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vation''of 'i leer RoyBellinger of the ministry '. of . fish ladder to be constructed this month. The ladder' con-
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natural resources looks over the dam . area on Nine. Mile struction will coincide with the removal of the old grinding
River at Pt. Albert standing on the wall that *ill housea • mill in the village that can be seen behindthe officer.
Fish ladder will help rai
survive Iamprey d
regarding the building of a council the cost of cement Redmond; Lt .10. Con 8 WD,.
irns that when the subsides. and_
the fish are. the.
fish_ He cla
BY Per .e SEDDON•
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poachers
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At. the regular Colborne municatiioes before • a
TOwnship Council meeting•of resolution of ,Council's' ap-
l y'8 all mernbers'of Council proval for the. amendment
t, ere:: present and accounts„ would be discussed further
t>LLalling _ $2:1:;99.16 'were Fordyce Clark, Township
approved for payment. The Drainage 'Inspector reported
Z,eeve, • Council . and Road some wrong size tile had been
]Superintendent �' inspebtion delivered to the Jewell Drain
township roads was approved and he -indicated. that Gerald
as a regular Council meeting. ' Kerr was censirleri-ng pur-
Delegations included 'Mrs. chasing them -.,for private •.
"en. Homan and Mr. Keith drainage. He said that the'
Homan who ' approached Jewell Drain was almost
•council in regard:` to their completed with the -exception
property zoning in the of levelling and the -Barry
Colborne Township Secbn- Weigel would be digging the
• dart' Plan. The reeve thanked Feagan Drain for Arnold
the Homans for bringing their Stothers. No steel culvert was
questions. to Council and placed iii• Pt Lt 7 WD,. Annetta
'Stated that their questions Kerr's'property, as there was
wouldebe.,discussed• with the no Janeway.
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'Huron County Planner, Gary By-law .no. 14 ' 75replacing
'Davidson' at special council . Sy -law no. 12 � 74; a swim -
Meetings in the:near future. ming,pool fencing by-law was
•An application for . a Tile given to the By-law "Enfor
Drainage Loan by Douglas cement Officer, Fordyce
arid Bruce Fisher, Lt 11` Coe -1 Clark. He. was asked to in,
ED was presented. to Council
Was approved on ' Motion of.
Officer . Fordy..ce : Clark plications 'of /: Howiso>KI
discussed- with Council his and R.F. Felner were )Aft for
inspection of a• ratepayer's ,further information
building addition.•'which did Henry' }rindley,'s offer for
not come up to.specif`ications „Deg Licensing was accepted.
Council agreed•that very Tittle `by' Council' at $1.25 per' dog
could be ° done as the'con:,. An amendment to By-law:.
tractor had.already been no.: 3' 75: a' Dog Control By -
paid. The clerk indicated that law increasing the:' dog
he would discuss the new licence fee for 1976 to:. for one :.-
Building Code with. other - male dog or spayed female
Clerks in the County, . at the dog, -$3.00 per year and double
Municipal Officer's thereafter for second male
Association meeting.. dog or spayed,female.. dog
The Huron County Land $6.00 per -year and double
Division. Committee thereafter„for, one female
Questionnaire about dog•$10. per year and.double
Severance for Lot'7 and 8 Con for each female dog
8 ED was approved: Council -thereafter; for .a kennel
was informed that the 'licence $25.00 .per year.
severance re: right of way In reply to Gordon Jewell's •
File no. B 22 ' 76, Part” BLK.A request for a road entrance
Plan. 12, owner Margaret.: way due to the. deepening of'
Momberg had been approved • the Jewell Municipal Drain,
by the Committee. the road superintendent was'
vestigate•a black dog running
at large in Benmiller.
and was - Councillors Bogie No action was taken con-
andKernighan. cerning a letter from Mrs.
• E. B. Giesbrecht, Goderich,• Norma Hazlitt about coun
'.discussed' with council his • ell`s• responsibility• in
app destroying ground hogs. -
lication for amendment to �
'the. Minister's Zoning Order ' Leonard Fisher Cemetery'
of ..November 29, • 1973 .Manager' _discussed With
PERMITS GRANTED instructed to notify Mr,,.•
Building permits".were Jewell that he'must get an
granted to the followingon a
motion of Councillors .Bogie
and.. Kernighan:" Sylvia tires 'were •p.laced before
Louch, Pt: Lt 19 MC, garage; Council: ' Radford of Lond= . .
Roy Walter, Pt- Lt 3 Cori 3 ED, sboro and. Hawes of Clinton.
a silo; George Robertson, Lot On. a motion of Councillor
6 Con.8 ED grain storage and Bogie and Deputy -Reeve
drying; Wm. Brindley, Lt 1•' Durst, the •tender,. of Hawes of
Con '9 WD house; John Clinton, was accepted. -
The e Repels: S'uperintendent:.
