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Ballantrae Golf Club
Making history by becoming  the first Certified Signature Sanctuary in all of Canada,   the 18 hole Doug Carrick–designed Ballantrae Golf Club, in Ontario, sits within the Oak Ridges Moraine,  a massive glacial ridge running east-west through south central Ontario.   Sand and topsoil from the site were used to build up golf holes instead of importing those materials at an approximate cost savings during construction of $100,000.   To conserve potable water supplies,  Ballantrae uses water for golf course irrigation  from  its own on-site privately owned and operated state-of-the-art sewage treatment plant.    Water quality monitoring remains a  prime focus as Ballantrae Golf Club is located at the headwaters of rivers running to Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe.  Seventy-five percent of the site is being retained as green space with large woodlots preserved as part of an extensive trail system.   Ballantrae was certified on August 27, 2003.  To learn more about Ballantrae, go to www.ballantraegolfclub.com/html/main_frameset/html