Supplemental Report to the Draft Environmental Evaluation Report: Proposed Settlement Lands
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Algonquin Land Claim Supplemental Report to the Draft Environmental Evaluation Report: Proposed Settlement Lands Made under the Algonquin Land Claim Declaration Order October 2020 Ontario.ca/page/Algonquin -land-claim-environmental- evaluation-report Cette publication hautement spécialisée Supplemental Report to the Draft Environmental Evaluation Report Proposed Settlement Lands n’est disponible qu’en Anglais conformément au Règlement 671/92, selon lequel il n’est pas obligatoire de la traduire en vertu de la Loi sur les services en français. Pour obtenir des renseignements en français, veuillez communiquer avec le ministère des Richesses naturelles et des Forêts au 1-844-276-9091 ou [email protected]. We are committed to providing accessible customer service https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-public-service-ops-accessible-customer- service-policy. 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Supplemental Report to Draft EER: Proposed Settlement Lands October 26 2020 Table of Contents Part I – Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 1 Partie I – Aperçu ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Part II – Updated Consultation Process and Project Description ..................................... 5 Updated Consultation Process ................................................................................................................................ 5 Updated Project Description ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Additional Municipalities where Proposed Settlement Lands are Located ............... 7 AOO Access over Crown Lands to Proposed Settlement Lands ......................................... 8 Proposed Settlement Lands – Publicly Held and/or Managed ........................................... 9 Part III – Evaluation of Environmental Effects .......................................................................... 11 Existing Uses of Provincial Lands .......................................................................................................................... 11 Access ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Waterways .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Industries, Public Utilities and Other Business Interests .................................................................. 16 Forestry .................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Water Power - Water Power Generation Stations and their Rights to Flood .......... 17 Electricity Distribution: Transmission and Distribution Corridors ........................................ 21 Telecommunication Networks ........................................................................................................................ 22 Oil and Gas Transmission and Petroleum Resources .................................................................. 22 Aggregates Extraction ............................................................................................................................................. 22 Mineral Exploration and Development ..................................................................................................... 23 Other Small Business Interests ........................................................................................................................ 23 Recreational Uses ............................................................................................................................................................. 25 General Recreational Activities ........................................................................................................................ 25 Trails ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Page i Supplemental Report to Draft EER: Proposed Settlement Lands October 26 2020 Highway Rest Steps / Picnic Site .................................................................................................................. 27 Hunt / Recreation Camps .................................................................................................................................... 27 Previous, Existing and Adjacent Land Uses ............................................................................................... 28 Buildings and Structures ....................................................................................................................................... 28 Contaminated Sites ................................................................................................................................................... 30 Adjacent Land Uses.................................................................................................................................................. 30 Natural and Cultural Environment ...................................................................................................................... 33 Natural Environment ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Cultural Environment ................................................................................................................................................ 35 Part IV – Municipal Official Plan Designation and Zoning ................................................. 36 Part V Next Steps ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Address input received during consultation on Supplemental Report ............................. 37 Ongoing dialogue with Indigenous Communities ................................................................................ 37 Release Final EER.............................................................................................................................................................. 37 Appendix A: Algonquins of Ontario Treaty Negotiations Lands Proposals ...............38 Appendix B: Parcel Status by Municipality ................................................................................ 40 Appendix B1 – New, expanded or reduced parcels .......................................................................... 40 County of Frontenac ................................................................................................................................................ 40 County of Hastings ..................................................................................................................................................... 43 County of Lanark .......................................................................................................................................................... 45 United Counties of Leeds and Grenville.................................................................................................. 47 Lennox and Addington County........................................................................................................................ 48 District of Nipissing ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 City of Ottawa .................................................................................................................................................................. 54 Prescott and Russell.................................................................................................................................................. 54 County of Renfrew ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 Page ii Supplemental Report to Draft EER: Proposed Settlement Lands October 26 2020 Appendix B2 – Parcels – No change or technical changes ......................................................... 62 County of Frontenac ................................................................................................................................................. 62 County of Hastings ..................................................................................................................................................... 63 County of Lanark .........................................................................................................................................................