MILTON LOGISTICS HUB - Technical Data Report Cultural Heritage Assessment (Appendix E.3) Prepared for: Canadian National Railway Company 935 de La Gauchetière Street W Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2M9 Prepared by: Stantec Consulting Ltd. 70 Southgate Drive, Suite 1 Guelph, Ontario, N1G 4P5 File No. 160960844 December 7, 2015 MILTON LOGISTICS HUB - TECHNICAL DATA REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT (APPENDIX E.3) Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... I ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................................... III GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................ V 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STUDY OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................ 2 2.0 REGIONAL SETTING ....................................................................................................... 5 3.0 STUDY AREA ................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AREA ....................................................................................... 7 3.2 LOCAL ASSESSMENT AREA ............................................................................................... 7 3.3 REGIONAL ASSESSMENT AREA ......................................................................................... 7 4.0 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 9 4.1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 9 4.2 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................... 9 4.3 DESKTOP REVIEW AND DATA SOURCES ......................................................................... 9 4.4 FIELD SURVEYS.................................................................................................................. 10 4.5 DATA ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................... 10 4.5.1 Evaluation of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest .................................... 10 4.5.2 Assessment of Potential Effects .................................................................. 11 4.5.3 Mitigation Measures ..................................................................................... 12 5.0 LAND USE HISTORY ...................................................................................................... 15 5.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................ 15 5.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 15 5.3 SURVEYS............................................................................................................................ 15 5.3.1 Trafalgar Township ........................................................................................ 15 5.3.2 Nelson Township ........................................................................................... 16 5.4 EARLY SETTLMENT............................................................................................................. 16 5.4.1 Trafalgar Township ........................................................................................ 16 5.4.2 Nelson Township ........................................................................................... 17 5.4.3 Village of Ash ................................................................................................ 17 5.5 19TH CENTURY LAND USE ................................................................................................. 17 5.6 20TH CENTURY LAND USE ................................................................................................. 18 6.0 RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 19 6.1 MUNICIPAL CONSULTATION .......................................................................................... 19 6.2 PROPERTY INSPECTION ................................................................................................... 19 6.3 EVALUATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE VALUE OR INTEREST ....................................... 20 File No. 160960844 MILTON LOGISTICS HUB - TECHNICAL DATA REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT (APPENDIX E.3) 6.4 RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROJECT ..................................................................................... 22 6.5 POTENTIAL EFFECTS ......................................................................................................... 22 6.6 MITIGATION ...................................................................................................................... 25 6.6.1 4393 Tremaine Road (CHR-1) ...................................................................... 25 6.6.2 5269 Tremaine Road (CHR-4) - Residence and Barn ............................... 26 6.6.3 5269 Tremaine Road (CHR-4) - Shed ......................................................... 28 7.0 CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................. 31 7.1 POTENTIAL EFFECTS ......................................................................................................... 31 7.1.1 Vibration ........................................................................................................ 31 7.1.2 Removal ......................................................................................................... 31 7.2 RECOMMENDED MITIGATION APPROACHES .............................................................. 31 7.2.1 Buffer Zone ..................................................................................................... 31 7.2.2 Relocation ..................................................................................................... 32 7.2.3 Documentation and Salvage ..................................................................... 32 8.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 33 8.1 LITERATURE CITED ............................................................................................................ 33 8.2 PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS .................................................................................... 34 LIST OF TABLES Table 6.1: Protected Cultural Heritage Resources within the LAA Provided by the Town of Milton .............................................................................................. 19 Table 6.2: Summary of Determination of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest .............. 21 Table 6.3: Relationship of Cultural Heritage Resources to the Local Assessment Area ...................................................................................................................... 22 Table 6.4: Evaluation of Potential Effects .......................................................................... 23 Table 6.5: 4393 Tremaine Road (CHR-1) - Mitigation and Avoidance Options ........... 26 Table 6.6: 5269 Tremaine Road (CHR-4) - Evaluation of Mitigation and Avoidance Options for the Residence and Barn .......................................... 27 Table 6.7: 5269 Tremaine Road (CHR-4) - Evaluation of Mitigation and Avoidance Options for the Shed ..................................................................... 30 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A FIGURES Figure 1: Project Location Figure 2: Project Location, 1877 Figure 3: Overview of Potential Cultural Heritage Resources and Protected Properties Figure 4: Identified Cultural Heritage Resources APPENDIX B CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCE/LANDSCAPE RECORD FORMS File No. 160960844 MILTON LOGISTICS HUB - TECHNICAL DATA REPORT CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSESSMENT (APPENDIX E.3) Executive Summary Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Stantec) was retained by the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) to conduct a cultural heritage assessment (heritage assessment) in the vicinity of the proposed Milton Logistics Hub (the Project) within the Town of Milton in the Regional Municipality of Halton, Ontario. This heritage assessment has been completed in support of the CN Milton Logistics Hub Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), pursuant to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA), 2012 and the Guidelines for the Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement – Milton Logistics Hub Project (Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) 2015). The objectives of the heritage assessment include: • prepare a land use history for use in the identification and evaluation of cultural heritage resources; • identify potential cultural heritage resources within the Local Assessment Area (LAA) through a property inspection from accessible roadways; • evaluate the cultural heritage value or interest of the potential heritage resource to determine the number of resources present;