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- 2000s
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A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.
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A view of the Marsh Canal looking north from the 5th line bridge.
Drainage Committee asks province for special funding for Holland Marsh
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A proposed drainage scheme to relocate the drainage canals in the Holland Marsh will cost an estimated $8.7 million. This sum is too great for the Marsh farmers alone so they are attempting to extend the assessment area to 65,000 acres of upland property in Bradford West Gwillimbury, King Township, New Tecumseth, Newmarket, East Gwillimbury, and Caledon but this idea has been met with legal challenges. Due to the legal fees surrounding this the Holland Marsh Drainage Committee has asked the province for $2 million in extraordinary funding for the scheme. After being completed in 1930 the 17.5 miles of canals that ring the Holland Marsh have been dredged several times, and after Hurricane Hazel were even widened and deepened. Although, recent studies show that the canal is almost filled in at certain points. Studies have also shown that due to south canal being filled in so much the north canal is handling four times the flow of the south canal. Relocation of the canal is the preferred solution to this problem.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Resigning from fight for the Holland Marsh
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Art Janse has been involved in the Holland Marsh all of his life, as a resident, a farmer, a Town employee for 45 years, and drainage superintendent for Bradford West Gwillimbury and King Township. Janse is retiring due to the response from many of the farmers to his ideas for the Holland Marsh Drainage Scheme improvements that would also improve the safety for motorists. The project has a high price tag of bout $17 million but Janse has won the right to assess upland residents a share of the cost, and has made the case for contributions from municipalities, OMAFRA, Transportation, Natural Resources and Environmental Ministries, and Conservation Authorities.
Bradford West Gwillimbury Times
Art Janse, Father of the Holland Marsh
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"Professor W.H. Day is the original father of the Holland Marsh but for the past 36 years, that role has fallen to Art Janse. On April 30th, Janse retired from his role and it is now up to the new Holland Marsh Governance body to make the new Marsh relocation scheme a reality..."
Article continues on to highlight Art Janse's contributions to the marsh, and upcoming projects and renovations.
Grant kick starts major canal work
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Bradford West Gwillimbury and King Township received $10.2 million from the Ontario government to reconstruct the Holland Marsh canal.
Sandra Bolan
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Contains items relating to the transportation methods of Bradford's past.
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The Canal Bank Lunch and Garage on the south west corner of the north canal bank and Simcoe road, owned by the Hrynyks
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Marsh Canal
Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library
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Pumphouse on Canal Rd. for the Bradford Drainage Scheme. Built in 1949, now renovated.
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Contains items relating to the transportation methods of Bradford's past. Headings include:
200th Anniversary of Yonge Street
Canals
Carrying Place
Early Transportation
Government Records
Highway 11
Highway 27
Highway 89
Highway 404
Old Plank Road/ Highway 88
Roads - General
Radial Railway
The Grand Trunk Railway
The Northern Railway
The Simcoe & Huron Railroads
Train Wrecks
*Transport by Water