- CA BWGPL LHC-Dis-Hazel-PH9334
- Stuk
- 1954
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George Verkaik Sr.'s home following Hurricane Hazel.
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George Verkaik Sr.'s home following Hurricane Hazel.
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One year after Hurricane Hazel, before the canal was dug out.
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Harry Verkaik's barn on River Road after Hurricane Hazel.
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Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
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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.
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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.
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Hurricane Hazel drowned marsh crops
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Pumphouse on Canal Rd. for the Bradford Drainage Scheme. Built in 1949, now renovated.
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.
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