Report #1 examines municpal road issues in rural Ontario and the impacts on rural muncipalities and the rural economy. Report #2 examines the new alignment of provincial and municipal responsibilities and the consequent changes in funding services.

Commissioned by the Critical change in rural Ontario Research Committee, the Rural Ontario Municipal Association.

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The paper begins with a chronological and historical analysis of the development of roads and settlement patterns in the Highlands touching on the lumbering industry and the effect of the Canada Land and Emigration Company's program of colonization roads. Working with a series of maps which provide time slices of pre-1860, 1875, 1901, 1913, 1930, 1941, 1964, and 1995, a geographical analysis is presented comparing data on the number of settlements, road density, number of highways, and population existing at each time snapshot.]]>
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Explanations of environmental history and the research methodology employed preface the depiction of the highway construction. Details include a description of the road camps during the depression years of 1931 to 1934, the building phase, the situation after the depression, the advent of tourism to the area with its subsequent effect on the environment, and the development resulting from the highway construction.]]>
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A discussion of methodology prepares the way for an analysis of secondary research focusing on community interaction and the philosophical views regarding the road. The history of the controversy is examined and arguments both "for" and "against" are outlined. Results of a circulated survey portraying residents' attitudes are included and finally, recommendations are suggested.]]>
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The report also makes recommendation for follow-up student and community projects to continue this work. ]]>
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Increasing cycling in the County will require investments by the community and the government for cycling infrastructure and eductation.

Includes CD with survey data.]]>
Haliburton Highlands Cycling Coalition
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Settlement in Southern Ontario via navigable waterways is described, leading to 1850- when most of Upper Canada was occupied and the need to look further afield.

The construction of the Bobycageon Colonisation Road in 1857 and the subsequent settlement pattern is outlined with particular emphasis on logging, farming, and cottage settlement. Several appendices accompany the paper.]]>
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