DOCSLIB.ORG

Ontario's Eastern Treasures, February 2009

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Ontario's Eastern Treasures, February 2009 A publication of the Ontario Heritage Trust Volume 7 Issue 1 February 2009 HeritageMatters Ontario’s eastern treasures In this issue – Honouring Ontario’s premiers Heritage off the 401 The new St. Brigid’s www.heritagetrust.on.ca A message from The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chairman Feature story Ontario’s eastern treasures, Page 7 Some of my fondest memories travelling through this province have been in eastern Ontario. Whether officiating at celebrations in our nation’s capital, visiting a heritage mill in the Ottawa Valley or touring the remarkable buildings of Brockville and Kingston – Ontario’s eastern treasures are exceptional. I am struck, too, by how distinctive these structures are to eastern Ontario. Certainly, churches and court houses throughout the province are influenced not only by people but also by place. Each region of the province has unique heritage structures. Buildings such as the Sharon Temple in Photo courtesy of Gilbert & Associates, Toronto Associates, Photo courtesy of Gilbert & East Gwillimbury, the octagonal Woodchester Villa in Bracebridge or the castellated Middlesex County Courthouse in London all tell a story that reflects the people and history of that part of Ontario. Similarly, in eastern Ontario, architectural treasures tell a story that is uniquely Ontarian. Part of the Trust’s celebration of eastern Ontario’s heritage includes the launch of Heritage Week 2009 at Ottawa’s St. Brigid’s Church with a provincial plaque unveiling to commemorate Joseph Montferrand – the son of a voyageur whose legendary feats are of symbolic importance to the Franco-Ontarian community. Heritage Week, too, allows communities across Ontario to celebrate their own unique heritage – with special tours, activities and events. For information on many of these special celebrations, visit the Trust’s website (www.heritagetrust.on.ca) and select the Heritage Week icon. As you read this issue of Heritage Matters, think of the heritage buildings, landscapes and streetscapes Make Heritage that define your own community and have helped shape Ontario. Heritage Heritage Matters is published in English and French and has a combined circulationMatters of 10,500. matter to Digital copies are now available on our website at www.heritagetrust.on.ca. your business. Advertising rates: Black and white Business card – $125 Call 416-325-5015 ¼ page – $250 Inserts – Call to inquire about our exceptional rates. TABLE OF CONTENTS For information, contact: Ontario Heritage Trust 10 Adelaide Street East, Suite 302 NEWS FROM THE TRUST Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Honouring Ontario’s premiers _________________________________________________ 2 Telephone: 416-325-5015 Protecting Ottawa’s Carp Hills ________________________________________________ 3 Fax: 416-314-0744 E-mail: [email protected] TELLING ONtario’s sTORIES Website: www.heritagetrust.on.ca Heritage off the 401 _______________________________________________________ 4 © Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2009 © Ontario Heritage Trust, 2009 KUDOS Photos © Ontario Heritage Trust, 2009, unless otherwise indicated. The Rockwood story _______________________________________________________ 6 Produced by the Ontario Heritage Trust FEatURE STORY (an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Culture). Ontario’s eastern treasures ___________________________________________________ 7 Editor: Gordon Pim Graphic Designer: Manuel Oliveira ADAPT/REUSE This publication is printed on recycled paper using From mill to museum ______________________________________________________ 11 vegetable oil-based inks. Help us protect our environment by passing along or recycling this publication when Archival GUEST COLUMNIST you have no further need for it. The new St. Brigid’s _______________________________________________________ 12 Aussi disponible en français. Preservation and Conservation Supplies TREASURES The inclusion of any advertisement or insert in this • Photo Storage & Presentation publication does not imply or constitute an endorsement • Book & Paper Maintenance Building on the past ______________________________________________________ 14 or acceptance by the Province of Ontario of any of the • Display & Exibit advertisers, products or services advertised. The Ontario What’s on Heritage Trust is not responsible for errors, omissions or • Tools & Supplies . the shelf ____________________________________________________________ 16 misrepresentations contained in any advertisement or insert. E&OE ISSN 1198-2454 (Print) Call: 1-800-268-2123 NEW! 2009 IN THE COMING MONTHS ______________________________________________ 17 ISSN 1911-446X (PDF/Online) Fax: 1-800-871-2397 02/09 Online! www.carrmclean.ca Cover: The Blue Church, Prescott. © Ontario Tourism, 