tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923551015431283490.post7993526385205238534..comments2023-04-25T12:55:02.755-07:00Comments on Vulnerable Watersheds: Rideau Crossing (oil on canvas 12 x 16)Aleta Karstadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923551015431283490.post-44006914025406303642015-02-04T20:49:20.652-08:002015-02-04T20:49:20.652-08:00...for a bit more context here - Baxter Conservati......for a bit more context here - Baxter Conservation Area is the site upstream of the painting where where the Energy East route is proposed to cross the Rideau, and where the existing Transcanada gas pipeline does cross the river/canal. Andrea Wood is the Baxter Conservation Area Supervisor, of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA). Many parks and Conservation Areas in Ontario are byproducts of industrial or water-system infrastructure, and we'd asked if this was the case for Baxter and the pipeline, which it evidently isn't. Thanks to Andrea for her effort in "search[ing] through some records at the office to determine when [RVCA] acquired certain pieces of property that make up Baxter."Fred Schuelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02413290982310369659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923551015431283490.post-9767877050738148372015-02-03T19:16:51.479-08:002015-02-03T19:16:51.479-08:00Andrea Wood tells us:
Baxter Conservation Area has...Andrea Wood tells us:<br />Baxter Conservation Area has grown over the years as a result of several property acquisitions between 1971 and 2008. In the 1990s, when the gas pipeline was constructed, it only travelled through a northern section of our property which was forested and not accessed by the public. The seven acre parcel where the pipeline crossed the Rideau River was privately owned by an individual. In 2008, the RVCA had an opportunity to acquire this seven acre parcel. TransCanada Pipeline was supportive of the property being transferred to a public body so they were one of the funders who made the acquisition possible.<br />Aleta Karstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.com