8. SITE INVESTIGATION RESULTS 5d Table 7 · 32) MAMM3-1: Mixed Mineral Meadow Marsh Type 33) MAMO1-3: Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh 34) MASM1-1: Cattail Mineral

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8. SITE INVESTIGATION RESULTS

Based on the site investigation, the occurrence of water bodies in, or within 120 metres of the

project location is documented in the following sections. In addition to assessing if the results

of the records review were correct, information relating to each water body, if any, within the

project location and the surrounding 120 metres was collected. This included the type of water

body, plant and animal composition and the ecosystem of the land and water investigation.

Ecological Land Classification (ELC), undertaken as part of the Natural Heritage Assessment

(NHA), has been employed to describe lands within 30 metres of a water body (see

Figures 5a through 5d and Table 7). Significant Wildlife Habitat was also undertaken under the

NHA. A detailed explanation of the methodology and results for ELC and Significant Wildlife

Habitat can be found in the Natural Heritage Assessment Site Investigation Report for this

project.

8.1 Lakes

As outlined in Table 4, a search and analysis of the records and resources did not identify any

lakes in the project location or within the surrounding 120 metres. The results of the site

investigation confirmed this determination.

8.2 Lake Trout Lakes

As outlined in Table 4, a search and analysis of the records and resources did not identify any

lakes that had potential to support a managed population of Lake Trout in the project location

or within the surrounding 120 metres. The results of the site investigation confirmed this

determination.

8.3 Permanent and/or Intermittent Streams

As outlined in Table 4, a search and analysis of the records and resources identified

multiple permanent and/or intermittent streams within the project location or surrounding

120 metres. A general assessment of these streams is outlined in Table 7 and shown on

Figures 6a through 6d. Drain classifications are shown on Figures 7a through 7d.

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Table 7: General Assessment of Water Bodies Found within 120 metres of the Project Location

ID Water Body

Water Body Type

Habitat Type

Substrate Type(s)

Approximate Channel

Measurements (m)

In-stream Cover

Surrounding ELC Community

(within 30 m)

Nat

ura

l

Ch

ann

eliz

ed

Lake

/Po

nd

Pe

rman

en

t

Inte

rmit

ten

t

Eph

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No

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fle

Ru

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Flat

Po

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Wetted Width Wetted Depth

1

Upper Grand --- --- --- --- -- -- Muck, Detritus 1.0 - 2.0 0.1 - 0.3 Macrophytes, Watercress, Terrestrial Grasses

Open Pasture, Black Ash - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type, Reed - Canary Grass Graminoid Mineral Meadow Marsh Type, Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type

2 Nottawasaga -Noisy River

--- --- --- --- -- Muck, Gravel, Detritus, Silt 2.0 - 3.0 0.4 - 0.8 Overhanging vegetation, organic debris, macrophytes, woody debris

Open Pasture


--- --- --- --- -- -- Gravel, Sand, Silt 2.0 - 3.0 0.5 Overhanging vegetation Rural Property

4 Nottawasaga – Tributary of the Noisy River

--- --- --- --- -- -- Cobble, Silt, Detritus < 1.0 < 0.5 Overhanging vegetation Rural Property, Annual Row Crop


--- --- --- --- -- -- Boulder, Cobble, Gravel 5.0 < 0.5 Overhanging vegetation, boulders, woody debris

Rural Property, Open Pasture, Annual Row Crop


-- -- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Gravel, Silt 1.0 – 2.0 < 0.5 Overhanging vegetation, woody debris, submergent vegetation

Submerged Shallow Aquatic Ecosite, Annual Row Crop


-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Silt, Detritus 1.0 - 5.0 0.5 - 1.0 Overhanging vegetation Annual Row Crop.

8

Nottawasaga – Tributary of the Noisy River

-- -- -- -- -- Silt, Detritus 1.0 < 0.5 Overhanging vegetation, woody debris

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Cattail Mineral Shallow Marsh Type, Reed - Canary Grass Graminoid Mineral Meadow Marsh Type, Perennial Cover Crop, Bebb’s Willow Mineral Deciduous Thicket Swamp Type

9 Nottawasaga – Redickville Tributary (Online pond upstream)

-- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus, Silt 1.0 - 2.0

(Pond 35 by 150 m) 0.5 - 0.8

Emergent, submergent and floating macrophytes, woody debris

Dry - Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest Type

10 Nottawasaga – Redickville Tributary

-- -- -- -- -- Muck, Sand, Detritus 1.0 < 0.1 Cattails, watercress, terrestrial vegetation

Dry - Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest Type, Open Pasture

11 Upper Grand River (wetland upstream)

-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus 2.0 - 3.0 0.64 In-stream and overhanging macrophytes, organic debris