,was r istructed ,to collect 20'-
cents 'per Cu*.' yd :for gravel
entranceway permit.,
Two tenders for grader
•lamprey for years since yv nfeesmnnnmPnts
• --see.. _- dri-verrir�staurant on --1=I daxions . _... _._
:.: elleilehanie;;-J.os.. P,ostill,..Pt
the. After.:consideration•of cost of Lt 16 Con 7 ED addition to t
not. vulnerable to.. .officers have to don p mt owned b the s labor and material,: council residence; Eric Moore; W •
i/z taken froth' the 'Township
tip : ng t • Mile -River next.. are • Y dipSkyway
ro er
ma think fishermen :but when the boots and go in and the of the disappaarance. of lake.; property Market. Councih approved a 'motion that Lt 8 •Con 4 ED; barn. Gravel Pit by contractors::
spring to spawn Y
died .and one to.. s awn in shallow water •in the rivtand turn them in trout. �' resent cerneter monument
they .have , g p irrforrned"Mr.`Giesbrecht that P Y A. building -permit ap Other items _discussed were
in the rivers the are _si-tong; ducks the river.. POISON PARASITES he must• resent an en- foundation rates be increased plicazien .from Mrs. "Jenny p
heaven: 'Instead of facing Y = P
le not obe .rn the law. IST ATTRACTION . 'involved ', r val from the to. $12,OQ per square feet of: Langendoen;Pt Lt 17 MC was
annual• gush of water pouring_ . topeop. ive , y• g , TOUR The program t ..ncewaY aPP .o land
;;. vers ;:a d• : ools•, of•, r. der: wil.l:.be a recede a S. _ of Tran-. .:surface. rejected' due' to. .no
_thrau h holes, irr,,,.th.e e The rt_, ,.n. P . ,:.. e Th.e lad s• . • demenng lamp (' ,wtarro Minrstza. _
gi'nrches .:coon for. '. lam . B•y 1 aw Enforcement Severances and the ap
b rt dam 'they: -.Will win s>tnply :yyater, some time only definite tourtst atria m that kills only s ,> tltion' an. . Com
• ..Ale YP l dt5tt
ladder to dee are 'at thanes black rth , .:.pt. Alb he : roviace
have. to comb; a p, e a prey into the` streains . and :-
;.. .�.....<. ..�.... ....:.... .. ... a season fi •m'hods for .• � ham re ,
Rainbow swimming fish are out•, in the lake they trapped ands ' conservation .they discovered that the no: 21 east side on
trout -their parasite wa's the ajor cause
the replacement of gasoline
and diesel fuel tanks at the . -
Public Works G•acage and the :
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• The province of ' Ontario, poachers,•have been known to making the migrating fish a like the trout,;' migrate .up
through the • ministry of.use buckets, dip .nets and any spectable for, interested streams 'and rivers to spawn
natural resources, is taking ' 'other container .they can find people_
se .and the lamprecide killsthem
fish ladderfor the spawning rather bait about putting portholes es in
use' to . get over the flies and hooks. side. of the ladder to ..allow.
rapids at Port Albert.: the is are �,people to look into • for. . three years a 'ore
The ladder will also protect chance to' swim up, spawn below the water, line. The becoming fully developed and
the fish by allowing them to and return to the lake; by far portholes, according to. heading out to < the lakes.
escape . their number one. the majority.will make it," design engineers would have' where they cauae their.
enemy., the lamprey.. points'. out the officer- "But if to be very small and would•be damage. During these three
The'. fish - ladder will be they are not protected they impractical for large crowds. years they are non parasitic
constructed with a lamprey - will be pulled out of the , Tnstead the bottoms'of the but the lamprecide seeps
barrier that will prevent the streams` by the hundreds and . ladder sections will be - .
parasite• ' from swimming up' before we know it they will painted white. to allow. the fish. (contnued.on.page 18A)
stream to spawn themselves.- suffer the same fate as the to be easily seen from above.
The barrier is basically.: an 18 lake trout." Conservation' officers will
inch lip. on the downstream MAN OUTSIDE LAW - "be able" -to easily tag fish if
end of the fish ladder that will ...:"Bellinger •. recalled one' they want to keep records, of
keep . the lamprey from example. of , the fish being, them as a result, of another
getting up to calm waters to' . preyed upon by -` people feature the ladder will have
spawn. Trout,. unlike ' the . stepping outside :the law. 'built into it. The last. segment
lamprey, gen easily jump the' About :25 feet of. • the: river of the climb will contains net �•
barrier.
