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HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Water and Wastewater Servicing Improvements Environmental Assessment Grandview Beach and Paradise Point Tay Township, Simcoe County, Ontario

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Report Number: 1403555-2000-R01

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1 Copy - JL Richards and Associates Limited 2 Copies - Golder Associates Ltd.

Submitted to:Mr. Michael S. Troop, P. Eng., M. Eng. Environmental Engineer J.L. Richards and Associates Limited 107-450 Speedvale Avenue West Guelph, Ontario N1H 7Y6

HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT GRANDVIEW BEACH AND PARADISE POINT

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Executive Summary

The Executive Summary highlights key points from the report only; for complete information and findings, as well

as the limitations, the reader should examine the complete report.

Golder Associates Ltd. (Golder) was retained by J.L. Richards & Associates Ltd. on behalf of the Township of

Tay to conduct a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) as part of the Grandview Beach and Paradise Point

Environmental Assessment (EA) to improve water and wastewater servicing for the area (Maps 1 and 2).

Stantec and the Township conducted a similar Environmental Assessment for the area in 2002, but it was not

acted upon. The 2002 EA did not include a Heritage Impact Assessment as part of the EA. The 2002 EA is older

than ten years and is no longer considered valid. The current EA was initiated to assess the potential impacts

and provide a solution to the limited municipal services in the area including well and septic systems and building

and development restrictions due to groundwater contamination.

The study was undertaken according to guidelines set out in the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport’s

(MTCS) Ontario Heritage Toolkit: Heritage Resources in the Land Use Planning Process. The Study Area

consisted of all of former Lot 19, Concession 6, and parts of Lots 18, 19, and 20, Concession 5, in Tay

Township, Simcoe County. Research was conducted using archival and secondary source material gathered

from Tay Township, and the Tay Township Public Library. A field assessment was conducted on August 14,

2014. The Director of Planning and Development and the Tay Heritage Committee were consulted to identify any

potential heritage concerns within the Study Area.

This HIA makes the following recommendations:

Avoidance of Built Heritage Resources/Cultural Landscapes

Tay Township should develop a preferred alternative and construction plan that will avoid significant demolition

or extensive alteration to the Paradise Point and Grandview Beach cottages and landscape elements identified

in Section 4. Avoiding destruction of these built heritage resources and cultural landscapes will mitigate any

potential impacts of the proposed water servicing undertaking.

Development Guidelines

If as a result of the completed water servicing, the development freeze for the area is lifted, the Township of Tay

should consider the implementation of design and development guidelines for the Grandview Beach and

Paradise Point areas in order to conserve and enhance the character of the area.

Deposit Copies

Copies of this report and any relevant subsequent documentation should be deposited with:

Tay Township Public Library

Port McNicoll Branch

715 4th Avenue

Port McNicoll, Ontario

L0K 1R0


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Personnel

Project Manager John Easton, M.Sc., P. Geo., Associate, Senior Hydrogeologist

Heritage Lead Christopher Andreae, Ph.D., Associate, Senior Built Heritage Specialist

Historical Research Michael Greguol, M.A., Junior Cultural Heritage Specialist

Peter Popkin, Ph.D., MlfA (P362), Project Archaeologist

Report Production Michael Greguol, M.A., Junior Cultural Heritage Specialist

Senior Review Christopher Andreae, Ph.D., Associate, Senior Built Heritage Specialist

Acknowledgments

Proponent Contact Michael Troop, P. Eng., M. Eng., Environmental Engineer

J.L. Richards and Associates Limited

Tay Township Mara Burton, Director of Planning and Development


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Table of Contents

1.0 STUDY PURPOSE AND METHOD .................................................................................................................................. 1

2.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.1 Natural Environment ............................................................................................................................................ 4

2.2 Regional History .................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.2.1 French Exploration and Settlement ................................................................................................................ 4

2.2.2 Tay Township, Simcoe County ...................................................................................................................... 4

2.2.3 Study Area ..................................................................................................................................................... 5

3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 8

3.1 Roads .................................................................................................................................................................. 8

3.2 Built Heritage ..................................................................................................................................................... 11

3.3 Cultural Landscape ............................................................................................................................................ 15

4.0 ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18

4.1 Ontario Regulation 9/06 ..................................................................................................................................... 18

4.2 Assessment ....................................................................................................................................................... 19

