The Land Preservation Society of Ottawa Valley (formerly called the Save The Grove Committee) was incorporated September 1, 1991. The objectives of the committee were to encourage and facilite the protection and preservation of ecologically and or historically important sites throughout the Ottawa Valley for the edification and general benefit of the community at large. Secondly, the committee was meant to identify important sites, and to do research into their historical and or ecological significance.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of files and binders kept by three key members of the Save the Grove / LPSOV Committee, Mr. Arnold Gillies Muirhead (past president), Mr. Sloan Watters (past president) and Mr. Greg Sheehy (secretary).
Box listing:
Box 1 – File Titles I 15.1
Correspondence 1990
Correspondence 1991
Correspondence 1992 & 1993
Correspondence 1994
Correspondence 1995
Correspondence 1996
Correspondence 1997
Correspondence 1998
Correspondence 1999
Correspondence 2000
Correspondence 2001
Agendas/Minutes Oct 16/90 – Dec 12/91
Agendas/Minutes Jan 08/92 – Dec 08/93
Agendas/Minutes Jan 05/94 – Oct 24/95
Agreement of Purchase & Sale (NCC & Oblates)
Donor Lists
Promotional Material, Letterhead, etc.
Faxes, Notes, etc. (G. Sheehy)
Photographs (aerial photos of Arnprior and red shouldered hawk)
Zoning & Site Plan Documents
Internal Business
Petition
A. Muirhead – Binder #1, Section #1 to Section#3
A. Muirhead – Binder #2, Section #1 to Section #6
A. Muirhead – Binder #3 (Correspondence 1990 – 1994)
A. Muirhead – Binder #4, Part 1 of 2, 1992
A. Muirhead – Binder #4, Part 2 of 2, 1992
Box 2 – File Titles I 15.2
S. Watters – “Index” Binder Contents
S. Watters – Indexes Binders #1 - #4
S. Watters – Binder #1, Section #1 to Section #9
S. Watters – Binder #2, Section #1 to Section #10
S. Watters – Binder #3, Section #1 to Section #10
S. Watters – Binder #4, Section #1 to Section #10
S. Watters – Binder #5, Section #1
S. Watters – Letters to Council Area #1
S. Watters – Letters to Council Area #2
S. Watters – Letters to Council Area #3
S. Watters – Letters to Council Area #4
S. Watters – Letters to Council Area #5
S. Watters – Letters to Council McNab Twp
S. Watters – Miscellaneous
Box 3 – File Titles I 15.3
G. Sheehy – Chawkers Foundation
G. Sheehy – Ecological Studies
G. Sheehy – Ecological Values
G. Sheehy – Electronic Files
G. Sheehy – Environmental Impact Study
G. Sheehy – General Reference Material (Environmental Organizations, Conservation Groups)
G. Sheehy – Financial Information, Proposals
G. Sheehy – Fund Raising
G. Sheehy – General Reference Material
G. Sheehy – History of Grove & Gillies Property
G. Sheehy – Issue Analysis, Advocacy, Statements
G. Sheehy – Land Trust Information
G. Sheehy – Legal Documents, Admin Material
G. Sheehy – Media, Publicity
G. Sheehy – Meetings Minutes 1998 & 1999
G. Sheehy – Meetings Minutes 1993 – 1996
G. Sheehy – Meetings Minutes 1990 – 1991
G. Sheehy – Meetings – Miscellaneous
G. Sheehy – Member Information
G. Sheehy – Oblates (Background Information, Undertakings, Miscellaneous)
G. Sheehy – Oblates (Development Proposals)
G. Sheehy – Official Plans, Zoning By-Laws, etc. (Town of Arnprior, Township of McNab)
G. Sheehy – Arnprior Planning Advisory Committee (Transcript of Public Meeting, March 19, 1991)
G. Sheehy – Public Meeting 1993 (Transcript of Public Meeting, September 15, 1993)
G. Sheehy – Revenue Canada
G. Sheehy – Gillies Wills (Copies of Jessie and D. A. Gillies Wills)
G. Sheehy – Incorporation Documents
G. Sheehy – Archival Research
Box 4 - Binder contains copies of docments related to the efforts of the committee to save the grove from development by the Oblates. Binder may contain copies of material listed in above files.
Index
1. Grove History
2. Supreme Court of Ont. Cy-pres Ruling (contains the Gillies's will)
3. By-law #8 - 1890 Closing Division St.
4. Executor's Letter and Oblate Response Agreeing to Preserve Grove
5. Oblate's Undertaking
6. J.L. Richards Planning Report
7. Dan Brunton Environmental Report
8. Erion Associates Application to Re-zone
9. Oblate's Mail Out
10. Save the Grove Committee's Objection
11. Info Request from Renfrew County Planner
12. Objection from James R. Stewart (Executor)
13. Letter from Ministry of Attorney General Stating Charitable Trust Encumbrance