Conservation .officer Roy r6ped off by virtue. of the • to pull the fish out of .the
Bellinger of :the ministry of Canadian Fisheries • Act water, tag them 'and return
natural: resources is enthused.' which states that 25. feet ' them unharmed:
about the Pt: Albert project below every dam' or water The reason for the con -
and is looking forward -to the restriction is a'protected area - struction of the. ladder is the
next trout •run ' to.test' its . and cannot be fished. \ numbers of fish : that .each
results. The. officer 'has been A friend of the.conservation year migrate up the river,
• patrolling the trout stream officer went to Pt. Albert at Bellinger said he and: fellow
regularly for the past several five, o'clock. one morning officers counted fish jumping
years trying to protect fish.. during the trout season and in the :stream trying to get
migrating • upstream from
being decimated from their
second biggest threat, man. .
Bellinger and his three
fellow officers " from -t•he
Wingham office spend hours
and hours during the spring
'and fall trout runs making
sure that fishermen abide by:
the laws and give the fishsa
sporting chance to make their'
spawning destination. _
A veteran of spawning runs
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Out the old dam and building a, to merely ;scoop the
da1ener sp�avc nitig' water. freh during looked at seve'ra rivers of the area p Y,
fish out Bellinger' said they talked intheir formatio_ estages.
h thanb it themwith th 1 the ' The hatching parasites live
trout to in the mud on the' river beds.
"If fish given a l k t the'water b f
below the dam in Pt. Albert is and a winch to allow officers
took a, picture of 'rt
early thoig i the darn and at one
morning • fis•hermen. The point counted over 100 fish in
photo clearly showed about 25 one hour.
anglers standing outside the The Nine Mile River is no
roped off a fea fishing over . more heavily used by the.
the barrie dipping their spawning fish than th.e.
hooks in - the protected sec- Bayfield or Maitland Rivers
tion. according to the conservation
"This year we•were here et. officer but the darn and slight
that tirne and' we `ha.d rio waterfall make it the hardest
problem," he said, ' river for the fish to master
'The project at Pt. Albert is and• the ladder" Will serve to
an extensive one and than
further the longevity of trout
and himself a resident of Pt. .serve a greater benefit than in Lake Huron and the Huron
Albert the .conservation of- 'merely creating a,; fish ladder. ,County rivers and streams.
• fiver has seen the results of The old dsni . i : the water The additionof the lamprey
the fish run has on anglers.- barrier that fed water .to en barriers vitally important to
He recalls opening- day one old grinding mill in the centre the Protection •of :.the trout.
spring when the population of of the village. 'The mill, now Lamprey are a parasitic•fish
Pt, Albe:rt'swelled -incredibly merely a shell with the floors that attach -themselves to
at dawn as about 300 cars fallen in, • Will be removed as trout and other large fish and
Tined up 'along the side of the part of theproject and in its virtually suck the life out of
..road and in every nook and place the ground will be them:. The lamprey, when
cranny big• enough to park. cleared. to provide parking they have had their" fill, dlop
Fishermen lined the river space for anglers, and off their victim and when they..
bank going after the big one. sightseers. require more food simply
He said he has no idea how By .removing .the' mill the attach'themselyes to another
•many .people went fishing village will be relieved•sof,any fish.
that morning but he took a eyesore and the fish will once Bellinger said that some of
head count in the area just again be taken out of danger the victimized ,fish can sur-
below the darn and estimated from yetanother source. vive one attack from a
about 200 people below the Bellinger ssid' that -the lamprey; although seldom do,
wire that marks the boundary province• checked into the but they certainly cannot
fishermen are confined to :history of the mill and have survivea second attack
with the lake marking the discovered that_' it, is of, no which they are likely to
other end of the stretch, • '' historical value and is more receive if something is not
Despite the huge number of of a problem. He. _ ;aid that 'done to cut down the numbers
anglers that;eorne to the Nitre when the river is high during of the parasites.
Mile , iti.ver and other the spring melting .the fish. The barrier of the Pt..
watersheds, itt" the county, corning up upstream Albert ladder is a"srreall part
Bellinger does *not feel that sometimes make their way of a large".program to stamp
the sportsmen that abide by into the basement of the mill, , outthe iampre y. ,the
the law are a threat to. the He. explained that the water • province hasrebeen poisoning
CL chairman knows
about hydro plants for Huron
R. E. McKinley,member of
federal parliament'
representing Huron, is also a
.member : of the standing -
Next'spring trout on Nine Mile River..
won't face this trash of water
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committee of •national, site. Operating now is an 800 -
resources and public works, ton per' year capacity unit,
Mr. McKinley asked several operating. at a high capacity'
questions of John S. Foster, factor and they are building
president of Atomic Energy .t'o more 890 -ton. sections- on
of Canada Limited, when he 111
nes,
appeared. before the comp Mr.. McKinley: These two
mittee about mid-May. 800 -ton sections are being
Mr. ,McKinley's questions built on the same location? •
and the answers supplied by Mr: 5'. Foster:' es:
Mr: Foster follow: ,. Mr. McKinley: Are there
Mr. McKinley: Thank you, any plans .for further c.on-
Mr. Chairman. I would like to. struction of nuclear energy
ask the witness some plants, or heavy water plants
questions regarding the farther south on Lake Huron
Douglas Point nuclear plant. . somewhere north of Grand
Where, to the main extent, Bend, between ' the Bruce
does the electric energy station•and' Grand Bend? Are
duce there go? What there further plans in the
atea foreseeable future for other
rea - Ontario does it supply plants along Lake Huron?
