Gregorbex

Haven’t posted in ages, and haven’t been here for a while. It looks like the ol’ East House (Century Manor) might be coming down soon.
Inverness Place, the Bunker, the Power House and the Barton workshop (an extension of the long gone Barton Building) are already a pile of rubble.
Many large earth movers, debris/dirt removal semi’s, etc. moving in and out like a construction site.
Built in 1874 and abandoned in 1990, this place (formerly created to treat ‘inebriates’ and hen the Barton Building patients deemed to be criminally insane, saw some hope of being restored several years back, but a new Provincial government leader cancelled that plan, paving the way for eventual demo - new housing (probably the townhouse type or cookie cutters) will soon replace it all.

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Ontario farmer says he has to pay $400,000 in archeological fees to build a home on his field
Bruce Cassel said he was told by the Ontario government that until the dig is complete, he could face fines or even jail time for stepping out into his own field

Published Aug 02, 2024

Samples of the stone shards identified as Indigenous artifacts found on Bruce Cassel’s property: left side, chipping detritus; middle, projectile points; right side, scrapers. Cassel says that he was told that he would have to pay $130 per hour to view the artifacts in person.

An Ontario property owner says he was quoted roughly $400,000 in total costs for a provincially mandated archeological assessment and dig after shards of stone were found in his field that have been identified as Indigenous artifacts.

Bruce Cassel said he was told by the ministry of culture and multiculturalism that he could face steep fines or even jail time under the Ontario Heritage Act for disrupting the artifacts.

“It’s consumed a lot of my time, trying to make sense of the situation, trying to get answers in regards to the situation,” Cassel said. “I’m sure it’s played on me a bit, but at the same token I’m just trying to understand the situation and why I’ve been put in this predicament.”

The process began more than four years ago when Cassel decided to develop a field that he used to farm in the township of North Dumfries, in Waterloo Region. Cassel, who is 75 years old, wanted to build a house on his land for himself and his wife to retire to, but first he needed to get an archeological assessment .

The archeologist he hired performed the first stage assessment in 2020 and the second stage in 2021. He received a budget for the remaining stages of the process around the end of 2022, he said, which totalled around $400,000 and included fees to have relevant Indigenous groups inspect the site.

Cassel said that he was told by the archeological firm that he would have to pay $130 per hour to view the artifacts that were unearthed on his property, and opted not to. However, he was able to view pictures of them and he said they appeared to be shards of stone.

National post.

🇨🇦 The last plant anywhere in the world to produce Studebaker vehicles was right here in Hamilton, Ontario at the former Otis Elevator plant that became home to Studebaker Canada at the end of WW2. The plant was massive, the equivalent of abt 17 combined football fields in size, until all but one corner, containing the administrative section, was demolished nearly a decade ago. The last Studebaker ever made rolled out of here in 1966 and is still in the possession of the family that bought it. This remaining section, however, initially saved to become part of a new building project that has long stalled, seems to be doomed to coming down like the rest of the plant and forever lost if not worked on soon 🚘
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