Slender Willow Organic Deciduous Thicket Swamp

12 Nottawasaga – Pine River

-- -- -- -- -- -- Clay, Detritus, Sand, Silt, Muck, Gravel

2.0 - 4.0 0.1 - 0.8 In-stream and overhanging macrophytes, woody debris, organic debris

Open Pasture

13 No channel observed at this crossing.



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ID Water Body

Water Body Type

Habitat Type

Substrate Type(s)

Approximate Channel

Measurements (m)

In-stream Cover


(within 30 m)

Nat

ura

l

Ch

ann

eliz

ed

Lake

/Po

nd

Pe

rman

en

t

Inte

rmit

ten

t

Eph

em

eral

No

t e

xist

ing

Rif

fle

Ru

n

Flat

Po

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14 Nottawasaga – Pine River

-- -- -- -- -- -- Sand, Detritus 2.0 0.26 Watercress, overhanging and in-stream macrophytes, organic debris

Annual Row Crop

230 kV Private

Easement Study Area

Multiple Tributaries of the Upper Grand River

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Gravel, Sand 6.0 - 7.0 1.5 Cobble, overhanging vegetation, watercress

Extraction, Rural Property, Dry-Fresh Poplar Deciduous Forest, Dry-Fresh Sugar Maple Deciduous Forest, Fresh- Moist Poplar Deciduous Forest, Reed Canary Grass – Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Fresh-Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite, Annual Row Crop, Perennial Cover Crop, Open Pasture, Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type, Willow Mineral Deciduous Swamp, Thicket Swamp, Coniferous Plantation, Fresh-Moist Poplar Deciduous Woodland

20 Upper Grand River Tributary

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Gravel, Sand 6.0 – 7.0 1.5 Cobble, overhanging vegetation, watercress

Perennial Cover Crop, Annual Row Crop


-- -- -- -- -- -- Could not access 2.0 n/a Thick duckweed cover limited observation. Wetland on western side of crossing.

Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite


-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus, Cobble 5.0 0.8 – 1.0 Macrophytes, cobble, woody debris

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh

23 Nottawasaga – Curphy Drain (Boyne River)

-- -- -- -- Terrestrial vegetation, Muck, Detritus

2.5 0.2 – 1.2 Watercress, overhanging macrophytes

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Open Pasture, Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite

24 Nottawasaga – Curphy Drain (Boyne River)

-- -- -- -- Sand, Gravel, Small Cobble 1.5 – 3.0 0.6 Watercress, cobble, macrophytes Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type, Mixed Mineral Meadow Marsh Type

25 Nottawasaga – Cague Drain (Boyne River)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Culvert between two large open marsh habitats. No defined channel observed. Reed Canary Grass Mineral Shallow Marsh Type, Mixed Willow Organic Deciduous Thicket Swamp

26 Nottawasaga – Cague Drain (Boyne River)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus 0.5

(No defined channel D/S)

0.15 Overhanging and in-stream terrestrial vegetation, organic debris

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Annual Row Crop

27 Nottawasaga – Boyne River

-- -- -- -- -- Cobble 6.0 0.39 Macrophytes, woody debris, cobble

Willow Mineral Deciduous Swamp



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ID Water Body

Water Body Type

Habitat Type

Substrate Type(s)

Approximate Channel

Measurements (m)

In-stream Cover


(within 30 m)

Nat

ura

l

Ch

ann

eliz

ed

Lake

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nd

Pe

rman

en

t

Inte

rmit

ten

t

Eph

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No

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xist

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Rif

fle

Ru

n

Flat

Po

ol


28 Nottawasaga – Boyne River

-- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Gravel, Sand 0.5 – 3.0 0.28 Macrophytes, watercress, cobble, overhanging grasses

Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite

29 Nottawasaga - Boyne River

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Culvert between a cattail marsh (west) and swamp (east). No defined channel observed. Standing water, highly vegetated area.

Mixed Regeneration Thicket Ecosite, Mixed Mineral Meadow Marsh Type

30 Nottawasga - Boyne River

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Terrestrial grass 0.2 0.09 Terrestrial vegetation Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite

31 North Branch of the Nottawasaga River

-- -- -- -- -- Tributary within wetland habitat was frozen therefore substrate and in-stream cover could not be determined. Channel terminates ~ 6 m east of crossing. No culvert observed. Crossing is located north of where it is mapped at the top end of the wetland area.

Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type

32 North Branch of the Nottawasaga River (located south of where it is mapped)

-- -- -- -- -- Silt, Fine Gravel, Detritus Hard to define

(wetland) 0.16 Overhanging grasses, macrophytes

Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type


-- -- -- -- -- -- Silt, Detritus, Muck 0.6 0.21 – 0.47 Macrophytes, organic debris, watercress

Parkland, Fresh - Moist Forb Meadow Ecosite


-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Sand, Small Cobble 0.82 wetland

upstream 0.31 – 0.52

Watercress, overhanging vegetation, organic debris, macrophytes

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Open Aquatic, Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type


-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fine Sand, Small Cobble 1.38 0.18 -0.31 Cattails, overhanging vegetation Open Pasture, Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type


-- -- -- -- -- Cobble, Sand, Gravel 0.77 0.28 – 0.50 Heavily vegetated, watercress, large cobble

Perennial Cover Crop


38 Upper Grand – Willow Brook

-- -- -- -- -- -- Sand, Gravel, Small Cobble 1.0 – 3.0 0.12 – 0.50 Overhanging vegetation, cobble, macrophytes

Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite, Perennial Cover Crop


-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus, Sand, Fine Gravel

2.0 0.20 – 0.33 Overhanging and in-stream grasses (dense), organic debris, macrophytes

Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite, Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type, Mixed Willow Organic Deciduous Thicket Swamp


-- -- -- -- -- Small Cobble 2.0 – 3.0 0.61 – 1.0 Macrophytes, organic debris, small cobble, overhanging vegetation

Fresh - Moist Forb Meadow Ecosite, Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite, Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type


-- -- -- -- -- Sand, Fine Gravel, Detritus 1.5 – 3.0 0.47 – 0.87 Macrophytes, woody debris, organic debris, overhanging vegetation

Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type



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ID Water Body

Water Body Type

Habitat Type

Substrate Type(s)

Approximate Channel

Measurements (m)

In-stream Cover


(within 30 m)

Nat

ura

l

Ch

ann

eliz

ed

Lake

/Po

nd

Pe

rman

en

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Inte

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Eph

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-- -- -- -- -- Gravel, Sand, Small Cobble 1.27 0.33 Macrophytes, minimal organic debris

Open Graminoid Meadow, SWMO3-3: White Birch-Conifer Organic Mixed Swamp


-- -- -- -- -- Silt, Muck, Detritus 1.0 0.41 – 0.71 Organic debris Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite, Annual Row Crop

44 South Branch of the Nottawasaga River Tributary (Marsh habitat)

-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus 3.0 – 12.0

0.41 Organic debris, macrophytes

White Birch-Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp

45 Upper Grand – Mud Creek

-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Silt, Detritus 2.5 0.48 – 0.63 Organic debris, Macrophytes

Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh, Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type, Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite




-- -- -- -- Sand, Cobble, Gravel 1.0 0.25 – 0.32 Cobble, organic debris, macrophytes

SWTO2-6: Mixed Willow Organic Deciduous Thicket Swamp


-- -- -- -- -- -- Tributary was frozen 4.5 --- Overhanging vegetation Poplar - Conifer Mineral Mixed Swamp Type, Mixed Mineral Meadow Marsh Type


-- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus, Fine Gravel, Sand

1.5 – 2.0 Wetland upstream

0.22 – 0.42 Cattails, overhanging vegetation, organic debris, macrophytes

Poplar Mineral Deciduous Swamp Type


-- -- -- -- -- -- Muck, Detritus 0.40 0.30 Macrophytes, organic debris Perennial Cover Crop

52 Nottawasaga – South Branch of the Nottawasaga River

-- -- -- -- -- -- Sand, Detritus 0.77 – 2.0 0.15 Macrophytes, organic debris Perennial Cover Crop, Annual Row Crop, Fresh - Moist Mixed Meadow Ecosite



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8.4 Seepage Areas

As indicated in Table 1, a search and analysis of applicable records and resources of the project

location did not identify any seepage areas, as defined by Ontario Regulation 359/09, in the

project location or within the surrounding 120 metres. The results of the site investigation

verified this determination.

9. SUMMARY OF AMENDMENTS TO THE RECORDS REVIEW

Based on the results of the site investigations, five previously unidentified water bodies

(crossings 48 through 52) were observed within 120 metres of the project location. Based on

the results of the site investigation, it was determined that five streams mapped within the

project location or 120 metre setback area, do not meet the definition of a water body

under Ontario Regulation 359/09 (i.e., is not a permanent or intermittent stream).

Previously unidentified water bodies and water bodies determined not to exist during field

investigations are discussed in Table 7 and are shown on Figure 6a through 6d. Classification of

water bodies are shown on Figure 7a through 7d.

10. CONCLUSIONS

This report is intended to fulfill the requirements for the Water Assessment Report under

Ontario Regulation 359/09. Based on the results of the site investigations, multiple water

bodies have been identified within the project location or within 120 metres. Based on these

findings, an Environmental Impact Study, as outlined under REA Sections 39 and 40, is required

for this project; one has been prepared. Table 8 summarizes the results of the site

investigation in the context of the proposed project.

Documents

8. SITE INVESTIGATION RESULTS 5d Table 7 · 32) MAMM3-1: Mixed Mineral Meadow Marsh Type 33) MAMO1-3: Reed Canary Grass - Graminoid Organic Meadow Marsh 34) MASM1-1: Cattail Mineral