Headwaters Project: Erin Ontario

 I needed to get out of dodge and I have a bit of a project documenting the Credit River Headwaters land within the GTA Greenbelt which covers large parts of Caledon, the north end of Halton Region and the eastern corner of Wellington County. Part of the plan was to get up to Erin, shoot it on my Mamiya C220f and head over to Belfountain for lunch at Higher Ground Cafe because I had a craving for their grilled pesto chicken wrap. I brought my Olympus OM-1n with MC Zuiko 50 f1.8 lens loaded with some Kodak Color Plus 200. 

Part of the Headwaters Project is documenting the small towns within the watershed and the pressures facing them. Erin is a village at the east end of Wellington County of just over 11 thousand people, the main industry is still farming but the town is fast becoming a suburb of Brampton, Mississauga, Guelph, even many years ago I worked with an account director at Carlson Marketing Group who commuted down  from Erin. That's happening more and more as people are looking for more affordable places to live. 

Erin's big challenge is a proposed development at the south end of town along with a sewage treatment plant that will dump heated treated effulent into the West Credit River whcih will severly damage the sport fishery. The new development won't go in unless the new sewage treatment plant gets built. 


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

Film: Kodak ColorPlus 200. 



WEst Credit River Pond Four Canadian Flags Apartmenrs Above and Behind the Store Small Balconey Mad Hatter Tea Shop Convenience Flowers and Video Downtown Erin Long Retired Mill_ Interior Design Studio Flag in the Window Antique Store and Crosswalk One Gallery Wtih Two Canadian Flags South End of the Retail Block Old Pick Up as Lawn Ornament_

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