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Canoeing on the Carp River - Willow Arcade

For updates and commentary, please visit the Carp River Forum!

For general background on the Carp River, please visit the web site of the Friends of the Carp River. Also see the web site of the Carp Ridge Society.

For background on Ontario's flood plain policy, please look here.

You will find below:

• Background:  From Concept Plan to Watershed Study to the formation of the Carp River Coalition (CRC)

• The CRC's Part II Order Request under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act

• A 2002 City of Ottawa decision under challenge

• CRC objections to Carp River flood plain development validated

• CRC media release of 18 February 2008

• A Tale of an OMB hearing (20-22 February 2008)

• Auditor General's report on Carp River project tabled (23 April 2008)

• Public comments on the AG's report and Council decisions of 14 May, 2008

•  CRC media release of 2 June 2008

• Rebuttal of MVC application of Provincial flood plain policy

• Open Letter to Council from the Carp River Coalition - June 20, 2008

  • Council Disposition on the Terms of Reference for a Third Party Review (25 June 2008)

• Minister issues Order under s. 16 (3) of the EAA (21 July 2008)

  -- Objections To Kanata West Proposals Vindicated

  • New Part II Order Requests Filed - 29 August 2010