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Lake Kelso is a man-made reservoir which was created to control the flooding of Sixteen Mile Creek in Milton, Ontario. It is found within Kelso Conservation Area and is maintained by Conservation Halton. One of the founders of Conservation Halton, Allan Day, recalls that before the reservoir was built, "Milton used to get flooded every spring ...
Conservation Halton, also known as the Halton Region Conservation Authority, is a conservation authority established under the Conservation Authorities Act of Ontario.It forms a partnership with the Province of Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the regional municipalities of Halton, Peel, The County of Wellington, and surrounding municipalities.
The initial museum site was situated on a 92-acre parcel of land, next to Kelso Conservation Area on what was then known as West Town Line but was renamed to Tremaine Road in 1967. [2] [3] The farmland for the project was sold in 1966 to Halton County, and later acquired by the Province of Ontario. [4]
Rattlesnake Point is an eco-tourism area located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and is owned and operated by Conservation Halton. Spanning roughly one hundred square kilometres across and near the Niagara Escarpment in Halton Region, the Rattlesnake Point area is home to many golf courses, country markets and equestrian training and boarding ...
Aerial view of Milton. Milton (2021 census population 132,979) is a town in Southern Ontario, Canada, and part of the Halton Region in the Greater Toronto Area.Between 2001 and 2011, Milton was the fastest growing municipality in Canada, with a 71.4% increase in population from 2001 to 2006 and another 56.5% increase from 2006 to 2011.
The Halton County Museum was established in 1962, [2] after being purchased by the Halton Region Conservation Authority in 1961. [2] It resides on the 200-acre, 125-year old farming property of Scottish settler Adam Alexander. [2] In 1974, the museum became the responsibility of the Region when the new Regional Municipality of Halton was formed ...
Conservation Ontario is the network of Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada.Conservation Authorities are local, watershed management agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with government, landowners and other organizations.
The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) is a public-sector agency with delegated provincial authority to address risks of natural hazards, relating to flooding and erosion. ERCA was established in 1973 to manage the natural resources of the Essex Region in partnership with its member municipalities and the Province of Ontario .