Beaver Valley Heritage Society Fonds

Extent: 1.07 m of textual records 20 photographs : col. and col. slides 1 videocassette (30 min.)

Date: 1975 - 2006

1 Administrative Papers 1.1 Letters patent 1.2 Promotional material 1.3 Membership list (closed) 1.4 Financial (closed)

2 Background Reports 2.1 The fate of the Beaver Valley : the report of a citizen’s investigation into recent decisions designed to change the designation of the Beaver Valley from a provincial resource to a site for large scale real estate development / The Beaver Valley Heritage Society, 1983 (2 copies) SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HT 395 C22O56 SC54 2.2 A citizen’s guide to protecting wetlands and woodlands / Nedia Gonzalez. Federation of Naturalists, 1996 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS QH 77 C2 G65 SC55 2.3 Water quality and hydrology of the Beaver River / Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Water Resources Assessment Unit, Technical Support, Southwest Region, 1983 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS TD 227 B43W38 SC56 2.4 Upper Beaver Valley area of natural and scientific interest : a reconnaissance level life science inventory / Joseph W. Johnson. Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources, 1990 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS QH 77 C2U66 SC57 2.5 Epping Commons : a proposed resort residential development in Euphrasia Township, Grey County, Ontario / prepared on behalf of Mr. Samuel Kolber, Cambray Investments Ltd., and Maxstone Holdings Ltd. by Klein & Sears, Research/Planning/Architecture, June 1979 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HD 320 E96E66 SC58 2.6 Beaver Valley secondary planning study : Artemesia and Euphrasia Townships. N.E.C. proposed plan presentation / prepared for the Beaver Valley Planning Board by Ecological Services for Planning Ltd., 1982 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HD 320 B43B4 SC59 2.7 Environmental review of the proposed plan for the / Ecological Services for Planning Ltd., 1980 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS QH 77 C2E59 SC60 2.8 Hydrologic / hydrogeologic appraisal : Epping Commons development / prepared for Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment by The Lathem Group Inc., 1981 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS TD 227 B43H9 SC61 2.9 Guidebook on the preparation and submission of the expert witness’ evidence before the Ontario Environmental Assessment Board / prepared for The Ministry of the Environment by The Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1980 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS KEO 896 Z82 R6446 SC62 2.10 Niagara Escarpment Commission brochures 2.11 Legislative material 2.12 The Niagara Escarpment plan / Ontario. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, 1985 2.13 The Niagara Escarpment plan / Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy 2.14 The Niagara Escarpment plan : a commitment renewed / Ontario. Provincial Secretariat for Resources Development, 1984 2.15 The Niagara Escarpment plan, volume 1 : planning and implementation process / Ontario. Provincial Secretariat for Resources Development, 1984 2.16 The Niagara Escarpment plan, volume 2 : recommended policies of the Provincial Secretary for Resource Development / Ontario. Provincial Secretariat for Resources Development, 1984 2.17 The Niagara Escarpment plan, volume 3 : responses to the Hearing Officer’s report / Ontario. Provincial Secretariat for Resources Development, 1984 2.18 Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment (Ontario, ) : implementing the biosphere reserve concept in a highly developed region / prepared at the request of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for presentation by the Niagara Escarpment Commission at the International Conference on Biosphere Reserves held in Sevilla, Spain, March 20-25, 1995 2.19 Environmental planning and the Niagara Escarpment : a model to copy, or to avoid? / Tom Green. Draft, 1 February, 1992 2.20 Grey Sauble conservation strategies / Grey Sauble Conservation Authority, 1994 2.21 Processing guide for Niagara Escarpment Plan amendment applications proposing to change lands from escarpment rural area to mineral resource extraction area and for provincial wayside pit/quarry applications, 1997 2.22 A report on the visual analysis of the Beaver Valley escarpment area / Fidenzio Salvatori, 1981 2.23 Planning profile, eighth edition / prepared by Cartography & Drafting Unit Operations and Development Control Branch Plans Administration Division for Ontario Ministry of Housing, 1977 2.24 Amendment no. 33 to the official plan of the Beaver Valley planning area / prepared for The Beaver Valley Planning Board by The Grey County Planning Department, May, 1980 2.25 New planning for Ontario : final report summary and recommendations / Ontario. Commission on Planning and Development Reform in Ontario, 1993 2.26 Niagara Escarpment Commission report dated September 19, 1979 : Cambray Investments Ltd 2.27 Beaver Valley study, 1979 - 1982 (8.5) SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HD 320 B43 B43 SC68

3 Articles and Papers 3.1 Energy and agriculture in Ontario / Ontario Institute of Agrologists Committee in Energy and Agriculture, 1975 3.2 Ontario’s conservation authorities / Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources 3.3 The man who planted hope : Elzeard Bouffier, quiet, persistent and an inspiration to all who love trees / Jean Giono 3.4 Bighead River watershed demonstration project information update, Fall 1995 3.5 Muskoka stewardship project summary report, 1993-1995 / Muskoka Heritage Foundation, February 1996 3.6 Access : Niagara Escarpment news and notes, Spring 1995 3.7 Hibou : a newsletter from the Grey Sauble Conservation Foundation, vol.2.1, Spring/Summer 1996 3.8 The Muskoka steward. Volume 5, issue 1 - Volume 5, issue 2 3.9 Managing natural resources in our municipalities today : new realities - implementation of new policies / Michael Wynia 3.10 A tradition of conservation / Ann Guthrie 3.11 Grey Sauble watershed bulletin, issue 1.1, February 1996 3.12 Extension notes : restoring old-growth features to managed forests in southern Ontario 3.13 Conserving communities / Wendell Berry, 1996 3.14 Bill Bassett : an enduring influence on his students. Old times, winter 1984 3.15 The battle of Beaver Valley : is it the ‘last stand’ for protection of the Niagara Escarpment? / Lyn MacMillan. Seasons, spring 1982 3.16 Development opposed : wildlife sanctuary threatened / Lew Geauvreau. Angler and hunter, August 1983 3.17 Time-sharing can be a bonanza but takes financial savvy / Michael Wynston. Mortgage broker, December 1981 3.18 To defend the escarpment...a citizen’s guide / Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment 3.19 Escarpment life : a whole different world / D.S. Larson. news, Fall 1992 3.20 Land stewardship : think locally / Ann Gutherie. Bruce trail news, Fall 1994 3.21 Reflections : encountering the countryside -1 / Tony Hiss. New Yorker, 1989 3.22 Early history of the Beaver Valley / C.W. Hartman. Ontario historical society 3.23 Beaver River / CUESTA, spring 1983 3.24 Seasons, vol. 20, no. 2, summer 1980 3.25 Seasons, vol. 20, no. 3, autumn 1980 3.26 Seasons, vol. 22, no. 1, spring 1982 3.27 Proposed development : Beaver Valley trout habitat threatened / Jim Hook. Angler and hunter, November/December 1983