5.0 PROPOSED UNDERTAKING AND IMPACTS ............................................................................................................... 20

5.1 Description of Undertaking ................................................................................................................................ 20

5.2 Potential Impacts ............................................................................................................................................... 20

6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 21

6.1 Avoidance of Built Heritage Resources/Cultural Landscapes ............................................................................ 21

6.2 Development Guidelines .................................................................................................................................... 21

6.3 Deposit Copies .................................................................................................................................................. 21

7.0 SOURCES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 22

8.0 IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS REPORT ......................................................................... 23

9.0 CLOSURE ....................................................................................................................................................................... 24

MAPS

Map 1: Key Plan ......................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Map 2: Site Plan ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3


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Map 3: Study Area, 1881............................................................................................................................................................ 7

PLATES

Plate 1: Double Front Survey System, 1815-1829 ..................................................................................................................... 5

Plate 2: The CPR Great Lakes Steamship Fleet and the Port McNicoll Grain Elevators ........................................................... 6

Plate 3: Looking east on Waterside Drive showing typical tree canopy coverage and street character of Study Area .............. 9

Plate 4: Looking north on Limestone Road from Woodlands Avenue showing tree coverage and typical adjacent lot character in Study Area ............................................................................................................................................. 9

Plate 5: Looking north on First Avenue, a concession road laid out by the original survey of the area. Photograph taken from First Avenue’s intersection with Woodlands Avenue. ............................................................................ 10

Plate 6: Looking west from Yoeger Drive towards Grandview Beach Lane, a private road ...................................................... 10

Plate 7: 1 Grandview Beach Lane, showing the typical building form found in the Study Area. The windows are wood-sash windows, some of the few historic building fabric elements retained in some of the area’s cottages ............. 11

Plate 8: 11 Earldom Boulevard, a typical one storey cottage found in Paradise Point, showing hipped roof form ................... 12

Plate 9: 153 Silver Birch Crescent, a common cottage type found in the Study Area. The windows and wood siding indicate that the building was likely constructed in the 1950s or 1960s ................................................................... 12

Plate 10: 25 and 27 Earldom Boulevard showing typical cottage types and tree coverage on the building lots ....................... 13

Plate 11: Limestone monuments located at the north side of the Patterson Park parking lot ................................................... 13

Plate 12: Plaques located on the limestone monuments .......................................................................................................... 14

Plate 13: Concrete block building located at the end of First Avenue ...................................................................................... 14

Plate 14: Looking east towards Patterson Park showing large open space, public works building at left, and public bathroom at right ..................................................................................................................................................... 15

Plate 15: Looking east at private beach off of Grandview Beach Lane showing beach and private road ................................. 16

Plate 16: Gravel laneway and sign at Calvert Park .................................................................................................................. 16

Plate 17: Gravel laneway in Calvert Park ................................................................................................................................. 17

Plate 18: End of gravel laneway in Calvert Park that appears to be an informal access point for canoes and kayaks ............ 17


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1.0 STUDY PURPOSE AND METHOD Golder Associates Ltd. (Golder) was retained by J.L. Richards & Associates Ltd. on behalf of the Township of

Tay to conduct a Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) as part of the Grandview Beach and Paradise Point

Environmental Assessment (EA) to improve water and wastewater servicing for the area (Maps 1 and 2).

Stantec and the Township conducted a similar Environmental Assessment for the area in 2002, but it was not

acted upon. The 2002 EA did not include a Heritage Impact Assessment as part of the EA. The 2002 EA is older

than ten years and is no longer considered valid. The current EA was initiated to assess the potential impacts

and provide a solution to the limited municipal services in the area including well and septic systems and building

and development restrictions due to groundwater contamination.

The study was undertaken according to guidelines set out in the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport’s

(MTCS) Ontario Heritage Toolkit: Heritage Resources in the Land Use Planning Process. The Study Area

consisted of all of former Lot 19, Concession 6, and parts of Lots 18, 19, and 20, Concession 5, in Tay

Township, Simcoe County. Research was conducted using archival and secondary source material gathered

from Tay Township, and the Tay Township Public Library. A field assessment was conducted on August 14,

2014. The Director of Planning and Development and the Tay Heritage Committee were consulted to identify any

potential heritage concerns within the Study Area.

The heritage study was directed by Christopher Andreae, Ph.D., Associate, and Senior Built Heritage Specialist

with Golder. Historical research, field assessment, and report production was undertaken by Michael Greguol,

M.A., Junior Cultural Heritage Specialist with Golder. Christopher Andreae provided Senior Review of the study.



