September 19, 2024 Volume 39, No. 10
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Forest lot dedicated to the man responsible for saving it By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star
The Gloucester Hornets’ Dyllan Nicholson battles for the ball in a 1-0 win over Ottawa City on Sept 12. With the win the Hornets clinched the U15 Regional league championship. STAFF PHOTO
It’s not every day that a person gets a tree lot named after them. While most people barely take notice of the tree lot surrounding the water tower behind the Rona store on Innes Road, it was very much a bone of contention between the city and local residents back in the 1970s and again in the ’90s. In the mid-70s, the aggregate company Francon Inc. wanted to build a quarry there. The man who fought tooth and nail against it was Victor Cyr. Cyr lived across from the site on Frank Bender Road where the A&W strip mall is now located. Back then, Innes was a two-lane road
and the houses on the north side of the street were all on well water. Cyr was convinced that a quarry would have a tremendously adverse effect on the well water not to mention what the blasting might do to their homes. In raising the concerns, Cyr was able to get the former municipality of the Gloucester to reject Francon’s plans. Then in the mid-1990s, a housing developer wanted to build a sub-division on the site and Cyr once again came to the rescue of the woods and found an ally in former city councillor Rainer Bloess, who orchestrated a land swap between the city and the developer to preserve the lot in its natural state. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Caravela Restaurante will be closed from Aug. 11 to Sept. 25 to give our staff a well-deserved break. The restaurent will reopen on Wednesday, Sept. 25.
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