4 Newspaper Clippings 4.1 1978 - 1980 4.2 1981 - 1982 4.3 January - June 1983 4.4 July - December 1983 4.5 1984 4.6 1989 - 1990; 1992 -1995 4.7 1996 - 2001

5 Maps 5.1 Schedule B-50 : “Land use plan”. Draft 5.2 Hazard Land : lots 12, 13 and 14, Concession V 5.3 Map 1 to Schedule B-50 : “Land use plan”. Draft 5.4 The Beaver Valley planning area : Beaver Valley secondary plan. 1 Study Area. Draft. May 31, 1982 5.5 Map 2 to Schedule B-50 : “Land use plan”. Draft 5.6 County of Grey, south portion, county sear - Owen Sound. Produced by Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, February 4, 1977 5.7 Bruce, Ontario. Produced by the Army Survey Establishment, R.C.E 1959-1961 5.7 Niagara Escarpment plan map 6 : County of Grey 5.8 Niagara Escarpment. Niagara Escarpment Commission 5.9 Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment : a World Biosphere reserve 5.10

6 Graphic Material 6.1 Along the Niagara Escarpment in Bruce and Grey counties / VCR tape produced for Beaver Valley Heritage Society 6.2 Photographs 6.3 Slides

7 Beaver Valley Concerned Citizens’ Group, 1975 - 1982 Became the Beaver Valley Heritage Society, incorporated in 1981 7.1 General : correspondence, public involvement, newsletters 7.2 Agricultural capability 7.3 Beaver Valley Planning Board 7.4 Beaver Valley Secondary Plan Study - Phase I interim report 7.5 Beaver Valley Study 7.6 Chronologies 7.7 Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment (CONE) documents and correspondence 7.8 Epping Commons - deeds 7.9 Development permit appeal - decision of the Hearing Officer 7.10 Document referred to in cross examination of Ecological Services for Planning Ltd. 7.11 Euphrasia Township 7.12 Hearing 7.12 .1 Notes 7.12.2 Proposed Amendment No.33 to the Beaver Valley Official Plan (re: Epping Commons) 7.13 Hearing rules of procedure 7.14 Hearings - phase I : pertaining to Niagara Escarpment Plan review 7.15 Government policy and speeches 7.16 Grey County 7.17 Land use 7.18 Legal analysis 7.19 Ministry of Natural Resources information and maps 7.20 Planning : Niagara Escarpment Commission publications 7.21 Planning area boundary and Terry Moore memo 7.22 Preliminary proposals 7.23 Provincial Hansard and Mel Swart (NDP - M.P.P)’s press releases 7.24 Publicly owned lands 7.25 Requests and responses re: the referral of the official plan amendment concerning Epping Commons development 7.26 Socio-economic issues and studies 7.27 Subdivision applications and dispositions (other lands) 7.28 Talisman Ski Resort 7.29 Tourism development strategies, capabilities

8 Beaver Valley Heritage Society, 1981 - 8.1 General 8.2 Meetings : Announcement, agenda, minutes, reports 1981; 1988-1997; 1999- (incomplete) 8.3 Beaver River as a Heritage River 8.4 Beaver Valley lot survey 8.5 Beaver Valley study, 1979 - 1982 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HD 320 B43B43 SC63 8.6 Briefs 8.7 Bruce Grey Environment Coalition 8.8 Campaigns / public meetings 8.9 Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment (CONE) 8.10 Correspondence 8.10.1 1982 - 1985 8.10.2 1989 - 1990 8.10.3 1991 - 1997 8.11 Decisions - Minister 8.12 Development permit, Alan Grossman: 1989-91 : application, correspondence, decision 8.13 Development proposals / appeals 8.14 Fisheries aspect 8.15 Forestry 8.16 Grant applications 8.17 Grey Association and Grey Sauble 8.18 Grey County Official Plan 8.19 Hearings : pertaining to Niagara Escarpment Plan review 8.20 Hearings - phase II : pertaining to Niagara Escarpment Plan review 8.21 Judicial review 8.22 Land use 8.23 Landscape evaluation study 8.24 Legal 8.25 Achievement awards : nominations McConnell, Herman 8.26 New Democratic Party (NDP) 8.27 Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) 8.28 Niagara Escarpment Commission : Public Interest Advisory Committee 8.29 Niagara Escarpment plan 8.30 Niagara Escarpment plan review 8.31 Newsletter : Beaver Valley Heritage Society, 1981-2006 (incomplete) 8.32 Public participation 8.33 Submissions 8.34 Workshops / conferences 8.35 Water

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