.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1942-1945.
Also includes a statement of order of business conducted at GRCC meetings, statement of accounts, reports and correspondence. Enclosed in the volume are : audited financial statements of the GRCC for the years ended January 31, 1944 and January 31, 1945 and an ms. list [of attendees at a meeting?].

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minute Book no. 5, November 17, 1949 to January 25, 1955

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1950-1954.
Also included are correspondence and reports. Enclosed are : annual audited financial statements of the GRCC for the years ended December 31, 1949-1953.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minute Book no. 8, June 17, 1960 to July 26, 1962.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1961-1962.
Also present are a list of executive officers and commissioners for 1962, correspondence, reports, and audited financial statements.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minute Book no. 9, September 30, 1962 to December 31, 1964.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1963-1964.
Also present are correspondence, reports, audited financial statements and site and architectural drawings of the GRCC headquarters at the Shand Dam site, January 15, 1963.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minute Book no. 10, January 1, 1965 to February 18, 1966.

Contains ts. (mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume. Includes minutes of annual meetings of the GRCC, 1965- 1966. Also includes booklet titled Annual Reports 1965 containing ts. annual reports of the chairman, secretary-treasurer and chief forester.
Also present are memoranda, reports and audited financial statements.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes, July 25, 1950 to February 2, 1954.

Consists of ts. minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are correspondence, tender estimates for the Luther Dam, dated September 9, 1950; accounts payable statements for the Grand River Conservation Commission; and a financial statement of the Grand River Conservation Commission as of December 31, 1952 produced by Scully & Scully, Chartered Accountants, Kitchener, Ont.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes, July 25, 1958 to October 14, 1960.

Consists of ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are memoranda of meetings of Special Committees of the Grand River Conservation Commission with provincial and federal ministers, respectively.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes : November 11, 1960 to June 6, 1963.

Consists of ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission, pasted into a bound volume. Also present are memoranda, and notes of meetings between members of the Grand River Conservation Commission and the Grand Valley Conservation Authority.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Executive Committee : minutes, July 19, 1963 to July 25, 1965.

Contains ts.(mimeographed) minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Grand River Conservation Commission pasted into a bound volume.
Also present are copies of a press release dated August 31, 1965 concerning the amalgamation of the Grand River Conservation Commission and Grand Valley Conservation Authority; budget estimates; organizational chart dated January 1, 1964 showing the administrative and organizational structure of the GRCC; and staff list.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes, 1947 to December, 1949.

Consists of ts. minutes of the organizational meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume. The volume is divided into the following sections : Establishment of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, 1947; General Meetings : minutes, 1948; and Membership Records, 1949 which includes minutes of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority Annual Meeting, June 29, 1949.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes, 1955.

Consists of ts.minutes of meetings of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority, in a bound volume.

The volume is divided into the following sections : General Meetings : minutes (Annual Meeting is not specifically identified in this volume); Executive Committee : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Finance, Rules and Procedures : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Conservation Areas (includes Luttrell Creek Advisory Board and Nith Valley Flood Control Advisory Board) : minutes of meetings; Advisory Board on Recreation : minutes of Meetings; Advisory Board on Soils and Water(referred to as Land, Water Use Advisory Board on section tab) : minutes of meetings; and
*Advisory Board on Reforestation : minutes of meetings.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Minutes, January to June, 1981.

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.

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Annual Meeting, 1979 : budget information.

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

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1980 : budget information.

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

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1981 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 25, 1981. Also includes agenda of the 1981 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Also present are correspondence and GRCA 1982 budget estimates. Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1982 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 24, 1982. Also includes agenda of the 1982 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : GRCA 1983 budget estimates, which are marked, "M. Coutts." Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1983 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 23, 1983. Also includes agenda of the 1983 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : correspondence, GRCA 1984 budget estimates, and budget and ms. cash flow and work programme budgets. Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1984 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 29, 1984. Also includes agenda of the 1984 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : GRCA 1985 Budget Estimates; supplemental items for the 1984 Annual Meeting agenda; and ms. notes concerning the 1985 Budget Estimates, probably written by Mac Coutts, GRCA General Manager.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1985 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 27, 1985. Also includes agenda for the 1985 Annual Meeting and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the file are : correspondence, GRCA 1985 budget estimates; and budget and multi-year forecast. Budget materials have been briefly annotated, probably by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1987 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 25, 1987. Also includes agenda of the 1987 Annual Meeting, and list of GRCA members. Inserted in the volume are : correspondence; ts. Explanatory Notes on 1988 Budget Increases, which are marked M. Coutts and have been annotated; and GRCA 1987 Budget Estimates.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Annual Meeting, 1989 : budget information.

