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CONSERVATION By TONY BOND of The Times Staff Twenty miles northeast of the city near the tiny hamlet of Enniskillen a handful of men are currently engaged in converting a parcel of rugged Ontario countryside into a conservation park. Nature's facelift includes clearing bush, digging a large pond, planting a few thousand trees, emptying a half-mile stretch of stream of tree trunks and beaver dams. The work is being done by the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority, an organization set up in 1958 to conserve nature's resources in a 12-mile-deep strip of countryside stretching from Whitby to Darlington town- ship The local conservation area is one of more than 20 in On- tario. It's exact sphere of in- fluence is determined by the positioning of watersheds or river basins. In this case the streams concerned the Lynde, Pringle, Oshawa, Harmony, Bowmanville and Soper creeks. NEAR ROWMANVILLE Enniskillen is a half-mile by quarter-mile parcel set in beautiful wooded, rolling ter- rain a few miles north of Bowmanville The p rty's "piece de resistance" will be a large pond, or to be accurate, moat, surrounding a_ tree- covered island. * «+» Six Streams In Watershed Conservation Area Enniskillen Park Shaped From Rough Countryside When the project is finished, hopefully by June, next year, says lands and forests field officer Alex Ansell, the pond will be stocked with trout, there'll be a beach and pic- nicking facilities on the island. Right by where they're clearing land for. the pond s supervisor Ron Humph- and family in an old farmhouse. Behind the house is another Enniskillen attraction -- the Bowmanville Creek which zig zags its way across the prop- erty. The fast-flowing stream runs by the back of the house through a gap in a beaver dam Forty years ago the Creek fed a water mill which today has all but disappeared. TROUT POND All that remains in 1966 is a broken 20-foot high concrete dam and a flat leaf-covered area. where the mill-pond bot- tom used to be. Close by a small pond which Alex Ansell and his m recently enlarged and_ stocked with speckled trout It didn't take the neighhor- hood kids long to reverse that situation, Mr. Ansell said. These boys sometimes ex- ceeded the _ three-fish-each limit by 20 or 30 a day, he said. This picturesque pond, set in its own glade is actually a few feet above stream level. To feed it with continually. a flowing water Mr. Ansell uses a 40-year-old hydraulic pump which uses the stream's power to pump water uphill. Once they've cleared the stream of the present forest of dead and _beaver-felled trees they'll be installing de- flectors to stop the creek banks from caving in any fur- ther and '"'digger" dams con- structed to let the dam's overflow dig a hole on the dam's downstream side for trout. PROTECT WILDLIFE With most of Enniskillen's reforestation completed -- 11,000 trees planted, only an- other 4,000 or so to go -- the main projects at the park in- clude protecting fish, 'ds and other wildlife like the racoon, mink, snapping turtle and, y beaver. Beaver dams are a prob- lem, Mr. Ansell says. They silt up a river whereas trout must have sand and gravel to spawn in. One of the Authority's main concerns is raising the water- shed level, says public rela- tions chairman John Dryden, Yeeve of Whitby Township. There are several can_he achieved, he 1. Planting trees on the side of hills stops a lot of rain water running back into a_ river. Other ways include building dams, deepening river chan- nels and acquiring flood- prone land to stop people building on it, he said. The Authority covers Whit- by, Whitby Township, East plementing this report. AUTHORITY COVERS 12-MILE DEEP STRIP OF LAND Area Stretches From Whitby To Darlington Townships DEAD, BEAVER-FELLED TREES CLUTTER CREEK Whitby Township, Oshawa, Darlington Township, Bowe manville and slices of Picke ering, Reach and Clarke townships. FINANCES The board is made up of representatives from each local government and lands and forests. It is financed 50- 50 by the member municipal ities and the government. This year's budget is $104, 000. The Authority is essene tially a long-term project. Te implement all the recome mendations contained in the Authority's report would take all the taxpayers' money and more, Mr. Dryden said. At the moment the Authors ity's prime concern is to win public support. The authority has a couple of other parcels of > land one near Bowmanville and one near Brooklin. But they're concentrating on de- veloping Enniskillen as a rec- reation area with conserva- tion projects to make the pub- lic aware of what they're doing. Conservation authorities op- erate under the jurisdiction of the department of lands and forests. A lands and forests survey will suggest what needs to be done in a particular conser- vation area. This report pro- vides the basis of conserva- tion authority action. A lands and forests field of- ficer, in this case Alex Ansell, assists the Authority in im- Pid _----_-- a BROKEN-DOWN 20-FO ..