2009. Honouring Ontarios premiers By Liane Nowosielski Protecting Ottawas Carp Hills ’ ’ By Tamara Chipperfield From left: Bryan McGillis, Mayor of the Township of South Stormont; Father Bernard Cameron, St. Andrews Church; Jim Brownell, MPP, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry; Alan McDonald Sullivan, Board member, Ontario Heritage Trust; and Michel Labreque, descendant of John Sandfield Macdonald. Photo: Kevin Lamoureux A beaver pond on the recently acquired Carp Hills property. The Premiers’ Gravesites Program is supported by the Government J. Sandfield Macdonald (Archives of Ontario, RG 4-114) Just north of the Village of Carp lie the Carp Hills – one of the largest and natural heritage feature,” said David Miller, a Senior Environmental Planner for of Ontario. wildest natural areas within the City of Ottawa. The Carp Hills are classified as a the City of Ottawa. In addition, the City of Ottawa intends to prepare a Regionally Significant Life Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) stewardship plan that will ensure the Carp Hills are protected to ensure their and constitute the largest outcropping of the Canadian Shield in southeastern ecological integrity in perpetuity. Ontario, east of the Frontenac Arch. With funding assistance from the Ontario The Ontario Heritage Trust is proud to be a partner in this project to help The Ontario Heritage Trust launched the Premiers’ Gravesites Program at a attend the raising of the flag at nearby St. Andrews Roman Catholic Pioneer Heritage Trust’s Natural Spaces Land Acquisition and Stewardship Program save more of our precious natural heritage. memorable ceremony last November in Cornwall to commemorate the Cemetery, Macdonald’s final resting place. To ensure a successful and meaningful (NSLASP), the City of Ottawa recently acquired a 54.5-acre (22-hectare) parcel province’s first premier – The Honourable John Sandfield Macdonald. This event, the Trust worked with the local community and cemetery board. of land within the Carp Hills over which the Trust will hold a heritage initiative was created to ensure respectful recognition at the final resting place Descendants of John Sandfield Macdonald were consulted as well, some of conservation easement. T of Ontario’s premiers. whom were on hand to pay homage to an ancestor who played an important The City of Ottawa and the Trust were eager to acquire this land to protect To acknowledge the premiers’ significant contributions to the history of our role in shaping Ontario’s history. the rich plant and animal communities that thrive in the Carp Hills. Many of these province, the Trust has designed distinctive bronze markers inscribed with the For details of upcoming unveiling events, and for more information communities contain species that are seldom seen in this area. A mix of beaver The NSLASP was established in 2005, RUS premier’s name and dates of service. These will be placed at each gravesite, on the Premiers’ Gravesites Program, visit the Trust’s website at ponds, wet meadows, unforested bedrock outcrops and early successional forests with the support of the province, for T accompanied by a flagpole flying the Ontario flag. The Trust will endeavour to www.heritagetrust.on.ca. provide habitat for this biodiversity. The beaver ponds provide nesting habitat for the acquisition and stewardship of E commemorate these gravesites in chronological order based on each premier’s Funding for this program was announced in 2007 by the Minister of Culture. a variety of water birds – such as ducks and herons – as well as habitat for the provincially significant natural term of service. The Honourable John Sandfield Macdonald was the first of 18 The initiative was inspired by a private member’s bill – an Act to Preserve the provincially and nationally threatened Blandings Turtle. The bare granite bedrock heritage lands. To date, the Ontario premiers to be commemorated through this program. Gravesites of Former Premiers of Ontario – introduced in the legislature in 2005 supports plant communities typical of cliff tops and outcrops in the Gatineau Hills Heritage Trust has approved funding A lawyer from the Cornwall area, Macdonald was elected to the first by Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim Brownell. of western Quebec. This large outcropping of the Canadian Shield has a complex for 54 applications to this program. M TH M Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He went on to serve important bedrock geology containing a variety of gneissic, granitic and marble substrates. roles in all eight assemblies before Confederation. An ally of first Prime Minister This recent acquisition adds to the 1,903 acres (770 hectares) of land that Sir John A. Macdonald, he was appointed premier of Ontario at Confederation. the City of Ottawa has acquired in order
Load more

Recommended publications
  • January 26, 2017 7:00 PM
