This file primarily contains the legal and financial documents concerning the building and renovation of property at Sylvan Lake by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. The Sisters purchased, built, updated, and repaired a cottage lake house in the Summer Village of Birchcliff during their western mission in the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. There are communications with the City of Red Deer, Edmonton House Builders’ Association about the construction of a house on the property, and legal letters to engage a contractor, Fekete Construction Co. Ltd. The certified land survey plan titled Sylvan Lake Plan Showing a Subdivision of Lot B by the City of Red Deer Land Surveyor, Mr. J. C. Horn, on July 2, 1974, is present. There are also two newsletters titled, The Summer Village of Birchcliff, one dated Fall 2001 and the other Summer 2002. The topics include the official election results of the new Mayor and Councillor, council meetings, estates subdivisions, shoreline restoration, and a septic system study and sewer inspection for the Birchcliff region. This file also contains a purchase of property legal record and financial documents on taxes for residential improvements. There is also the Santae Viae Crucis Erectio Canonica (The Canonical Erection of the Holy Way of the Cross), the blessing of the Sylvan Lake house chapel on July 4, 1966, conducted and signed by Monsignor James Alexander MacLellan.
This file consists of a report concerning the acquisition and sale of the Sylvan Lake property in Alberta by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario.
This subseries contains the legal documents and correspondence about the land ownership in the Village of Belle River, in the County of Essex, by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There is an official folded document, a Deed of Land dated September 29, 1891, and an official Article of Agreement dated September 5, 1893, about the sale and purchase of property at Belle River. There are two handwritten letters addressed to the Reverend Mother Ignatia from Sister Josephine Gerard, one dated on March 9, 1892, and the other from August 11, 1899. The letters concern Mr. Murphy, the lawyer from London, and the Registry Office regarding the land transaction at Belle River.
This file contains the financial and legal documents concerning the Sylvan Lake house property in the Summer Village of Birchcliff in Alberta, by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. There are property appraisal reports, proof of loss forms from the General Accident Assurance Company, and insurance company adjusters for water damage encountered due to flooding. There are also invoices and receipts for roofing, plumbing, flood clean up, furnace repair, hot water tank system replacement, lawn mower repair, bathroom tile repair, and veranda screen repair. In addition. there are other payment records on landscaping and the maintenance of the house grounds, such as tree removal and chipping, pruning, shrub trimming, edging, lawn mowing, and lakefront shoreline erosion control work. There are two reports of significance. One is Summer Village of Birchcliff Financial Statements, for the year ending on December 31, 2001, authored by Cuthbertson Sandall Chartered Accountants. The other is Lacombe County Highland Park Concept Plan by Engineering and Land Services, May 2009, with topics such as: land use conditions and concept plan for transportation access and environmental management, water distribution, sanitary sewage, storm water drainage, steep slopes, municipal landfill site, and wastewater treatment.
This file primarily contains the financial and legal documents concerning the building specifications for the construction of a lake house in the Summer Village of Birchcliff by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of London, Ontario. As part of their western mission in the Archdiocese of Edmonton, the Sisters lived and worked in a rural area near Red Deer, Alberta. This file contains records on specific building requirements for the lake house such as for the flooring, indoor and outdoor painting, dry walling, finishing carpentry, fireplace mantel, carpet, electrical wiring, driveway, garage, and extra storage space. There are also communications and building contracts with surveyors and contractors such as Horn Surveys Ltd., Fekete Construction Co. Ltd., 4 Star Construction Ltd., and Forest Construction Ltd. In addition, there are building invoices and receipts for building supplies and labour services. There is one hand drawn plan by the 4 Star Construction Ltd. for a garage with an extension for storage.
History of the clinical laboratory department, correspondence.