Beach O' Pines

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Beach O' Pines is a private gated community located on the shores of Lake Huron in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. Beach O' Pines was the site of what is considered one of the most important real estate and civil rights cases in Ontario and Canadian history. It was the site of a famous Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court struct down a restrictive covenant that restricted ownership of a section of land to "persons of the white or Caucasian race". [1]

Beach O' Pines is located just outside of the community of Grand Bend, Ontario. Beach O' Pines is bordered by to the North-West by Lake Huron, the South-West by the Pinery Provincial Park, the North-East by the subdivision of Southcott Pines, and the South East by the Old Ausable River Channel, Highway #21, and the subdivision of Huron Woods.

[edit] Noble v. Alley

Noble v. Alley was a famous Supreme Court of Canada case where the decision of the court struct down a restrictive covenant that restricted ownership to the properties inside Beach O' Pines to "persons of the white or caucasian race". The case began in April of 1948, when Bernard Wolf signed an agreement to buy a cottage property in Beach O' Pines. A title search of the property by his lawyer however discovered the restrictive covenant in the original property deed. [1]

The restrictive covenant resticting the ownership of the property was upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal and was overturned by the Supreme Court of Canada in a vote of 6 to 1 beacuse the language used in the text was ambiguous. [2]

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  1. ^ a b Lawyer Robinette played key civil rights role, Toronto Star
  2. ^ Noble et al. v. Alley, 1950 CanLII 13 (S.C.C.)