Workshop 1 -

The Great Arc II: Building a Cross-Border Heritage Corridor

The aim of the Great Arc Initiative is to build scientific, professional, business and public support for the conservation of biodiversity, cultural heritage landscapes and compatible land use activities in the Great Arc Corridor. This corridor envelopes the landform widely known as the Niagara Escarpment in its swing from central New York, through Southern Ontario, Manitoulin Island, Michigan and Wisconsin into Illinois. The Arc offers outstanding opportunities for biodiversity and cultural landscape conservation, at the community, state and regional, national and international levels in the Great Lakes region.

Presentations (Abstracts):

Graham Whitelaw, University of Waterloo; James Hamilton, Wilfrid Laurier University and Robert Milne, Wilfrid Laurier University - Historical Recreation Patterns Along the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario and the Challenges to Heritage-Based Recreation and Tourism

Liz Duval, Consultant, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, MInistry of Culture and Ministry of Tourism and Recreation - Heritage-Based Trails, the Escarpment and the Niagara Region

Eric Fowle, Principal Environmental Planner, East Central Wisconsin Planning Commission - Heritage-Based Recreation Opportunities Along the Escarpment in the Wisconsin's Niagara Escarpment Corridor

David Gaines, Senior Planner, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and Frank Dean, Executive Director, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor - The Erie Canalway: A Heritage Conservation Initiative in New York

Kerry Mitchell, Public Affairs, Canadian Consulate, Buffalo - Pathway to Peace: What Heritage-Based Collaboration Offers the Cross-Border Niagara Region