    Municipality of South Dundas Township of South Stormont Joint Public Meeting AGENDA Municipality of South Dundas Sixty-Seventh Meeting of the Sixth Council George Jowett Memorial Hall - 13137 Riverside Drive, Riverside Heights Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:00 PM Page 1. WELCOME AND CALL TO ORDER 2. DECLARATION OF PECUNIARY INTEREST AND THE GENERAL NATURE THEREOF 3. OPENING STATEMENT FOR PUBLIC MEETING UNDER THE PLANNING ACT 4. PUBLIC MEETING - Application for Plan of Subdivision (Ault Island) a) File No.: 01-SD-S/2016 and 01-SS-S/2016 Applicant: Ontario Power Generation Location: South side of intersection of Ault Island Road and Willbruck Drive, being: -Part of Block C, Registered Plan 45, former Township of Williamsburg, now Municipality of South Dundas -Part Block C, Registered Plan 259, former Township of Osnabruck, now Township of South Stormont Page 1 of 2 b) Introduction of project by Peter Young, Director of Planning/EDO, Township of South Stormont c) Presentation by the agent (Mike Humphrey, Senior Real Estate Associate, Ontario Power Generation) with respect to the proposed Plan of Subdivision d) Questions and comments from public e) Questions and comments from members of South Dundas and South Stormont Councils 5. STATEMENT CLOSING THE PUBLIC MEETING 6. ADJOURNMENT Page 2 of 2 Notice of Application and Notice of Public Meeting Concerning an Application for Plan of Subdivision Municipality of South Dundas (SDG File 01-SD-S/2016) Township of South Stormont (SDG File (01-SS-S/2016) Applicant: Ontario Power Generation TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of South Dundas and the Council of the Corporation of the Township of South Stormont hereby gives Public Notice of the receipt of an Application for Plan of Subdivision in accordance with Subsection 51(20) of the Planning Act and Ontario Regulation 544/06.
    [Show full text]
  • Victoria County Centennial History F 5498 ,V5 K5
    Victoria County Centennial History F 5498 ,V5 K5 31o4 0464501 »» By WATSON KIRKCONNELL, M. A. PRICE $2.00 0U-G^5O/ Date Due SE Victoria County Centennial History i^'-'^r^.J^^, By WATSON KIRKCONNELL, M. A, WATCHMAN-WARDER PRESS LINDSAY, 1921 5 Copyrighted in Canada, 1921, By WATSON KIRKCONNELL. 0f mg brnttf^r Halter mtfa fell in artton in ttje Sattte nf Amiena Angnfit 3, ISiB, tlfia bnok ia aflfertinnatelg in^^iratei. AUTHOR'S PREFACE This history has been appearing serially through the Lindsaj "Watchman-Warder" for the past eleven months and is now issued in book form for the first time. The occasion for its preparation is, of course, the one hundredth anniversary of the opening up of Victoria county. Its chief purposes are four in number: — (1) to place on record the local details of pioneer life that are fast passing into oblivion; (2) to instruct the present generation of school-children in the ori- gins and development of the social system in which they live; (3) to show that the form which our county's development has taken has been largely determined by physiographical, racial, social, and economic forces; and (4) to demonstrate how we may, after a scien- tific study of these forces, plan for the evolution of a higher eco- nomic and social order. The difficulties of the work have been prodigious. A Victoria County Historical Society, formed twenty years ago for a similar purpose, found the field so sterile that it disbanded, leaving no re- cords behind. Under such circumstances, I have had to dig deep.
    [Show full text]
  • The Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace
    TIlE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF TIlE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA by JAMES K.. V/ILSON, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University September, 1991 MASTER OF ARTS (1991) McMASTER UNIVERSITY (History) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: THE COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE: LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN PRE-MUNICIPAL UPPER CANADA AUTHOR: James K. Wilson, B.A. (University of Western Ontario) SUPERVISOR: Professor John c.. Weaver NUMBER OF PAGES: vi, 120 ii ABSTRACT Between 1800 and 1832 virtually all aspects of local administration in Upper Canada were overseen by those men appointed to the office of Justice of the Peace. During this era the Justices of the Peace sitting in the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace accumulated. the vast majoI1ty of administrative and judicial powers granted by the Colonial Government to oversee local settlement. In the District of Johnstown, prior to its spectacular growth between 1:816 and 1820, the monopoly of power which the Magistrates were granted allowed them to effectively administer to the administrative and judicial needs of the settlers in the District. However, as the population of the colony grew and administration became more time-consuming and complex, an unwieldy number administrative tasks were placed upon the shoulders of the Justices of the Peace.
