New Canadian Canoe Museum Location On Hold Due To Environmental Contamination
The Canadian Canoe Museum announced today that the ground water at 353 Hunter Street East (which is owned by Parks Canada), is believed to have been contaminated by chemicals (the chemical compound trichloroethylene) seeping from an adjacent property.
“All of us at the Canoe Museum, our project partners and supporters are highly concerned and extremely disappointed by the situation.
We are working with all parties including the MECP, Parks Canada and our community and funding partners to evaluate the overall impacts of these findings to our operations and our new museum build.
While the full implications of this environmental interruption are not yet fully known, we are fully committed to building a new world-class museum that will deliver on its vision and serve the needs of its patrons and local community while honouring and preserving this unique cultural asset of national significance.”
The Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) this week issued a Provincial Officers Order, under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA), to the owner at an adjacent property directing it to undertake air quality, ground water and additional onsite investigations and to provide associating remediation plans.
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Evan Holt
