Shore Road Allowances in Haliburton: Evolution and Disposition

Title

Shore Road Allowances in Haliburton: Evolution and Disposition

Author

Moran, Ambrose

Supervising Faculty

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environmental Studies

Reference Number

TPB-544

Date

1996

Location of Document

U-Links Office and online

Area

Haliburton County

Subject

Shore road allowances

Abstract

Public road allowances have been provided in Ontario through the original township surveys prepared during the last century. A network of public road allowances was laid out establishing lots which could be made available through either sales or free grants to encourage settlement by immigrants. In certain parts of Ontario, the survey system involved establishing shoreline road allowances on lakes and rivers. These played an important part in the development of the waterways. The paper reviews the evolution of the shore road allowance issue in Haliburton County and discusses the ownership and planning issues which have changed over time in response to changing provincial policy regarding the transfer of these allowances from public to private ownership.

Publisher

Trent University

Files

Reference

Moran, Ambrose, Shore Road Allowances in Haliburton: Evolution and Disposition, Trent University, 1996