Maple farmer worries proposed gravel pit will decimate family business | CBC News ...Middle East

The owner of a decades-old, family-operated maple farm says he’s worried a proposed nearby gravel pit will destroy his business, and any opportunity he might have to pass it down to future generations. Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited has applied for a provincial licence to turn one of its properties — adjacent to Barbers Lake and beside Wheelers Maple Products, about 100 km southwest of downtown Ottawa — into a 50.6-hectare gravel and sand extraction pit. “We have no idea what [the pit is] going to do for the long-term health of this bush,” said owner Vernon Wheeler. And he’s not alone. Hundreds of people living in Lanark Highlands, Ont., are fighting the proposal by Cavanagh construc

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