Collection search - Canadian Marine Transportation Administration [textual record]

In 1966 the Department of Transport inherited from the Harbours and Rivers Branch of the Department of Public Works the responsibilities and duties established in 1882 under Part I of the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Until 1977, the administration of the Act (Part I) was carried out by a section of the aids and Waterways Branch of Transport Canada. In April 1977 this section, now the Navigable Waters Protection Programme, acquired divisional status. The division is situated in the Aid and Waterways Branch of the Canadian Coast Guard. The responsibilities of the division include the regulation of construction upon, over, under or through Canadian navigable waters; the control of dumping into lakes and rivers, and the receipt of proposals to construct on Canada's navigable waters. The files pertain to applications to build various structures on or near navigable lakes and rivers, applications for dumping privileges, and plans for construction..