History

Key Events in the Evolution of Kawartha Land Trust

2001 – Incorporation of the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy
2002 – Charitable status
2005 – First Executive Director hired (Ian Attridge)
2006 – First property secured: Dance Property (fee simple)
2006 – Securement of East Syndicate Island (fee simple)
2009 – Securement of Elliott Property (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2010 – Securement of Emily Creek Property (fee simple)
2010 – Securement of Glen Burn (Howson) Property (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2010 – Securement of Vincent Woods Property (fee simple)
2011 – Securement of McKim-Garsonnin (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2011 – Securement of Ingleton-Wells (fee simple)
2013 – Bylaw No. 1 updated/letters of continuance to comply with Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act; Renaming to Kawartha Land Trust, with new visual identity/brand
2013 – Securement of Falls Property (fee simple)
2014 – Securement of Sheidow Farms (Awde-Ertel) (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2015 – Establishment of Finance and Audit Committee
2015 – Securement of Big (Boyd/Chiminis) Island (fee simple)
2016 – First bequest
2016 – Investment Committee established to guide investments
2016 – Selection of fund manager (CIBC Wood Gundy) via RFP
2016 – Relocation of KLT offices to The Mount Community Centre
2017 – New Bylaw No. 1 approved (enabling Trustees)
2017 – Securement of Schipper (Gamiing Nature Centre) Property (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2017 – Securement of Ayotte’s Point Woods Property (fee simple)
2018 – Management Agreement of John Earle Chase Memorial Park with Trent Severn Waterway, Parks Canada
2018 – Securement of Jeffrey-Cowan Forest Preserve (fee simple)
2018 – Securement of Wootton-Kirk Property (fee simple)
2018 – Securement of Pine Ridge (Hartley) Property (Conservation Easement Agreement)
2018 – Securement of Cation Wildlife Preserve (fee simple)
2018 – Securement of East Syndicate Island (fee simple)
2019 – Securement of Fell Wetland (fee simple)
2020 – First property purchased with community support: Christie Bentham Wetland
2020 – Securement of Keppler Nature Sanctuary (fee simple)
2020 – Securement of McWilliams property (fee simple)
2020 – Securement of van Nostrand property (fee simple)
2021 – Securement of Ballyduff Trails (fee simple)
2021 – Securement of Jones Woodlot (fee simple)
2021 – Securement of remaining two parcels of land on Big (Boyd/Chiminis) Island (fee simple)
2021 – Securement of Nogie’s Creek (fee simple)
2021 – Securement of Balsam Lake Property (fee simple)
2022 – Securement of Morton Nature Sanctuary (fee simple)
2022 – Securement of Pipers’ Woods (fee simple)