- Abandoned 40 Years Ago When Mill Closed Upstream TROUT-FILLED POND (IN SEASON) «+. Set In Picturesque Glade By Bowmanville Creek ONCRETE DAM " ° | days. For the spectators who Oshawa Times Two Killed Four Injured Near Orono Two pers-|--Andrew-Hort, 48 of Broadview ons were killed and four were |Ave., Toronto, driver of one of injured near. here early this/the autos is in serious condition morning in a head - on two-jin Toronto General Hospital, car crash on Highway 35. said police. Dead are: Driver of the second car was -- Joan Boland, 17 of Pretoria|Patrick Mizzoni, 23 of Earls- Rd:; Galt, a passenger in one of|dale, Ave., Toronto. Police said the cars: |he is in serious condition in --A Toronto area person who|Oshawa General Hospital. was a passenger in one of the; Also injured were: cars. Bowmanville OPP said} -- Veronica Dominas, 227 An- they were withholding the name|drew St., Galt who is in satis. pending notification of next of|factory condition in Oshawa kin. General Hospital. -- Peter Graham, Don Mills me |Rd., Don Mills, who is in seri City Men Third silica te Tommie Guan Yachting Event | Hospital. The accident occurred one- eighth of a mile south of the #| SEBA BEACH, Alta. (CP) --| south entrance to Orono at 2:35 @ \Harry (Tanker) Jones and Joan/a.m. Orono is about 15 miles Layton of Oshawa, first day'east of Oshawa. jleaders in the Canadian Y-fly-| Police said three of the injur- |er yachting championships hrre,|eqd persons were in serious con- i | finished third as competition|dition in hospital. The fourth nded Friday. |person was not seriously in- First place in the seven - race jyred, competition went to Mike O'Su-|"------. ivan and Murray Anderson of} "aaa | Firm Reports Long Weekend | Impersonator For C ampers , An nee ns ts ae |in Oshawa and Whitby. pedilar may be on the loose Darlington Park officials ex-| jarsh Slessor, business mac jpect a good turnout of camp-|nager for Red Wing Orchards, jers this weekend, says the pedlar has been opere "We should see about 150) ating in the Oshawa and Whit- |campers come out because it is| by area claiming he's from his the last weekend holiday before} company. the weather gets too cold for] "The quality of produce he's camping, said David Ward, as-| selling is very poor," Mr. Sles- |sistant park superintendent. {sor said, "and besides he's | He said the park would also} charging exceeding high prices." attract a number of campers} Gerald Robinson, deputy pol- from the crowds going to thejice chief of Whitby, says his two-day Mosport races this| officers are investigating the weekend, allegation. "Some sleep on the grounds; "It is difficult to get evi- t. Mosport but quite a few come|dence in a case of this type," |here so they can visit Toronto) said the deputy chief. and Oshawa," said Mr. Ward.| The pedlar is believed to be driving a blue colored van and selling apples and potatoes. Harness Races |-- Fair Feature | Unemployment Harness racing will be vert' Total Doubles Oshawa gs oe | ' There will races Friday D ] evening beginning at 6 p.m. and uring Ju y agen elageng --" The number of applicants Purse money of over $1,500/resistered for employment ai jis being offered for these rac-|the a Se ine es taking place over the two he month. of daly. This was mainly due -to lay offs in soo automobile and i ivileges. allied industries with the com- ggg ee innovation of the|Pletion of the yearly production fair will be the trotting pony pig and annual vacation . The pony races will be-|Periods. Hage 7 om "eaters even-| The prolonged lack of rain ing Aug. 6. created an adverse effect on the growth of farm crops but haying operations created addi- tional demand for farm help. USSR. - Japan The number of construction c workers seeking employment, Draw Closer continued to drop as_ steady progress was maintained on TOKYO (Reuters) -- Andrei|various building projects, said Gromyko, Soviet foreign minis-/J. W. A. Russell, manager. ter, left today for home after) Requirements for female help signing a communique pledging|continued in the clerical serv- Japan and Russia to strengthen|ice, domestic and some factory bilateral relations. }occupations. The communique on Gromy-| There is a shortage of skilled ko's week of talks with Japan-jlabor and a considerable num- ese leaders said the signing of|ber of high school students are a consular agreement during his/available for summer employ visit would be followed by the/ment. negotiations on setting up con-| June 30, this year, 5,702 male sulates, and female applicants regise It said there would be fur-|tered at the employment serv- ther negotiations soon on fish-jice and on July 29, this year, eries and further efforts would|12;045 unemployed were regis- be made to develop scientific|tered. On July 31, 1965, 5,989 and cultural links. persons were registered. follow racing, arrangements have been made to provide wa- RUGGED COUNTRYSIDE WILL BECOME CONSERVATION PARK -++ Looking Southwest Toward Enniskillen }