2.0 HISTORICAL SUMMARY

2.1 Natural Environment The Study Area is located within the Simcoe Uplands physiographic region which stretches from the Penetang

Peninsula to Sturgeon Bay, and then follows the west shoreline of Lake Simcoe to a broad area south of Barrie.

It contains several shorelines and broad, rolling, till plains separated by steep-sided and flat-floored valleys. Most

of the Study Area consists of waterfront properties that front onto Severn Sound, a group of bays covering

approximately 130 kilometres in southeastern Georgian Bay.

Paradise Point is located at the western mouth of Hogg Bay, a natural harbour where Port McNicoll was

established. The Wye River, located approximately two kilometres west of the Study Area flows into Georgian

Bay. Limestone was quarried from the area in the 19th century for building material. Limestone chimneys still

exist on the area’s buildings. Today, the waterfront setting serves mostly as a centre for Georgian Bay summer

recreation. The populations of the waterfront communities are mostly seasonal.

2.2 Regional History

2.2.1 French Exploration and Settlement

In 1615, Samuel de Champlain travelled to Lake Nipissing, and continued down the French River to explore the

eastern shore of Georgian Bay. Shortly after, French missionaries established mission posts in the area that

would become Tay Township.

By 1639, Jesuit missions named the area Huronia and established an outpost at Ste. Marie, approximately four

kilometres southwest of the Study Area. At the time, the outpost at Ste. Marie was the western terminus of the

fur trade route that extended approximately 1,300 kilometres from Quebec.

By 1649 and 1650, Ste. Marie and the Huron villages were abandoned due to the increasing number of Iroquois

attacks in the area. Following the Jesuit and Huron abandonment, the area became open for nomadic Ojibway

inhabitants and European fur trade activities.

2.2.2 Tay Township, Simcoe County

European interest in the area was revived after the American Revolution. John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant

Governor of Upper Canada, visited the area in 1793 and recognized the potential of the bays to establish military

posts in defence of the United States. Upon Simcoe’s recommendation, in 1798 the British government

purchased the area from the Ojibway. By 1814, a military road was constructed south of the Study Area to

connect Kempenfeldt Bay near Barrie to Fort Penetanguishene approximately nine kilometres west of the Study

Area.

Tay Township was surveyed in 1820 by James G. Chewett using a variation of the Double-Front survey system

that was commonly used between 1815 and 1829. This system produced a pattern of ten, square 100-acre lots;



arranged two-deep to form a rectangular shape bounded by concession roads at the front of the lots, and side

roads every five lots. In the Study Area, the lot sizes vary as a result of the waterfront. The lots and concession

roads in Tay Township produced a series of jogs in the road layout and irregular sized lots due to 19th-century

survey inaccuracies.

Plate 1: Double Front Survey System, 1815-1829

The first permanent settler in Tay Township did not arrive until 1829. Settlement was initially concentrated on the

villages of Penetanguishene and Coldwater. By 1842, the population of the entire township was only 230. By

1850, it had grown to 683 with most of the population living in Penetanguishene. In 1857, Tay Township was

incorporated.

In 1880, the township was described as “tolerably settled” with a population of 1,564. Only about 6,000 of the

approximately 44,000 acres had been cleared. Most residential buildings were described at the time as log or

“second-class frame”. The extensions of the Midland Railway in 1879 – which became the Canadian National

Railway (CNR) – and the North Simcoe Railway in 1878 – now the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) – helped to

accelerate the development of the township. By the end of the nineteenth century a small timber and lumber

industry formed in Tay Township, taking advantage of the rail facilities that made commercial importing and

exporting in the area possible.

Small towns and villages continued to grow in the 20th century, including Port McNicoll (See Section 2.2.3). In

the 1980s and 1990s, Ontario began restructuring its county governments in order to merge small municipalities.

In 1994, Simcoe County was restructured to form 16 municipalities. Small communities with a population of less

than 4,000 were merged into Tay Township. In 2006, the population of Tay was 9,748. In 2011, the population

had remained virtually unchanged at 9,736.

