Barrie Creeks, Lovers Creek, and Hewitt's Creek Subwatershed Plan

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 APPROACH AND MANAGEMENT SETTING 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.2 SUBWATERSHED EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE LAKE SIMCOE PROTECTION
PLAN 4
1.3 SUBWATERSHED PLANNING CONTEXT 6
1.4 SUBWATERSHED PLANNING PROCESS 8
1.5 SUBWATERSHED IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS 8
1.6 RETROSPECTIVE – A HISTORY OF SUBWATERSHED PLANS IN THE LOVERS AND HEWITT’S
CREEKS SUBWATERSHEDS 10
1.7 CURRENT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK 11
1.8 HOW THIS PLAN IS ORGANIZED 12
2 STUDY AREA: THE BARRIE CREEKS, LOVERS CREEK AND HEWITT’S CREEK
SUBWATERSHEDS 13
2.1 LOCATION 13
2.2 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY 17
2.2.1 Population and Municipal Boundaries 17
2.2.2 Land Use 19
2.3 HUMAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING 29
2.3.1 Outdoor Recreation and Human Health 29
2.3.2 Drinking Water Source Protection 32
2.3.3 Ecological Goods and Services 37
2.4 GEOLOGY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 39
2.4.1 Geology 39
2.4.2 Physiography, Topography and Soils 53