Whitevalemarsh

On Friday, April 21 2017, we made a presentation to the TRCA Board to present our arguments to preserve the wetlands immediately north of Whitevale. Our presentation script and slides and the TRCA Board agenda and decision to support us can be found in the links below. Our delegation presentation to TRCA on Friday, April 21, 2017

The Whitevale Nature and Marsh Committee is dedicated to preserving and restoring the former quarry located immediately North of Whitevale and West of North Road. This area is for now in public hands, owned but the Province of Ontario but Infrastructure Ontario has included in Package 10, which is presently offered for sale to developers. Infrastructure Ontario has even applied for rezoning with the City of Pickering, and has proposed a residential plan, which seems superimposed to the site, without consideration to its ecology nor topography. This site has not been recently studied for its environmental significance. This area is in the process of regenerating. Its flora and fauna are rich, including milkweed where monarch find the ideal habitat, numerous patches of thyme thriving in the sandy areas, woodlots and meadows with diverse habitats for birds and other wildlife. Its striking topography of valleys occupied and marshes, as well as dramatic cliffs overlooking these lower a...

We are a group of Whitevale residents very concerned about the planned  development of a parcel of land north of Whitevale, Ontario, and adjacent to the Seaton  trail.  It is a small parcel of land, formerly a quarry, with an interesting topography.  It is immediately north of the historical  hamlet of Whitevale, a little jewel of a hamlet with houses dating from the 19th century,  lovingly preserved by local residents. The former quarry is  slowly  regenerating, with forested patches, meadows and marshes.  In the lower area, there is a marsh that drains into pristine West Duffin (where salmon, rainbow  and brown trout spawn, and dace is also found). The province owns a large number of acreages in the area covered by the future Seaton  development and has recently put them up for sale through Infrastructure Ontario. This  parcel is part of Package 10. It is not a big area, but it is significant because of the prese...