2.2.3 Study Area

The Study Area is considered a part of Port McNicoll, a community located approximately two kilometres south

of Paradise Point. In 1881, the Illustrated Historic Atlas for the County of Simcoe depicts the Study Area lots as

vacant with very little surrounding development (Map 3). At the time the only developed property was the east

half of Lot 18, Concession 4 (approximately two kilometres west of the Study Area).

The former town of Port McNicoll was founded in 1909 by the CPR as a Great Lakes port to replace the port of

Owen Sound. By 1912 CPR had moved its freight and passenger steamship service completely to Port McNicoll.

In 1913, the population of the port was 300, and in 1917 the area became an incorporated village.



Great Lake bulk carriers brought western grain from Thunder Bay to Port McNicoll’s grain elevators during

shipping season. It was then shipped onward by rail during the winter months to Montreal for export to Europe.

The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959 reduced the amount of grain transportation through Port

McNicoll. In 1965, CPR sold the elevators to Cargill Grain. In 1990, the elevators were closed and subsequently

demolished.

The passenger service operated between Port McNicoll and Fort William on Lake Superior. The S.S. Keewatin,

one of CPR’s vessels provided passenger and freight service between ports. In 1966, CPR stopped operating

passenger steamship service on the Great Lakes, as a result of the increase in motor vehicle availability and

usage.

In 1976, the population of Port McNicoll was 1,572. In 1994, with the reorganization of Simcoe County, the

village was merged into the Municipality of Tay Township. Today, the population of Port McNicoll grows in the

summer with seasonal cottagers, particularly in the Paradise Point and Grandview Beach areas.

Plate 2: The CPR Great Lakes Steamship Fleet and the Port McNicoll Grain Elevators

The cottage properties of Paradise Point and Grandview Beach were subdivided in the early 1950s. In an

attempt to settle Paradise Point, Port McNicoll attempted to draw tourists to the area. It appears that most of the

structures in the area were constructed between the 1950s and 1974. In 1974, Port McNicoll implemented a

development freeze within the Paradise Point area as a result of health and environmental concerns regarding

the well water quality in the study area. Since then, there has been no new development in the Study Area, with

the exception of renovation or replacements of existing dwellings.



3.0 SITE DESCRIPTION The Study Area consists of a small cottage subdivision located north of Port McNicoll. The eastern edge of the

Study Area (Paradise Point) is located at the west side of the mouth of Hogg Bay. The area consists mostly of

residential lots, and includes public parks, and public and private beaches.

3.1 Roads The roads do not contain any definable pattern and consist of the remnants of a concession road and a series of

short subdivision roads. Many of the streets are shaded by tree canopy coverage and do not include sidewalks

for pedestrians (Plates 3-4).

First Avenue – a concession road created by the original survey pattern – runs in a north-south orientation

through the middle of the Study Area. The two-lane road begins at the harbour in Port McNicoll and extends

north to the marina and docks located on the waterfront in Paradise Point, a distance of approximately two

kilometres (Plate 5).

Grandview Beach Lane is a private gravel road accessible from Yeoger Drive located at the northwestern end of

the Study Area. The road provides access to the eleven beachfront cottages that front onto a private beach

before arriving at a dead end (Plate 6).

Patterson Boulevard is the longest continuous road in the Study Area and runs in an east-west orientation at the

north end of the Study Area. The road is bordered by properties containing cottages at its east and west ends.

A large public park (Patterson Park) and the Georgian Bay shoreline are accessible from Patterson Boulevard.

A large parking lot is located at the west end of the park. East of the park, Patterson Boulevard runs alongside a

large naturalized undeveloped waterfront property before reaching the eastern edge of the Study Area where the

road forms a cul-de-sac.



Plate 3: Looking east on Waterside Drive showing typical tree canopy coverage and street character of Study Area

Plate 4: Looking north on Limestone Road from Woodlands Avenue showing tree coverage and typical adjacent lot character in Study Area



Plate 5: Looking north on First Avenue, a concession road laid out by the original survey of the area. Photograph taken from First Avenue’s intersection with Woodlands Avenue.

Plate 6: Looking west from Yeoger Drive towards Grandview Beach Lane, a private road



3.2 Built Heritage The Study Area contains 386 lots that were subdivided beginning in the 1950s. A total of 301 of the properties

contain buildings that are mostly used for seasonal cottage purposes. Most of the structures appear to have

been built between 1950 and 1980. The buildings vary in size, details, and materials but most structures are

small, one to one-and-a-half storey cottage buildings clad with wood or synthetic siding and contain a shallow-

pitched hipped or gable roof.