Consists of 1 volume of ts. budget information for the Annual Meeting of the Grand River Conservation Authority, February 22, 1989. Includes agenda of the 1989 Annual Meeting, and list of GRCA members. Document has been briefly annotated, possibly by Mac Coutts, General Manager of the GRCA.

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Grand River Conservation Authority : report of the Long Range Planning Committee : five finger exercise, July 14, 1975.

Consists of ts. (photocopy) report of the Grand River Conservation Authority Long Range Planning Committee titled : "Five finger exercise." The report concerns the decision-making process of the GRCA; the phrase "five finger exercise" refers to the components of the Grand Watershed system and is meant to convey that the "watershed works as a unit even though there are component parts."

Grand River Conservation Authority

Strategy Committee : background information, February 19, 1990.

Consists of a binder of materials containing background information concerning the Grand River Conservation Authority which was collated by B. Veale for use by the members of the GRCA Strategy Committee.

The binder is divided into five sections which include role and mandates of Conservation Authorities under the Conservation Act; GRCA regulations; GRCA goals and objectives; GRCA policy guidelines and GRCA mission statement. Inserted is a ts. report titled : Grand River Conservation Authority Program for the protection of natural areas in the Carolinian life zone by the Environmental Services Group of the GRCA Water Management Division, August 26, 1986.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Strategy Committee : working papers.

Consists of a binder of materials which appear to have been assembled for use by members of the Grand River Conservation Authority Strategy Committee. The binder is divided into the following sections : Role and Mandate[of the GRCA]; Regulations; GRCA Goals and Objectives; GRCA Policy and Guidelines and GRCA Mission Statement.

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Assessment of municipalities benefiting by the works of the Grand River Conservation Commission, July 31, 1939.

Consists of a ts.(photocopy) report dated July 31, 1939 by James Mackintosh [Grand River Conservation Commission?] to Frank P. Adams, Secretary-Treasurer of the Grand River Conservation Commission. The report is in the form of a letter and details the history and development of the GRCC and assessments of the financial benefits and costs accruing to various communities in the Grand River Valley from GRCA sewage disposal, flood prevention and water supply activities.

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Grand River Conservation Authority : speakers' kits.

Consists of ts. speakers information kits, nos. 1-3. Each kit addresses a particular aspect of the GRCA's administration and operations. Topics include : An introduction to the GRCA; Water management role of the GRCA; and Recreation Areas as a function of water and land management.

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Guelph Dam micro-hydro opening and open house, June 16, 1982 : working file.

Consists of ts. materials relating to the opening of a micro-hydro demonstration project on the Speed River at the Guelph Dam, near Guelph, Ont. Includes correspondence, agenda, minutes of meetings held in preparation for the opening, ts. corrected draft of text for opening ceremony and a printed opening ceremony leaflet. The file probably belonged to Ralph Beaumont who at the time served as Information Supervisor of the GRCA Communications Division. The front of the file folder contains ms. notes concerning the opening.

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Apps' Mill Nature Centre opening, October 19, 1981 : working file.

Consists of materials relating to the opening of the Grand River Conservation Authority Apps' Mills Nature Centre which occurred on October 19, 1981. The file probably belonged to Ralph Beaumont, who at the time served as Information Supervisor for the GRCA Communications Division. Includes correspondence, ts. opening ceremony program outline, ts. draft copies of speeches and lists of invitees. Also present are leaflets concerning openings of other GRCA sites. The cover of the file folder contains ms. notes concerning preparations for the ceremony.

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Grand River Conservation Authority head office tenth anniversary, October 19, 1983 : working file.

Consists of ts.materials relating to the preparations for ceremonies marking the tenth anniversary of the Grand River Conservation Authority Administration Centre, Cambridge, Ont. The file appears to have belonged to Ralph Beaumont, who at the time served as Information Supervisor, GRCA Community Relations Division. GRCA. Includes ts. corrected draft of program events and speech and memoranda. Also contains an Ontario Forestry Association leaflet concerning titled : The White Pine : an official tree for Ontario.