    [Show full text]
  • 2.6 Settlement Along the Ottawa River
    INTRODUCTION 76 2.6 Settlement Along the Ottawa River In spite of the 360‐metre drop of the Ottawa Figure 2.27 “The Great Kettle”, between its headwaters and its mouth, the river has Chaudiere Falls been a highway for human habitation for thousands of years. First Nations Peoples have lived and traded along the Ottawa for over 8000 years. In the 1600s, the fur trade sowed the seeds for European settlement along the river with its trading posts stationed between Montreal and Lake Temiskaming. Initially, French and British government policies discouraged settlement in the river valley and focused instead on the lucrative fur trade. As a result, settlement did not occur in earnest until the th th late 18 and 19 centuries. The arrival of Philemon Source: Archives Ontario of Wright to the Chaudiere Falls and the new British trend of importing settlers from the British Isles marked the beginning of the settlement era. Farming, forestry and canal building complemented each other and drew thousands of immigrants with the promise of a living wage. During this period, Irish, French Canadians and Scots arrived in the greatest numbers and had the most significant impact on the identity of the Ottawa Valley, reflected in local dialects and folk music and dancing. Settlement of the river valley has always been more intensive in its lower stretches, with little or no settlement upstream of Lake Temiskaming. As the fur trade gave way to farming, settlers cleared land and encroached on First Nations territory. To supplement meagre agricultural earnings, farmers turned to the lumber industry that fuelled the regional economy and attracted new waves of settlers.
    [Show full text]
  • Henslow's Sparrows: an Up-Date by Madeline J.W
    59 Henslow's Sparrows: An Up-Date by Madeline J.W. Austen Introduction Knapton 119821 reported that only In Canada, Henslow's Sparrow 17 individuals in seven widely (Ammodramus henslowiil has been scattered areas across southern known to breed in Ontario and in Ontario were detected during the southwestern Quebec. In recent 1981 breeding season. In 1983, the years, Henslow's Sparrow has been known Ontario population of known to breed only in Ontario, with Henslow's Sparrows was 25 to 29 the majority of nesting sites in the individuals at 13 sites (Ontario mid-1980s being located in the Breeding Bird Atlas; Risley 19831. southern part of Hastings, Lennox­ During the Atlas of the Breeding Addington, and Frontenac Counties, Birds of Ontario, the Henslow's and in Prince Edward County. It also Sparrow was found in only 38 has occurred in Grey, Bruce, and squares, and in only 8% of these was Dufferin Counties. Figure 1 shows breeding confirmed (Cadman et al. the breeding distribution of 19871. At this time, it was unlikely Henslow's Sparrow in Ontario, based that the total provincial population on data from the Breeding Bird Atlas exceeded 50 pairs in any given year and the Ontario Rare Breeding Bird (Knapton 1987). The ORBBP received Program (ORBBPI. information on only 23 Henslow's This article provides an up-date Sparrow sites, seven of which were on the status of Henslow's Sparrow active during the 1986 to 1991 period. and summarizes the results of survey However, breeding site information efforts since Knapton (19861. from the Kingston area was not reported to the ORBBP.
    [Show full text]
  • Bowl Round 3
    IHBB Beta Bowl 2018-2019 Bowl Round 3 Bowl Round 3 First Quarter (1) Theodosius II used the help of fans who watched chariot racing in this city’s Hippodrome to build this city’s famous double walls. An engineer named Orban helped build a giant cannon that could fire 600 pound cannonballs against this city. That cannon was used in Mehmed II’s conquest of this city in 1453. For ten points, name this capital of the Byzantine Empire, which was later renamed Istanbul. ANSWER: Constantinople (do not accept Istanbul or Byzantium) (2) Zoroastrians protect this substance, called atar, in temples named for it. In 1861, Queen Victoria banned the practice of sati, whereby Hindu widows would kill themselves with this substance. This substance is personified by the Hindu god Agni. For ten points, name this substance which, in Greek myth, Prometheus stole from the gods and gave to humans. ANSWER: fire (3) A “Great” ruler with this name began the process of Christianizing the Kievan Rus. A modern leader with this first name alternated terms as president of his country with Dmitry Medvedev and succeeded Boris Yeltsin. For ten points, give this first name of the current President of Russia. ANSWER: Vladimir (accept Vladimir the Great; accept Vladimir Putin after “modern” is read) (4) One leader of this country promoted the Nasakom ideology and the five principles, or pancasila, and was overthrown in 1967 before a massive purge of Communists. That leader was succeeded by a former general who founded the New Order, Suharto. For ten points, name this Asian archipelagic country once led by Sukarno and has its capital at Jakarta.
