Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS) fonds 1981-2018, n.d.
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Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society -- Archives.Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society -- Records and correspondence.
Agriculture -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Sources.
Agricultural conservation -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Sources.
Conservation of natural resources -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Sources.
Land use, Rural -- Ontario -- Niagara Peninsula -- History -- Sources.
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Fonds contains material about the activities of the Preservation of Agricultural Lands Society (PALS). Most of the material concerns Fort Erie, Niagara Falls, and Niagara-on-the-Lake. A significant portion of the material concerns the proposed Canadian Motor Speedway Development in Fort Erie. Other materials are more general and concern the Niagara Region and the Greater Horseshoe Area. The fonds consists mostly of reports, with some correspondence, petitions and maps.Collections
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