Present state of conservation

Chapter 4 - State of Conservation and Factors Affecting the Property

1. Present state of conservation
2. Factors affecting the property
   1. Development pressures
   2. Environmental pressures
   3. Natural disasters and risk preparedness
   4. Visitor/tourism pressures
   5. Number of inhabitants within the property and the buffer zone

A. Present State of Conservation

The following table describes the present state of conservation of the cultural resources of the nominated property. The information on the condition of the cultural resources of the Rideau Canal is a product of the canal’s asset monitoring program, undertaken by professional engineers working in the asset management function. Each year, one-third of the canal’s assets are thoroughly inspected and the results are entered into the Asset Management System. The information on the fortifications at Kingston is based on the Parks Canada Agency’s 2002 evaluation of the state of commemorative integrity of these cultural resources. The evaluation was part of the Parks Canada Agency’s program to systematically assess the state of commemorative integrity of all of the sites that it administers. It was undertaken by a multi-disciplinary team of experts qualified to judge the condition of the cultural resources. The condition of each cultural resources is described as good, fair, or poor, as defined in the adjacent table.

Information on recent major repair projects covers the years from 1995 to 2005. Information on forthcoming major repair projects is taken from the Eastern Ontario Field Unit’s Long Term Capital Plan for the period 2006 to 2016.

Rating Criteria

Baseline Data: Condition of Cultural Resources

September 2005