    [Show full text]
  • Asset Management Plan Roads, Bridges and Structural Culverts, Water Distribution, Sanitary Collection, Water and Sewage Treatment Plants Prepared For
    Asset Management Plan Roads, Bridges and Structural Culverts, Water Distribution, Sanitary Collection, Water and Sewage Treatment Plants Prepared for: The Township of South Stormont 2 Mille Roches Road, P.O. Box 84 Long Sault, ON K0C 1P0 Prepared by: Phil Whelan, P.Eng. McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers Ltd. 115 Walgreen Road Carp, ON K0A 1L0 December 11, 2013 Executive Summary The Township of South Stormont recognizes that in order to sustain services for its residents and for the competitiveness of its businesses, agriculture and industry, it must manage the Township’s assets cost effectively. McIntosh Perry and Allan Chartered Accountants were commissioned by the Township to develop the Asset Management Plans for the Road Network, Bridges and Structural Culverts, Water Distribution System, Sanitary Sewer Collection System, as well as Sewage and Water Treatment Plants. The findings for individual infrastructure varied, as follows: The Road Network requires additional spending to avoid network deterioration and optimize its overall condition rating (Section 3.1). Significant spending has been done to replace the aging Bridge infrastructure, which is reflected in the average bridge age of 24 years. The Structural Culverts are slightly older with an average age of 29 years. Of note here is that during the next 30 years, a significant number of culverts will be coming up for renewal (Section 3.2). The Township’s Water Distribution System is holding strong, as an analysis of the age distribution and average remaining service life of the Township’s watermains shows that, although a portion of the system is in the later stages of its expected service life, none of the watermains will reach the end of their expected service life within the time forecasted by this report (Section 3.3).
    [Show full text]
  • Ontario: the Centre of Confederation?
    University of Calgary PRISM: University of Calgary's Digital Repository University of Calgary Press University of Calgary Press Open Access Books 2018-10 Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864-1999 University of Calgary Press Heidt, D. (Ed.). (2018). "Reconsidering Confederation: Canada's Founding Debates, 1864-1999". Calgary, AB: University of Calgary Press. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108896 book https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 International Downloaded from PRISM: https://prism.ucalgary.ca RECONSIDERING CONFEDERATION: Canada’s Founding Debates, 1864–1999 Edited by Daniel Heidt ISBN 978-1-77385-016-0 THIS BOOK IS AN OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK. It is an electronic version of a book that can be purchased in physical form through any bookseller or on-line retailer, or from our distributors. Please support this open access publication by requesting that your university purchase a print copy of this book, or by purchasing a copy yourself. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] Cover Art: The artwork on the cover of this book is not open access and falls under traditional copyright provisions; it cannot be reproduced in any way without written permission of the artists and their agents. The cover can be displayed as a complete cover image for the purposes of publicizing this work, but the artwork cannot be extracted from the context of the cover of this specific work without breaching the artist’s copyright. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: This open-access work is published under a Creative Commons licence.
    [Show full text]
  • M. Catharine Carroll, Ba
    JOAN FINNIGAN:AN ESSAYAND BIBLIOGRAPHY by M. CATHARINE CARROLL, B.A. A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfilment of Master of Arts Department of English Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario 30 September 1999 Copyright O 1999 by M. Catharine Carroll National Library Bibliothhue nationale 1*1 of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographic Services services bi bliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395. rwWellington OtlawaON KIA ON4 OnawaON KIAONQ Canada Canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive pennettant a la National Library of Canada to Bibliotheque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distribute or sell reproduke, preter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette these sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format electronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriete du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protege cette these. thesis nor substantial extracts from it Ni la these ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent &re imprimes reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. Although Ottawa Valley writer Joan Finnigan has been writing steadily for many years. virtually no critical analysis of her works exists. This thesis paper therefore examines the writer's works with a view to creating an awareness of their volume and variety. The thesis paper comprises an essay and a descriptive bibliography (including selected reviews) of the writer's published works from 1957 to 1999.
