Save Our Springs - Ancaster

08/18/2026

07/26/2026

This is an important post because it reinforces something our community has been saying for years: these applications cannot be viewed in isolation.
Whether it is 267 Sulphur Springs Road, the UBE-3 proposal, or any future development along the corridor, they all share one thing in common—they sit within the same sensitive groundwater system that feeds Ancaster's .
For over 150 years, these Ancaster Springs have defined Ancaster's identity. They are part of our natural heritage, our history, and our tourism story. Once a groundwater system is altered, it cannot simply be put back the way it was.
That is why cumulative impacts matter.
It's not just about , , , or housing numbers. It's about asking whether multiple developments, taken together, could affect groundwater , movement, natural discharge to the springs, water quality, and the ecological systems that depend on them.
Each planning application may satisfy its own technical requirements, but who is looking at the combined effect of all the proposed growth along Sulphur Springs Road?
Before any further approvals are granted, the City should require a comprehensive cumulative environmental and hydrogeological assessment for the entire Sulphur Springs corridor—not just individual studies prepared for individual developments.
Our springs are a finite natural resource. Once they are compromised, they cannot be replaced.
This isn't about opposing all growth. It's about ensuring that growth respects the landscape that has made Ancaster unique for generations.
The question isn't whether development will occur.
The question is whether we will protect the springs before it's too late.

04/18/2026

04/08/2026

1793: The Crown deeded the land to Henry Chrysler

Not much else is known about the property until the 1830's.

Map - Michael Thomas Bell