Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1982-01-27
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note: LBGTSlrfTCTE UBRAHt Pari4airit»it Buildings Vptffli*Jta.'B C' • JAN82 SECRET GLOUG0TERLAND SURVEY SURFACES After six wanks of Wearing out a lot ot shoe leather, petite Kim Oshlro l» realizing the critical shortage ol Jobs available lor the Inexperienced worker "In Aldergrove. Without expansion In the area, Vtha younger generation Is being forced to re-locate to gain employment. By RUDY LANGMANN ALMBGROyE - Only six d.i prior to a public hearing into, Gloucester land case, a two old report has been releasi the first time. .. -''"•.}■■■: >J3K; Not only the timing chosen for the release, but also the wording of the report itself seriously!'. question the credibility oHfljp B.C. agricultural land commigr;;, sibn. . '(.;;]:.■■' ■."■: :f Study, a 60-page docume; authored by pedology consult (soils specialist) Roxahna Beale Kuume is dated Febry 1980, shortly after the prpvint cabinet had removed the jsL acres from the land freeze and #;: subsequent political rally led mI former premier Dave! Barrett hSfk' been held near the Gloucester1 Properties, decrying the Social- Credit government's decision, ;£.;i Curiously, Kuume's study finds, that, although the Gloufiu cester lands can be converted toi^. famiihg, they have serious agricultural limitations, m: this rtf-' ■ gard, the document does npt; contradict earlier findings by two independent soil specialist study groups, nor does it seriously : conflict with the land classificaf;'. Uon findings of the Canada Land hventory maps. i; ? Kuume s report, received by the : "land Commission oh April 8, t 1980, and kept under wraps for vnearly'fcrVO' years, lists seven j different soil types as being present within the proposed industrial park. On page 28, it lists their presence along with the 'following comments: 'Albion soils within the study are predominantly class 6 limited .severely by excess water and susceptibility to periodic innun- dation by streams or ponds. "The Columbia sous within the . study area are primarily class 6 o…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421031
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text