Ontario. Lands and Waters Group

• Lands and Waters Group

The Lands and Waters Group was established on December 1, 1977 within the Ministry of Natural Resources. It assumed responsibility for the Conservation Authorities Branch and the Engineering Services Branch from the Field Services Division (which continued to exist), and all agencies that formerly were administered through the Division of Lands.

Over time, the group was responsible for the following agencies: the Lands Administration Branch (1977-1979), the Land Use Co-ordination Branch (1977- 1983), the Surveys and Mapping Branch (1977-1983), the Engineering Services Branch (1977-1983), the Conservation Authorities Branch (1977-1979), the Conservation Authorities and Water Management Branch (1979-1990), the Land Management Branch (1979-1990), the Office of Indian Resource Policy (1977-1990), and the Ontario Centre for Remote Sensing (1985).

The Lands and Waters Group continued to exist until July 1990, when a ministry-wide restructuring dissolved all existing groups within the ministry, and replaced them with an Operations Division, a Policy Division, and and Information Resources Division. At the same time, the branches within the ministry were considerably rearranged. The Lands and Waters Group had no immediate successor within the new structure.

The Lands and Waters Group managed Crown lands and waters in Ontario. Specific activities included the sale or lease of mining and surface rights to public lands, land acquisition, land use planning and co- ordination, surveying and mapping, engineering and water management services. The group also provided policy direction and technical and financial assistance to Ontario's Conservation Authorities in their water and related resource management programs.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Annual Report of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1972-1991

Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1974- 1978

Archivist(s):
Nancy Martin, Susan McClure