Fonds 2011-031 and 2022-018 - Elizabeth Shaw fonds

38 cm textual & graphic material

Material was collected by Elizabeth Shaw (Mrs. C. W. Shaw) while helping her husband to operate a fishing resort on Red Horse Lake, working as a pharmacist, studying Geology at Queen's University, doing genealogy, and taking an active part in civil activities to regulate the water levels on the Gananoque River between the dams at Lyndurst and Marble Rock. The water levels have been in dispute since the 1880s when the water right to some of the dams was purchased by the Gananoque Water Power Co and managed for the benefit of the water powered industries in Gananoque, and later by the Gananoque Power and Electric Co.

Walling's map of Frontenac Lennox & Addington 1860, wall map on roller 5' sq
-- “General Election Instructions for Returning Officers” 342 pages dated Jan 1, 1956, includes an office consolidation of the Canada Elections Act; “Canada Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act” proposal 1981
-- List and description of all Polling Stations in Electoral District of Leeds 1957
-- material from the 1957 Social Credit election campaign in which Charles William (Bill) Shaw ran for Leeds, Fred Mardock was the Riding Assoc President
-- Typescript of “The Douglas System of Social Credit” 1934
-- Article from Brockville Recorder 14 June 1928 entitled “Old Charleston” by Harry Douglas Blanchard (encapsulated in map cabinet)
-- Adhesive-backed crest of Township of Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne as used to identify township vehicles (encapsulated in map cabinet;
-- newspaper "The Athens Reporter" 17 June 1971 (encapsulated in Map Cabinet;
-- Maps, fact sheets, planning reports and newspaper clippings about James Auld Provincial Waterway Park
-- Rideau Canal Policy Public Consultation 1980s
-- Gananoque Watershed Management Study draft of final report 1984
-- Gananoque River Management Committee appointments of members Nov 1969
-- letter appointing Elizabeth Shaw as a member of the G.R. Management Committee 1971
-- Large file of newspaper clippings re activities of the GRWA.
-- Large file of newspaper clippings re the activities of the Gananoque Power Company.
-- “Operating Procedures for the Delta, Lyndhurst, Marble Rock and Outlet Dams on the Gananoque River” 14 Feb 1969
-- “Delta & Lyndhurst Dam Operation Study” MNR 1989
-- Data re elevations and drainage areas for Lyndhurst and Delta dams
-- Court documents and handwritten notes on historic conflicts re water levels on the Gananoque River
-- photocopy of “Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act”
-- 1975 letter by Russell Kidd to Dennis Timbrell, Min of Energy, complaining about Gananoque Power Co.
-- large quantity of water level charts plus scribbled notes and observation by Eliz. Shaw 1971-81 + 2 copies of GRWA newsletter "Shorelines";
-- proceedings of the Gananoque River Management Committee 1971-79;
-- ditto 1980-82
-- ditto 1983-86;
-- various bulletins from Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority, Gananoque River Water Management Study, & Min of Natural Resources;
-- Gananoque River Flood Risk Maps No 1, 2, & 3; map of Red Horse Lake, MNR 1971;
-- “The Past – The Future and Charleston Lake” article about Charleston Lake park by Craig Witzke;
-- “Small Watershed Management in Eastern Ontario” regarding the Gananoque River by Robert Irvine;
-- “Objectives for Water Quality Control in Ontario” by the Ontario Water Resources Commission;
-- “Hydrological Report on the Gananoque River Watershed”, and "Hydrological Report on the Gananoque River Watershed - Figures” by J D Lee & Co. Consulting Engineers 1967;
-- Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne Zoning By-Law Nov 1982;
-- book “A History of St John’s Anglican Church, Parish of Leeds Rear 1850” D R Bugler 1979;
-- booklet "Reforestation" by Dept. of Lands & Forests 1947;
-- booklet "Care and Planting of Forest Trees" by Dept of Lands & Forests 1947;
-- booklet "Simplified Way to Grow Your Own Fruit" by Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co, Missouri, USA 1947;
-- clipping “Brant and the Bribes” re Joseph Brant and Tyendinaga, clippings about Wallace Havelock Robb;
-- book TY-EN-DIN-AGA by Amy Huggard 1964;
-- books by Wallace Havelock Robb “Canticle of Consecration” 1949, “A Far Bell Calling” 1956, “That’s the Law” aka “The Ballad of the High Stepping Bays” 1956, “An Abbey Dawn Poem” 1944, 2 copies, “Kay-on-a-kon-te Daughter of the Gods” 1961, “Hail Canada” 1967, 2 copies “The Tyrian Quill” 1969, 2 copies, “Thunderbird” 1949, “Tecumtha” 1958, “So Like the Silence After His Bell” 1975;