Mnow? Mr. S. Foster: I do not know
ug. a Foster:ointisAyoucknow, of any plans. As you know,
:Douglas- Point located on •.
the shore of Lake Huron • andthis is Ontario.Hydro's,
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it feeds into that part of the program. I do not know of any
system at Hanover, so most .plans toirestalla plant farther
of the energy would drop off south along that shore.
to Kitchener Mr. McKinley : -That leads
were built at federal
government,- expense. The
next stage 'was the con-
struction ' of the .Pickering
station. In. that plant we have
an investment of•about 40 per
cent in the. first two units. We
get . that repaid out of '.ear-
nings. -
More recently, as you
know, the government _has
announced,; that the first
nuclear unit in other
provinces will be financed' at
half the cost, usually to a
ceiling. Half the cost will be
financed by.the .federal
government. This is the case
in Quebec, where the federal
government is lending up to
$150 million for the Gentilly II
plant and in'New Brunswick
where - the government '' is
.lending up to $35.0 million for
the Point Lepreau plant. '
Mr: McKinley: Did they do
that originally with Ontario,
but the federal government
wards the t e does not do it any more
Mr. McKinley.. Cou you next .question. It has never because it is not an original
advise us as to what stage been quite clear tome exactly installation? Is that the
they are in now in production what jurisdiction your reason?
and what wilen the ultimate. Atomic Energy 'of Canada Mr. J. S. Foster: No, I think
capacity when the present Limited people have, what.the.effect is about..the same in
• plans are completed?. jurisdiction Ontario Hydro all the 'provinces. It took a
Mr'. S. Foster: On the site has, 'and the costs of these little - different form in
there is the 200 megawatt plants to each. Could we learn Ontario -breaking new
Douglas Point nuclear power . ,
station and now uncle....con- a little more about that; ground. The investment in the
struction is the Bruce •, Please? •two Pickering. units, I think,
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Mr S., Foster: Certainly. corresponds :quite well with
With respect to nuclear power.. the loans. to Quebec and to the
iriCanada, ACI:'s main roles New «Brunswick -.Electric
are to do , the underlying Power Commission. In the
necessary' .research on and- one case,' it is an equity in -
'developments of the system, vestment and,.in' the' other
and to provide engineering case, it is a loan. But they are
with respect to_the nuclear quite comparable'.;
steam -raising part 1. of the , •Mr, McKinley: Does .the_
•i c ener ar a. me, . Mr. Chairman, to the
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generating station with four
750 -megawatt units. Ontario
Hydro has plans: for com
mencing': in two years' time,
the construction Of a second
plant, .like Bruce, of four 750 -
megawatt unit's. • So
altogether there will be 6,200
megawatts of generation on
plant. So for . plants that federal government have any
the siter The Bruce heavy Ontario Hydros and other finances involved in the
water plant, 'of course; went
into operation in 1967, and for utilities are building Quebec Douglas Point plant at all or '
the past two or three years it Hydro and New Brunswick is it all Ontario Hydro?
has been operatingat around we; in effeet, act as a con- • Mr. J. 5; Foster: No, as I
a 75 per cent capacity factor. sultiri'g • engineer, ' producing mentioned, ... that was a
So far this year it is operating the design and providing demonstration plant'. It was
- at ''about an 85 per cent some purchasing and not :built to be economic'
capacity factor. The first two technical supervision ser- plant. It was builtto learn and
vices to the utility. that is about 95' per cent
Bruce units will start up Mr. McKinley; A,nd' 'the federal, investment 'and the
. during this fiscal year, so finances? same thing with the GentillyI
1,500°megawatts Should 'be in Mr, S. Foster: Perhaps•we plant in Quebec,
operation a year from now. "
Mr,, McKinley: : Dial you say e.should go back. The prototype AMr. Me inlet'; Are ¢ the
there were plans for.another;'plants, which were.: plants heavy water plants at,:
, built to demonstrate the Douglas Pint' , on Lake
heavy water pl•antf.
Mr, S. Foster: There is also sys,tetaswat Douglas Point and Huron, plants that built to
a heavy whter' plant en the.
ihr� Gentill.y.i pia, twin Que,,bec; (continued en page 6A)
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