    [Show full text]
  • Nation Rise Wind Farm
    NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGE TO AN APPROVED RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT (NATION RISE WIND FARM) Project Name: Nation Rise Wind Farm IESO Contract Number: L-006351-WIN-001-100 Project Location: The proposed Nation Rise Wind Farm will be located on private and public lands in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in the western portion of the Township of North Stormont, Ontario, and bounded to the south by the Township of South Stormont and to the west by the boundary of the Township of North Dundas. The north portion of the site is delimited by the municipality boundaries of Russell and the Nation. Courville Road and MacMillan Road are the east boundaries of the project. Dated at the Township of North Stormont this 8th day of April 2019. Nation Rise Wind Farm Limited Partnership was issued a Renewable Energy Approval (REA) on 4 May 2018 [0871-AV3TFM] in respect of the Nation Rise Wind Farm. Information with respect to the decision on this project can be viewed on the Environmental Registry by searching EBR #013-1674. Nation Rise Wind Farm Limited Partnership is proposing to make changes to the project and the project itself is subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (Act) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice is being distributed in accordance with section 32.2 of the Regulation. This notice is being distributed to make the public is aware of the proposed changes to the project. Project Description and Proposed Changes: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the project in respect of which the REA was issued, is a Class 4 Wind Facility.
    [Show full text]
  • Ontario, Canada
    Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Pam Fisher Berry Crop Specialist 1283 Blueline Road Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K3 Tel: 519.426.7120 Fax: 519.428.1142 Ontario SWD report 2014 (P. Fisher, M Appleby, H. Fraser, D. Beaton, L Huffman) Type of trap: ACV plus ethanol, some traps with yeast. Trap locations: 51 sites, 3-5 traps per site. Mostly berry crops in 2014. (2011-13 included tender fruit and grapes) What we observed in 2014 (data incomplete at this time) Trend similar to 2012 +2013. Slightly earlier, and ramped more quickly. In 2014, first catch ( 1 fly) June 4 in eastern Ontario, before strawberry harvest. Second catch July 1, in southwestern Ontario, in wild hosts, during raspberry harvest. - 2 - Highest counts are in south central Ontario. Much less pressure in eastern Ontario and even Niagara? SWD damage assessments: Collected over 200 fruit samples from June 10 to early Sept. to monitor damage, from south central and eastern Ont. First damage : SWD was reared from black raspberries collected July 11 wild honeysuckle collected July 11 red raspberries (commercial) collected July 14 – (south central ON) July 29 (eastern ON) June strawberries –collected July 14 (south central ON) wild raspberries collected July 14 overripe haskaps - collected July 21. None from samples collected at harvest June 26-July 7. sweet cherries collected July 22 wild mulberries – not till Aug 1, (collected weekly since June 28) blueberries –July 31 (south central) and August 5 (eastern) (collected weekly since July 10) Local growers reported damage in blueberries last week of July or very early August.
    [Show full text]
  • The Early Movement of Starlings Into Ontario
    92 The Early Movement of Starlings into Ontario by John Cranmer-Byng The first arrival ofEuropean had been sighted. He began by Starlings (Stumus vulgaris) in thanking him for his notes about various communities in southern the strange birds. 1beycertainly Ontario had a greater impact on sound like Starlings." He ornithologists than the expansion mentioned the small flock seen at ofother species, such as the St. Catharines the previous year, as Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis well as a bird seen by J. H. Fleming cardinalis) and the House Finch in his garden at Toronto. "It ( Carpodacus mexicanus). The main certainly looks as ifStarlings were feature of the starling arrival was headed ourway. " Itwould hardly the relative speed atwhich they extend beyond southern Ontario dispersed and the relative growth of along the shores oflakes Ontario numbers once they had gotten a and Erie, Taverner guessed, "but its toe-hold. The first records in preference for highly cultivated Ontario were from St. Catharines localities may be severely felt there. where a small flock was observed We hope the comparative severity during the winter 191 ~2O ofwinters will discourage iteven (Taverner 1920), and from there." Hamilton in 1920 when R. Owen In the same letter Taverner then Merriman wrote to Taverner about called on all bird and nature some strange birds. (Snyder (1951) organizations to use their strongest stated in his book Ontario Birds influence to prevent importations that 1be first observation ofit in offoreign species in the future. He Ontario now on record concerned hoped that Merriman would keep a flock offour or five birds seen at an eye open for starlings, and Niagara Falls in the autumn of would not lose an opportunity to 1914," butwithoutgiving evidence procure specimens.
    [Show full text]