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Grand River Conservation Authority : various official opening and ceremony programs.

Consists of leaflets commemorating the early history of the Grand River Conservation Commision, and concerning ceremonies, symposia, and official openings hosted by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also contains a printed copy of the Guelph Conservation Area Master Plan.

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Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area opening : article.

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

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1966-68.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts.(mimeograph) flood advisory bulletins concerning spring run-off, issued by the Grand River Conservation Commission on April 8, 1964 and March 30, 1965, and ts.(photocopy) flood advisory bulletin issued by the GRCA on March 30, 1965. Also contains ts. (photocopy) list of emergency contact personnel and circular letter to municipalities issued by the Ontario Department of Energy and Resource Management concerning flood monitoring.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1972.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts.(carbon copy) flood advisory bulletin, issued by the GRCA, March 22, 1972; ms. draft and ts.(photocopy) correspondence between the GRCA and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources regarding flood control on the Grand River; ts. list of operators of GRCA water control structures; graphs of Shand Dam lake levels and inflow values, April, 1972; and ts. recommendations of the GRCA Water Management Advisory Board, June 16, 1972.

Also contains newspaper clippings.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1969-71.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and warnings by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Includes ts. memoranda by the GRCA Division of Operations concerning spring run-off conditions; ms.(original) and ts.(original and photocopy) advisory bulletins issued by the GRCA, March 5, 1970 and March 15, 1971, respectively; and ts.(carbon copy) correspondence from the GRCA to the Ontario Water Resources Commission.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletin, 1973.

Consists of materials relating to flood emergency preparedness and water flow monitoring in the Grand River Basin and other watersheds in Ontario. Includes ts. report on spring runoff, 1973 by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Also includes ts. (photocopy) list of emergency contact personnel and circular letter from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to wardens, mayors and reeves of municipalities in Ontario, dated March 6, 1973 concerning emergency planning.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Planning for flood emergencies : meetings.

Consists of material relating to flood emergency planning meetings involving the GRCA, watershed police departments and member municipalities. Includes correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority, ms. and ts.(photocopy) lists of attendees at Flood Planning Meetings, February 8-10, 1977; ts. (photocopy) minutes of City of Cambridge, Ont. flood emergency meeting, April 29, 1977; ts. lists of municipal and township flood emergency co-ordinators; and information kit issued by the GRCA concerning flood warning systems and emergency measures.

Also includes ts.draft (carbon copy) of municipal emergency measures by-law within the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, Wroxeter, Ontario.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Brant County : Emergency Measures Organization : emergency planning manual.

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

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning messages, March, 1977.

Consists of answering service messages of calls regarding flood water conditions, and flood warning advisory messages issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority to member municipalities, police forces and other organizations involved in flood emergency preparedness during the period March 11-13, 1977.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood bulletins and system : general correspondence.

Consists of ts. (original and photocopy) correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority, including letters received from provincial and muncipal governments, concerning flood emergency management planning and procedures. Also contains ts. (photocopy) lists of emergency contact personnel, and ms. operating schedules for the Shand, Conestogo and Guelph dams during the spring freshet period, March, 1978, including graphs and charts.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Spring run-off, March 21-23, 1980.

Consists of materials relating to Grand River Conservation Authority flood emergency management planning and procedures. Contains correspondence to and from the GRCA concerning flood emergency preparedness, including notices of meetings of the GRCA with representatives of member municipalities, provincial flood co-ordinators and regional and provincial police forces.

Also includes ms. and ts. test messages, and actual flood warning advisories issued during a period of rising water levels on the Grand and its tributaries, March 21-23, 1980. Also present : newspaper clipping, and computer print-out of flow projections at various sites on the Grand River.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Water control operations, 1981.

Consists of ts. and ms. river watch reports and transcripts of telephone calls regarding ice, water flow and flood conditions on the Grand River and its tributaries. Also includes ms.and ts.(original and photocopy) test and actual flood warning advisory messages issued by the Grand River Conservation Authority to member municipalities and police forces.

Grand River Conservation Authority

Flood warning systems and operations, 1981.

Consists of correspondence to and from the Grand River Conservation Authority, including letters received from municipal and provincial governments concerning flood emergency planning and procedures. Also includes Grand River Conservation Authority pamphlets titled : Grand River Watershed : Flood Management System, 1980, and revised edition, 1981.

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