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Zurich Citizens News, 1980-06-26, Page 7Bud Sturgeon details work History of hy. rograph The first maps depicting landlocked survey job with the Great Lakes were made its rower pay and hardships. during the last years of the He Was officially posted In French centro' in Canada. 1816 and one ear ` later be Around 1660 the Sampson was made Aalty Sur - Family produced a good map of Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. By 1672 the Jesuits had also mapped Lake Superior, but the work was not as detailed. The Indian Wars that prevailed during this era prevented much more than this. In the end the Indians burned down all the missions and no more exploration or settlement took place. until • after the British gained control of Canada. The hydrographic surveys, although for the most part still isolated began again onLake Huron in 1763. It was then, a ship's Captain, Robertson lead an ex- plorational party consisting of 11 men up the lakes. Unfortunately at the en- trance to Lake Huron they were ambushed by Indians and all but two were killed bringing the expedition to an abrupt end. The next mention of Great Lakes Surveys was around 1788 when Gother Mann explored many inlets and rivers in the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay regions for the first time. These particular explorations were carried out as precautionary measure should hostilities ever occur with the United States. The Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the War of 1812 brought to a halt the survey work, yet again. After the finish of these wars the British diovernment renewed their interest in the exploration:. of Canadian waters for several reasons. Most likely the number one reason was the fact that after the War of 1812, there were over 40 British war- ships' active on the Great Lakes. In 1815 the charting began to provide more navigational maps for the safety of these ships. The chief hydrographical surveyor at that time was Capt. William Fitzwilliam Owen. He used the schooner= gunboat "Huron" to carry out his detailed mapping along the eastern shore of Lake Huron and Georgian : Bay. During his first season he enlisted• the services et a twenty year old mid- shipman, Henry Wolsey Bayfield. Being impressed with the neatness of Bayfield's notebooks, Owen either persuaded or ordered him to join the surveyors. It is quite possible that the promise of quick promotions lured him from the "high seas" to the more or less STRA W BERRIES Pick Your Own At Lovell's 1st farm west of Kippen Intersection, South Side. 1 qt, 4 qt. or 6 qt. baskets allowed. No picking in pots or pans. Picking is from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily veyor, when Capt. Owen left Canada. fte spent the next nine years mapping the Great Lakes, four.of these years on Lake Huron. Bayfield used two, two masted schooners, the "Toughton" 'and the "Ramsden" while on the lake. His assistant was Midshipnian ' P.E. Collins and together with the sailboats they also used a pair of six 'oared boats, rowed by French voyageurs for the explorations. • While in the Bayfield River area he recommended to Baron de Tuyll that it be the site for a town. This in- dicates that along. with the hydrographic work, he and his crew spent a con- siderable amount of time on shore as well doingsome land exploration. For his charting, Bayfield used a method of . triangulation, with one- quarter mile baselines, twenty to thirty miles apart. Coastal features were ob- served by sextant from the boat ad bytheodolite from the ' shore. Daily astronomical observations were made (usually by himself) to fix the latitudes and longitudes. The longitudes were calculated using a sextant to view moon occulations and the eclipses of Jupiter's satellites thereby necessitating clear weather. Observations were referred .back to the meridian through the Quebec Citadel in Quebec City. Baselines were measured with a chain or a well stretched lead line and depths were measuted using a Massey sounding machine. During the winter months when the lakes were frozen, he completed the calculations and sketched the rough charts using Mercator's projection to provide the detail. In the spring they were sent to the Admiralty Hydrographer to be published. In all, he produced 56 charts, 16 of these being on the Great Lakes. Things did not always go so well as the men were often plagued by black flies and mosquitos so thick. they couldn't breathe. The cap- tains also had their troubles with drunkeness and in- subordination among the men serving under them. After his retirement, Bayfield was succeeded by John Orlebar and J.G. Boulton who carried out further surveys of the Supply is weather permitting Further information Ph: Leonard Lovell 262-6418 . , . r.r. W401•501; +11111111,441.1V1 .Ver4d..ir itM.110010044110 u. `0410,0= ' 4***11L e lc surveys waterways from 1883 to 1893. As sucessors, they. often Marvelled at