Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1935-1969 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
9cm textual and cartographic materials
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Town of Belleville, Ontario was incorporated effective January 1, 1850 under the terms of the Baldwin Act, Chapter 81, Canada Statutes, 1849. The town became a City on 31 December 1877 after "An Act for the Incorporation of the Town of Belleville as a City, and for the Consolidation of the debt thereof" was passed in March 1877 by the Government of Ontario. In 1998 it amalgamated with the surrounding Township of Thurlow.
Name of creator
Administrative history
Gore & Storrie Ltd. were a firm of consulting engineers based in Toronto, Ontario.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from the Environmental and Operational Services department of the City of Belleville in March 2018.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Five reports and six accompanying plans prepared by Gore & Storrie, consulting engineers of Toronto, relating to proposed improvements to the water and sewerage system in and around the City of Belleville between 1955 and 1969. Copies of water agreements between Public Utility Commissions and municipalities in Whitby (1935) and Brantford, Ontario (1946).