Headwaters Project: Belfountain

 I love Belfountain, been going through on the way up hiking or skiing in the winter, stopping for lunch, coffee or an ice cream cone. It's quaint little hamlet in the heart of regional municipality of Caledon in the north end of Peel Region. While pretty, Belfountain is under pressure from both development and over tourism. Just off Mississauga Road where it tranistions into Main St. there's a parcel of former farmland that's been passsd from one developer to another over the years. The current project is to build mansions and make some sort of rural super luxury neighbourhood. There's one little problem, every household and business in Belfountain gets their water from wells, and the water table is pretty much maxed out. Any new development will cause havoc for the locals. 

The other challenge is over toursim, over the past 10 years, I've seen what best could be described as the BlogTO effect,  where Toronto regional news blog. Even pre pandemic, Belfountain was a zoo on weekends much to the chagrin to the locals. With the pandemic it has only gotten worse, I don't hike at Forks of the Credit anymore because it became too busy with daytrippers, over toursim is something that doesn't just happen in places like Venice and Barcelona but much closer to home. 



Camera: Olympus OM-1n, Zuiko MC 50 f1.8 lens. 

Film: Kodak Kodak Color Plus 200. 



Welcoming Spare Parts Couple_ Main St. With an Upcoming Dip Arrow Antiques and Ski_ Belfountain Villaage Store On a Summer Weekday One_ Belfountain General Store Front Porch Free Library with Floral Garland Slow on Bush St Slow in front of the Blue Trimmed Red Building Bush St Stop the Sewage Plant Trellis over the Front Gate Norton Commando

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