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Lake house construction
CA ON00279 F01-S018-05 · File · 1964-1979
Part of Annals Sylvan Lake, Alta. series

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.

CA ON00279 F01-S018-06 · File · 1992-2011
Part of Annals Sylvan Lake, Alta. series

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.