the excellence in chart making that Bayfield and achieved. The, . Bayfield River, Village of Bayfield, Bayfield Sound and Wolsey Lake were all named after the Citizens News, June 26, 1980 Page 7 Admiralty Surveyor who died in 1885. To date many other isolated hydrographic surveys have been un- dertaken but mostly around harbour mouths and much used navigational channels. For practically 155 years very interesting the charts and mappings of Henry Wolsey Bayfield have stood. This sumtner the U.S. Government is undertaking a hydrographic survey along the eastern shore of Lake Huron. One of the com- munication towers will be located on the North Beach at Bayfield below the Poth residence. While it is a most ad- mirable and ambitious project using the most up to date methods and equip- ment., skepticism must prevail depending on what they hope to accomplish. SAULT STE. MARIE MAN TAKES TOP AWARD — Raymond Schryer of Sault Ste.. Marie took the Ward Allan Memorial trophy in the open A competition of the Hensall Fiddlers Contest Saturday. Looking on as Schryer receives his trophy from Marg Entwistle are second and third place finishers Don Reed of Sudbury and Frank Leahy of Teeswater and event chairman Wayne Reid of the .Hensall Kinsman Club. T -A photo HAY TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Friday, July 11,- 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hay Township Hall Zurich, Ontario to consider Amendment No. 21 to the Official Plan for the County of Huron Planning Area: The Township of Hay Secondary Plan a) PURPOSE OF THE MEETING A public meeting to consider a draft Secon- dary Plan for the Township of Hay was held October 16, 1978. Since that time, several requests for changes,to the Land Use Schedules "B" and "C" have been received, and several changes to the text of the plan are also being considered. The purpose of this meeting is to publicly review these proposed changes. b) PROPOSED CHANGES Following is a summary of the changes to the Land Use Schedules "B"and "C" and to the text, which are being considered: SCHEDULE "B" i) Part lot 8, Lake Road West Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Recreational" to permit expansion of an existing mobile home park. ii) Part lot 12, Lake Road West Concession - change from `Restricted Agriculture" to . 'Recreational" to permit future develop- ment. iii) Part lots 21 through 28, Lake Road West Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Recreational" to permit future development. iv) South West part lot 10, Lake Road East Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to Urban to recognize ex- isting residential and commercial uses. v) West part lot 15, Concession 15 - change from "Natural Environment" to "Recreational" to permit the establish- • ment of a recreational vehicle park. vi) Part lot 2 and 3, South Boundary Concession - change from "Restricted Agriculture" to "Urban" to permit future residential development. SCHEDULE "C" i) Extension of "Core Area" policy zone one block westerly along Helen Street to Elma Street. TEXT CHANGES Section 3.3c - AGRICULTURE c)iii) - to retain Class 1, 2, 3 and 4 soils for agricultural and agriculturally related purposes. d)viii) - all farm operations as well as non- farm buildings and structures will com- ply with the minimum distance separa- tion provisions of the Agricultural Conde of Practice. d)ix) Restricted Agriculture - rewriting of this section to clarify the intent of this policy area is proposed. d)x) Provisions of adequate sewage dis- posal and water supply services for rural small holdings. Section 3.4.d) - NATURAL ENVIRONMENT i) clearing, except as permitted by the Huron County Tree Cutting By-law will be prohibited. Section 3.5.c.2 - DASHWOOD iv) - lot sizes of 8500 square feet (790 square meters) will be permitted when municipal water service is supplied. Section 3.6.d) - EXTRACTIVE RESOURCES vi) (New Section) - Ready mix and asphalt plants will be permitted conditional upon proper zoning, and a development agree- ment with the Township. Section 3.8.2.1 INSTITUTIONAL This section has been rewritten to permit utility corridors to establish either by plan amendment or by a review under the En- vironmental Assessment Act. Section 5 - LAND DIVISION POLICY 2(vii ) - consents must conform to the minimum distance separation provisions of the Agricultural Code of Practice. 3(a)i) - both the severed and retained parcels must be viable units." 3(a)vi) - conveyances for mortgage or charge purposes for the establishment of residences for. full-time labour necessary to operate the farm.. Section 6.2 INTERPRETATION iii) (New Section) - A section, to outline how the boundaries of "Natural Environment" areas will • be defined, is proposed. c) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Further information on the proposed changes is available from the Township of Hay (236-4931) in Zurich, or the Huron County Planning Department (524-2188) in Goderich. • 1 .�r