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million park proposed Proposals for a park that could attract over 16 isitors a day and would employ 1 to 1500 people were presented to Nassagaweya Council at the meeting Monday night Steien from the firm of Craig and Strong architects told the council his firm had been en gaged by Canadian Investors to develop an Ontario Historic Theme Park The firm of architects is the some firm that eloped Ontario Place He said a site near Highway south of Kelso had been selected The site chosen is bordered by Bell School Line on the east Stee- lesAvc to the south Appleby I Inc on the west and the gara Escarpment on the north Three Ihrmes Staples showed slides of ac theme parks in Ohio and showed what themes would be implemented in the park The Mining Town Caravan and a County Fair Town were the three theme areas the lo cal plan calls for The mining town illustrates that period of Ontario his tory when Industrialization was being introduced A tier press mine and black smith shop were among those items featured from that era Caravan Is modelled the Toronto Caravan Staples said Caravan would feature ethnic groups and displays of folklore handicrafts dances and some rides The County Fair would por tray a county town at about the change of the century Walk In woods Each of the three theme areas would be arranged in the wooded area so that tors could walk through the Moods from one area to the next Staples told council only of the acres would mately be used for the theme areas Forty fiveacrcs would be used In the first phase of development The remaining land would be maintained in lis natural state He emphasized the development would be very compatible with the escarp ment He said no rides would be higher than the trees and showed slides to illustrate how buildings could be tucked among the trees without detriment the wooded area A railway station with operating trains connects the three theme areas He said the park would be open five and a half months of the year and predicted an average dally number of to Be with peak days hitting 16 Handle traffic Most of those v isitors would come from the Toronto region and approach the park from Highway Staples said the existing road system with some Improvements would handle the traffic attracted to the area He Indicated the road Improvements were estimated to cost a quarter of a million dollars Stressing that all plans are still in the preliminary stages Staples Indicated his team was considering either wells or having water piped from Milton water system He Indicated the sewer system would be a self con talned system with secondary treatment An engineer financier public relations man and a partner in the architectural firm Staples to the meet Ins Staples said an had been hired and develop ment plans were geared to blend with ecological characteristics of the area Talk to commission He said the park wouldn t be visible from highways or from areas outside the park Staples said his team had been in contact with a num of government depart and the Niagara Escarpment Commission On adv Ice of council the representatives agreed to show slide presentations at a public meeting and answer from the public advised the team to contact neighbors and make sure they knew what was pro posed Bill McKechnle who Is in charge of communications for the project said that while plans were still preliminary the team hoped to have the protect completed by and the first phase completed within Name Oakville chief as fire coordinator ML A MILLION PARK was proposed for 400 acres of farm lands on the escarpment west of Milton this week Ontario Historic Theme Park hopes to develop a recreational area on lands south of Kelso Conservation Area The lake at Kelso is pictured at the top of the photo with Steeles Ave at the bottom The is bounded by pleby Line on the left and Bell School Line and Milton on tne right Area to be covered by the park is shown in the ark marks Limehouse school permit in twp report Neighbors protest new camp ground Doug Wilson has been nam by Regional as Region Fire Co ordinator The announce was made at a meeting of the regional council last week Wilson now holds that time position with Halton a Mutual Aid He Is a full time fire chief with Oak Milton Chief A Clement has been deputy under the county system He will retain that title under regional government Arrange aid The of a lor is basically to arrange aid if a fire department becomes Involved with a fire too big far the one department and to supervise standard training for all county firefighters An arrangement exists be tween fire depart now known as mutual aid loan of a fire truck and aerial ladder the Milton Inn fire was one example of the mutual aid arrangement The mutual aid agreement as it Is known and other fire agreements will be revamped under regional government Neighbors of a proposed 500 site campground and recreation area on Five Side- road in arc protesting the establishment of the project and a name petition has not only been presented to the township council it has been for warded to the provincial and federal governments and their agencies Pat Straw of 3 Milton is heading the battle against Shasta Wells Inc which plans a Horse Campground on the former Ralph Ander son farm lot concession The project calls for a to site camping ground eventually to be expanded to sites plus a swimming pool and mini golf course Recreational uses are permitted in land zoned for agriculture but the neighbors claim this type or use should be called commercial and not recreational Objectors also strongly urged the pro ject be held in abeyance until the Niagara Escarpment Commission has defined areas suitable for such development The Acton Free Press Wed Dec 1973 B11 CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Guelph Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs TENSIVE SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES- Building permits Issued In Enqueuing township from Nov 1 to Nov represent a value of 444 Tom Lean presented the list to Council Monday It includes the addition to public school ued at with fee to the township of 32l Deputy reeve expressed sur prise tile board education paid a fee at all Mr also commented Its dumb to dose up one school and put an addition on another not miles away Mr McLean explained the addition includes a gym and other auxiliary rooms Reeve Hill also proved of the of Nor- school by the board of Obituary Campbell Agnew retired farmer A retired farmer George Campbell died In General Hospital on Nov 18 He had been In fail ing health for three weeks and was years of age He lived for years at R I lie and then moved to Ter race Acton Mr Agnew had also been employed as a security guard He was bom In 1698 son of and George and served in the first world war He and Ethel May Allan were married in Boston Presbyterian church in 1922 Survivors She sun him as well as two daughters Norma Mrs Tom Patterson Guelph and Helen Mrs Andre lard Acton sister Annie new Hamilton brother Mel six grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral service was Wednesday Nov 21 at the funeral home conducted by the Rev A Interment wos in Folrview cemetery Pallbearers were grandson Norman Patterson neigh bore Joe Acton for mer neighbor Art Cooper former neigh bors Bill Howard Smitten and Jim McLaren School for firefighters A regional school for firefighters will be held in next April the Ontario Fire Marshals Office an this week education We used to have control when we had our own board he mused More permits Centre Proper ties obtained six permits for residences with garages for the former Bob Lawson pro perty In the township lot 16 con 7 estimated at each A barn permit was Issued t Farms R Milton storage shed permits to Antonla Toronto and M French Milton garage permits to John Larocque Milton Edward Milton G Baxter R D C Georgetown H Taylor RR Acton A residence and garage permit was given to R John Hornby and additions to residences to Elizabeth Rogers Ball fad and Don aid Burns John Howard cot a permit for a storage shea and addition to garage Copies of the neighbors petition hav been forwarded Ontario treasurer John While Niagara Escarpment Commission Ontario Sal Board local MPPs Kerr and Jim Snow leader Stephen Lewis and and Halton Went and Neighbors of the Shasta Wells project fear visual and noise pollution odors con lamination of their r supply increased tr property devaluation and loss of privacy if the campground project goes ahead They also worry about increased costs to the municipality for roads use of schools libraries fire medical and police protec tlan Milton Fire A raging night fire com destroyed the plant of Chemicals in Milton causing estimated 000 to loss The firm em ployed nine people The fire claimed all the records of the business but the formulas for the chemicals were not lost ARTHUR A Door Van Cabinet Eleclr Heal Baseboard nd Central Vacuum Clean ng WrngDevcM Part etc Venl Fans etc New books for library NEW BOOKS for Acton library were presented last Wednesday by Auxiliary 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