Heritage Master Plan for City of Kawartha Lakes Richard Fortin Associates January 2012 1 Contents Contents .......................................................................................................................... 2 Executive summary ......................................................................................................... 9 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 9 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 10 Scope ........................................................................................................................ 10 Methodology .............................................................................................................. 10 Historical elements and themes ................................................................................. 11 Expressing the past: Collections and inventories ...................................................... 11 Heritage management practices ................................................................................ 11 Municipal role in heritage ........................................................................................... 11 Marketing the past: Cultural heritage as a tool in economic development ................. 12 Barriers to implementing the Heritage Master Plan ................................................... 12 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 13 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 17 Barriers to implementation ......................................................................................... 20 Background and introduction ......................................................................................... 21 Objectives and scope of a Heritage Master Plan ....................................................... 22 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 23 Scope ........................................................................................................................ 23 Methodology .............................................................................................................. 24 Outline of report ......................................................................................................... 24 2 Historical elements and themes .................................................................................... 26 Technical appendix .................................................................................................... 26 Victoria County history: Categories, current heritage links, time periods ................... 26 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 30 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 30 Expressing the past: Collections and inventories .......................................................... 31 Gap analysis .............................................................................................................. 32 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 34 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 34 Evaluating cultural heritage management in Kawartha Lakes ....................................... 35 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 35 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 38 Municipal role in cultural heritage development ............................................................ 41 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 41 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 41 Marketing the past: Cultural heritage as a tool in economic development..................... 43 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 43 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 43 Barriers to overcome ..................................................................................................... 44 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 45 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 45 Action plan .................................................................................................................... 46 3 Goals and objectives ................................................................................................. 46 Basic principles .......................................................................................................... 46 Activity areas ............................................................................................................. 47 Year 1 ........................................................................................................................ 47 Year 2 ........................................................................................................................ 52 Year 3 ........................................................................................................................ 56 Years 4 and 5 ............................................................................................................ 59 Background and introduction ......................................................................................... 61 Objectives and scope of a Heritage Master Plan .......................................................... 62 Objectives .................................................................................................................. 63 Scope ........................................................................................................................ 63 Methodology .............................................................................................................. 64 Outline of report ......................................................................................................... 64 Historical elements and themes .................................................................................... 66 The Victoria County story: Categories, current heritage links, time periods ............... 66 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 70 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 71 Expressing the past: Collections and inventories .......................................................... 72 Collection and inventories for City of Kawartha Lakes ............................................... 73 Gaps .......................................................................................................................... 81 Conclusions ............................................................................................................... 84 Recommendations ..................................................................................................... 84 4 Evaluating cultural heritage management in Kawartha Lakes ....................................... 85 Built heritage .............................................................................................................. 85 Role of Heritage Victoria ............................................................................................ 90 Heritage destination areas ......................................................................................... 91 Community museums ................................................................................................ 93 Historical societies and clubs ..................................................................................... 97 Archives ................................................................................................................... 103 Libraries ................................................................................................................... 105 Archaeology ............................................................................................................. 105 Cultural heritage landscapes ................................................................................... 105 Agriculture ............................................................................................................... 105 Cemeteries, bridges and trails ................................................................................. 106 Conclusions ............................................................................................................. 106 Recommendations ..................................................................................................