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One of the region’s most popular outdoor recreation sites is slated for destruction at the hands of a Toronto-area developer. The historic Castle Glen site with its hundreds of acres of forest could soon become a megadevelopment unless our community joins together to protect the area. The project will replace more than 1,135 football fields…
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Let’s call a spade a spade. For over 50 years now, the Castle Glen development, in one form or another, has been “on the books.” Yet, when it comes to the Town of the Blue Mountains politicians and staff, it has long remained the proverbial elephant on the Escarpment. None of them want to touch…
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My grandfather, Bing Young, built Lake of the Clouds in 1965. He worked in construction all his life. Castle Glen hired him as the caretaker. He plowed all the roads, took care of all the buildings, and he also built the lake. He did that until he retired around the year 2000. He lived across…
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VROOM. This is…VROOM…what biking…VROOM…on Grey Road 19…VROOM…might sound like…VROOM…if the proposed Castle Glen Resort Community gets built. Grey Road 19 is one gem of a cycling route. Grey County proudly promotes this road, the former site of the Sea Otter Canada and Blue Mountains Gran Fondo rides, on its Cycling Routes roadmap. Grey Road 19…
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The Blue Mountain Watershed Trust has reviewed available reports and provided their perspective on several key environmentally sensitive aspects related to the Castle Glen proposed development, that seem to have been disregarded in the plans for this ecologically highly sensitive area. On every count, they have found evidence that the proposed building plans for a…
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What started as the Thunder Hill subdivision has turned into a long, drawn out story of a developer trying to get as much as they can out of a highly sensitive natural area. Blue Mountain Watershed Trust has reviewed key documents going back decades, concluding with the powerful statement: “This development is to be located in one…
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One of the region’s most popular outdoor recreation sites is slated for destruction at the hands of a Toronto-area developer. The historic Castle Glen site with its hundreds of acres of forest could soon become a megadevelopment unless our community joins together to protect the area. The project currently plans to replace more than 1,135…
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