The file contains a newspaper article from 1962 (with picture) about the appointment of Cecil B. Ketcheson as Chairman of the Moira River Conservation Authority. It also has (4) booklets:
O'Hara Mill (Madoc)
Colonel Roscoe Vanderwater Conservation Area
M.R.C.A. Progress and Achievements 1947-1962
M.R.C.A. 25 years of Conservation printed abt. 1972
File contains photos and journal by George A. McCubbin of the Belleville flood of 1936, along with reports, notes, graphs of weather patterns and maps.
File contains correspondence about a circle of trees planted northeast of the intersection of West Bridge St. and Palmer Road in Belleville, and the possible origins of these trees.
Five photographs: 1) Interior of J. J. Haines shoe store at 230 Front Street in Belleville, c.1920 2-5) Photo-postcards of flooding on Bridge, Coleman and Front Streets in Belleville, 1936
File contains newspaper clipping about the fire at Albert College in 1917. There is also a newspaper clipping about Albert College Professor of Natural History John Macoun, who has had approximately 48 Canadian flora and fauna species named for him.
File contains newspaper clippings regarding water pollution in Belleville, including a new sewage disposal plant, an algae problem, and scientist including Belleville in a study linking water pollution to heart disease.
File contains c.1936 newspaper clips on the Belleville parasitic lab breeding new insects to fight off other insects that are destructive to farms and forests.
File contains the following c.1968 newspaper clips on the Belleville parks Board: “parklette” planned for area near west upper Moira Street, Park Board needs 29,200$ for budget, Bill 89, Zwicks Island development plans, and other miscellaneous clips on the Park Board's plans and activities during c.1968.
File contains an official opening souvenir program of the Riverside Park; and the following c.1968 newspaper clips on the Belleville Riverside Park: J.C.Marsh insurance parking lot to become part of the Riverside Park, MacDonnell property expropriated for park, 11 year old boy drowns near Riverside Park, and other miscellaneous newspaper clips of the Riverside Park and area.
File contains newspaper clips on the January 8th, 1886 flooding of the Moira River that resulted from ice breaking away from the Grand Trunk Bridge to pile up and block the river at the Upper Bridge of the Moira River.