None of the properties included in the Study Area are listed or designated under the Ontario Heritage Act. The

majority of the buildings appear to have been constructed prior to 1974 and can be considered potential cultural

heritage resources. However, most of the cottages have undergone renovations to upgrade exterior finishes,

roofs, or door and window treatments. The properties contain little remaining historic building fabric (Plates 7-

10).

Two limestone monuments are located at the north end of the parking lot adjacent to Patterson Park (See 3.3

Cultural Landscape). The monuments are simple structures that both include a commemorative plaque. The

west monument includes text commemorating the early quarrying activity undertaken in the area and its use in

the original construction of Ste. Marie southwest of the Study Area. The east monument commemorates the

centennial of Canadian Confederation and the construction of the public park in 1967 (Plates 11-12).

A one-storey former municipal pumping station building is located at the north end of First Avenue. The building

is constructed of a mix of rusticated and smooth concrete blocks, and has a hipped roof. The buildings appear to

have been constructed between the 1950s-1960s (Plate 13).

Plate 7: 1 Grandview Beach Lane, showing the typical building form found in the Study Area. The windows are wood-sash windows, some of the few historic building fabric elements retained in some of the area’s cottages



Plate 8: 11 Earldom Boulevard, a typical one storey cottage found in Paradise Point, showing hipped roof form

Plate 9: 153 Silver Birch Crescent, a common cottage type found in the Study Area. The windows and wood siding indicate that the building was likely constructed in the 1950s or 1960s



Plate 10: 25 and 27 Earldom Boulevard showing typical cottage types and tree coverage on the building lots

Plate 11: Limestone monuments located at the north side of the Patterson Park parking lot



Plate 12: Plaques located on the limestone monuments

Plate 13: Concrete block former municipal pumping station located at the end of First Avenue



3.3 Cultural Landscape Several cultural landscape features were identified as part of the field assessment. The subdivision is a tightly-

knitted network of narrow roads, lots, and public/private areas that collectively create a cultural landscape that is

typical of a seasonally inhabited cottage environment.

Patterson Park is a large waterfront park located at the north end of the Study Area. The park consists of open

cleared space that fronts onto the shoreline, two children’s playgrounds, a swing set, a public works building and

a public bathroom building. The western edge of the park is lined with a chain-link fence that separates it from

the large parking lot adjacent to the park. One of the two stone monuments located on the waterfront, north of

the parking lot suggests that the park was constructed in 1967 as part of a local centennial project (Plate 14).

A private beach is located south of the waterfront cottages along Grandview Beach Lane. The beach consists of

a narrow strip of beachfront, and a small children’s park (Plate 15).

At the southeast corner of the area a sign indicates what appears to be a second public park for the area

(Calvert Park). The sign is located adjacent to a narrow gravel laneway at the end of Woodland Avenue that

leads to a residential property and continues to wind around to what appears to be a public access point for

canoes or kayaks. The park area is a naturalized area and does not include any public amenities or playground

facilities (Plates 16-18).

Plate 14: Looking east towards Patterson Park showing large open space, public works building at left, and public bathroom at right



Plate 15: Looking east at private beach off of Grandview Beach Lane showing beach and private road

Plate 16: Gravel laneway and sign at Calvert Park



Plate 17: Gravel laneway in Calvert Park

Plate 18: End of gravel laneway in Calvert Park that appears to be an informal access point for canoes and kayaks



4.0 ANALYSIS

4.1 Ontario Regulation 9/06 Ontario Regulation 9/06 provides criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest. If a property meets

one or more of the following criteria it may be designated under Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act.

The criteria for determining cultural heritage value or interest according to Ontario Regulation 9/06 are as

follows:

1) The property has design value or physical value because it:

Is a rare, unique, representative or early example of a style, type, expression, material or construction

method;

Displays a high degree of craftsmanship or artistic merit; or

Demonstrates a high degree of technical or scientific achievement.

2) The property has historic value or associative value because it:

Has direct associations with a theme, event, belief, person, activity, organization, or institution that is

significant to a community;

Yields, or has the potential to yield information that contributes to an understanding of a community or

culture; or

Demonstrates or reflects the work or ideas of an architect, artist, builder, designer, or theorist who is

significant to a community.

3) The property has contextual value because it:

Is important in defining, maintaining or supporting the character of an area;

Is physically, functionally, visually or historically linked to its surroundings; or

Is a landmark.

