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.
Contains items relating to Agricultural history in Bradford West Gwillimbury. Headings include:
1861 Ag. Report on Census
Agricultural Articles and Advertisements
Ontario Farmer Articles
Market & Price Information
Farm Innovation
Dairy Farm Names/Information
Fences
Agriculture - Other
Contains information on the Holland Marsh in relation to Bradford's history. Headings include:
Drainage 1 of 3
Drainage 2 of 3
Drainage 3 of 3
Hurricane Hazel
Maps
Marsh Disasters
Marsh Hay
Marsh History
Photos
Professor W.H. Day
Contains items relating to the Early Settlement of Bradford and West Gwillimbury. Headings include:
Early Settlers General 1 of 3
Early Settlers General 2 of 3
Early Settlers General 3 of 3
Early Maps of Township *East Gwillimbury & King Township
A boat pulling a smaller scow after the Avro Anson plane crash on the marsh. Men in photo are B.B. Dodger, Ben Woodcock, Jack Rodgers and B.B. Collings.
