The proposed area for VC/CBM St Marys’ below the water table blasting quarry is located in northwest Caledon and is bounded by:
- the Credit River (east)
- Cataract and Forks of the Credit Provincial Park(south)
- Mississauga Road (west)
- Just below TPC Toronto/Osprey Valley Golf Course (north)
- Covers 798 acres: approximately 2 square kilometres
- Consists of farmland, 50 acres of woodland (over 60,000 trees), and isolated wetlands
- Habitat for at least 5 species at risk
There is already a “moonscape” of pits in northwest Caledon, stretching from Heart Lake Road across (and down) Highway 10 to McLaren Side Road.
- 11 active sites
- Over 3,000 acres
- Total annual maximum licensed tonnes in excess of 15,000,000 tonnes
- One of the largest concentrations of aggregate operations in Canada