Once cultural heritage value is identified, the resource is assigned an overall statement of significance. As

defined by the Provincial Policy Statement, 2014, significant means cultural heritage resources that are valued

for the important contribution they make to our understanding of the history of a place, an event, or a people.

A visual evaluation to identify attributes of cultural heritage value or interest was undertaken using the O. Reg.

9/06 criteria. This evaluation was not intended to determine if any properties were eligible for listing or

designation but to provide a basis from which to identify potential cultural heritage resources that are located

within the Study Area.



4.2 Assessment No properties were identified in the Study Area as exhibiting cultural heritage value or interest due to their

design/physical, historical/associative. The buildings represent a variety of construction materials, techniques,

forms, and styles that were common between 1950 and 1980.

In its entirety, the Study Area exhibits contextual value under Ontario Regulation 9/06. The cottage subdivision

and its associated cultural landscape features including the road patterns, small property lots and cottages, the

tree canopy coverage and the area’s parks contribute to the character of the area. Collectively, the elements of

the area are physically and functionally linked to their recreational surroundings on Georgian Bay and are

important in defining the character of the area.



5.0 PROPOSED UNDERTAKING AND IMPACTS

5.1 Description of Undertaking Tay Township is assessing alternatives for water and wastewater servicing for the Grandview Beach and

Paradise Point area. Currently there are concerns with the water quality for the area. In addition, development

restrictions have been in place since 1974. Building permits cannot be issued for the area’s vacant lots and no

severances are permitted. At this time, development plans for the water servicing are not finalized.

5.2 Potential Impacts The MTCS Ontario Heritage Toolkit: Heritage Resources in the Land Use Planning Process identifies six

potential direct or indirect impacts that an undertaking may have on a built heritage resource or cultural heritage

landscape:

Destruction of any, or part of any, significant heritage attributes, or features; or

Alteration that is not sympathetic or is incompatible, with the historic fabric and appearance.

Shadows created that alter the appearance of a heritage attribute or change the viability of a natural

feature or plantings, such as a garden;

Isolation of a heritage attribute from its surrounding environment, context or a significant relationship;

Direct or indirect obstruction of significant views or vistas within, from, or of built and natural features; or

A change in land use such as rezoning a battlefield from open space to residential use, allowing new

development or site alteration to fill in the formerly open spaces.

Subject to confirmation of the alternative and detailed design for water and wastewater servicing to the

Grandview Beach and Paradise Point area, this assessment assumes that most of the undertaking will occur

underground and will not result in extensive destruction of the structures located in the Study Area.

In the long-term, once the development freeze for the Study Area has been lifted as a result of the project

completion, development may rapidly alter the built environment of the Study Area. This may result in significant

destruction or alteration of the existing character of the area.



6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS

6.1 Avoidance of Built Heritage Resources/Cultural Landscapes Tay Township should develop a preferred alternative and construction plan that will avoid significant demolition

or extensive alteration to the Paradise Point and Grandview Beach cottages and landscape elements identified

in Section 4. Avoiding destruction of these built heritage resources and cultural landscapes will mitigate any

potential impacts of the proposed water servicing undertaking.

6.2 Development Guidelines If as a result of the completed water and wastewater servicing, the development freeze for the area is lifted, the

Municipality of Tay Township should consider the implementation of design and development guidelines for the

Grandview Beach and Paradise Point areas in order to conserve and enhance the character of the area.

6.3 Deposit Copies Copies of this report and any relevant subsequent documentation should be deposited with:

Tay Township Public Library

Port McNicoll Branch

715 4th Avenue

Port McNicoll, Ontario

L0K 1R0



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Craig, John. Simcoe County: The Recent Past. Corporation of the County of Simcoe, 1977.

Cranston, J. Herbert. Huronia: Cradle of Ontario’s History. Huronia Historic Sites and Tourist Association, 1960.

Dean, W.G. Economic Atlas of Ontario. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969.

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Golder Associates Ltd.

309 Exeter Road, Unit #1

London, Ontario, N6L 1C1

Canada

T: +1 (519) 652 0099

Documents

1403555-2000-R01 Dec 15 14 JL Richards HIA Paradise Pt ...€¦ · HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT GRANDVIEW BEACH AND PARADISE POINT 15 December 2014 Report No. 1403555-2000-R01 ii Personnel