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The PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

Threatening Our Wetlands
The Town of Bracebridge held a Public Meeting on October 27, 2020 
 (Watch the meeting video)

​Click here for the meeting agenda
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The Muskoka Royal Development Inc. is seeking permission from the Town of Bracebridge and the District of Muskoka to rezone 443 acres of untouched wetlands, forest and rock barrens to build a massive 5 precinct, FOUR STORY HIGH international private boarding school in small-town Bracebridge! 
The site is visible from Lake Muskoka on the west with the beautiful Henry Marsh and the Great Trail to the north and access is by way of a road off Highway 118 that must be ALIGNED WITH THE APPROVED District of Muskoka WEST TRANSPORTATION BYPASS per an agreement with the developer. (This will bypass downtown businesses and go through wetlands south of Beaumont Road.)

We cannot allow a massive development of high rise buildings, parking lots, roads, dormitory facilities, a sports complex, offices, pavilions, maintenance shop, accessory dwellings, water and sewer infrastructure to be developed in the habitat of the documented 204 species of wildlife, of which 20 are of conservation concern and 7 are threatened or endangered under the Species at Risk Act.  

This is environmentally irresponsible. 

The development will destroy un-evaluated wetlands and sensitive species habitat and could lead to increased flooding.

Proposed Site

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Drone footage of the wetlands where development is proposed

Environmental Impact Studies (EIS) and Peer Review Files

  • SBEPG letter to council requesting a peer review and additional information - 2020.12.07
  • SBEPG letter regarding the summary of submission materials at 2nd public meeting - 2020.11.10​
  • Species Memo from Dougan & Associates - 2020.08.31. This memo lists the 7 endangered species found in the subject lands that are protected by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation & Parks, and cannot be killed, harmed, or have their habitat destroyed by a development without the Minister's approval.
  • Report from Dougan & Associates regarding the EIS addenda #2 Peer Review - 2020.08.13.
  • SBEPG letter requesting an Ontario Wetlands Evaluation be completed on the proponent's site and the adjacent lands of this wetland complex - 2020.06.12
  • Letter from Dougan & Associates response that the requirement for an Ontario Wetlands Evaluation is necessary - 2020.06.02
  • Letter from Dougan & Associates regarding Species-at-Risk on these lands - 2020.06.02. Reveals 204 species on the subject lands including 20 species of concern and 7 endangered species.
  • Letter from world renowned Wetlands Scientist, Dr. Barry Warner, Ph.D., PWS - 2020.05.28. This letter challenges the developer's claim that a wetland evaluation is not necessary.
  • Thomson Rogers letter regarding the legal duty and requirements under the Provincial Policy Statement to conduct a wetlands assessment - 2020.05.26. This is a key document validating the legal requirement for the Town to request the applicant to conduct as ON Wetland Evaluation System (OWES).
  • Final Town Initiated Peer Review by Hutchinson - 2020.04.09
  • Michalski Nielsen EIS Addendum #2 response to Town Initiated Peer Review by Hutchinson - 2020.03.10. This is a weak response to address the 32 EIS deficiencies.
  • SBEPG consultant Dougan's Response to Town Initiated Hutchinson Peer Review - 2019.09.26. SBEPG's opinion of this response is that it is weak and does not comply with the Provincial Policy Statement regarding the legal requirement to conduct wetland assessment on this type of property.
  • Town Initiated Peer Review by Hutchinson and Michalski Nielsen EIS Addendum #1 - 2019.07.04. Of note are the 30 deficiencies in the EIS done by MNAL.
  • Michalski Nielsen Response to SBEPG consultant Dougan Peer Review - 2019.04.10. 
  • Independent Peer Review Summary by SBEPG consultant Dougan & Associates Ecological Consulting and Design Firm - 2019.03.29
  • Species at Risk Assessment by developer's consultant Michalski Nielsen - 2018.10.25
  • Environmental Impact Study completed by developer's consultant Michalski Nielsen - 2018.09.27

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