Big Canoe Water (and Sewer)

The following will eventually contain a list of historical documents, videos, articles and sundry information that has been pre-compiled over the years in preparation for an Investigative Newspaper Article Series on Legal, Ownership, Monitoring, Water Quality, Expansion, and Regulatory issues regarding Big Canoe’s Water & Sewer System.  This page is initially being uploaded on Sept. 28, 2022 and will be a work in progress for the 1st few weeks as all of the basic historical documents are uploaded. Please be patient with us, and if you have any documents you think may be appropriate to be uploaded here, please send them to themtnsvoice@aol.com.

Trust Deed Records:

• • 1989-11-29 Big Canoe Water Trust Deed (Original)

  • 1995-09-01 Big Canoe Water Trust Deed (1st Amendment)

  • 2005-03-03 Big Canoe Water Trust Deed (2nd Amendment)

  • 2018-04-18 Big Canoe Water Trust Deed (3rd Amendment)

  • 2018-04-18 Big Canoe Service Level & Operating Agreement (w/UIG)

Deeds & Easement Record

• • 1973-04-02 Big Canoe Easement Of Entire Big Canoe Lands
  • 1985-12-31 Original Deed of Lands to the Big Canoe POA (150+/- Pgs)
  • 1985-12-31 “Exhibit B” Excerpt  (See #3 & #7 Util & Water Easements)
  • 1987-07-02 Deed & Easements – SEHC To Byrne in Change of Developers
    
  • 1988-03-26 1988 Amended Declaration and Covenants
  • 1994-03-24 Grant Of Utility and Water Easement from Byrne To BC Utility
  • 2001-12-21 Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants & Restrictions Filed on “WIP” Land
  • Conservation Easement Baseline Documentation (70 Pgs)
  • 2001-12-27 Deed from Big Canoe Co to Main Gate Invest (“WIP” Land)
  • 2002-11-01 Deed from Main Gate Invest to Big Canoe Co (“WIP” Land)

  • 2004-11-19 Easement To BC Utility Water Intake Pumphouse & Entry

  • 2006-08-10 Amended Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants & Restrictions Filed on “WIP” Land

  • 2016-04-14 Main Investors Duplicate Deed To POA – Water Intake Pumphouse Land (Tract-X-1)

  • 2016-04-14 Big Canoe Co Duplicate Deed To POA – Water Intake Pumphouse Land (Tract-X-1)
    NOTE: The Main Investors Deed “SOLD” the property for $250K.  (See MI PT61). The Big Canoe Co Deed gifted the property ($Zero Value).  (See BCC PT61). The problem is that Main Investors had NO Ownership interest at the time (see the 2002-11-01 Deed above, in which MI transferred the land back to BCC).  The “Sale” from Main Investors may have been tied to an IRS Tax Scheme involving writeoffs on the Conservation Land (that Water Intake Pumphouse is located on). Tract X-1 is the specific tract in both duplicative deeds.  X-5 was also duplicated in the transactions, so worth looking into as well.
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  • 2018-04-30 Deed of Water Easements from BC Utilities to Utilities Inc

Historical Reference Plats (Water and Sewer Related)

• • 1993-10-26 Plat of Water Utility Offices by Lake Petit Spillway

  • 1995-07 Misc Plats (Tanks; Ballfield & Trotters Ln Treatment Plants)
    

  • 2001-10-23 Plat attached to Filed Conservation Easement

  • 2001-10-23 Plat attached to Conservation Baselin Documentation
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  • 2001-12-26 Plat attached to Deeds from/to Big Canoe Company

  • 2004-09-27 Plat of Big Canoe Water Reservoir

  • 2004-09-27 Plat of Water Intake Pumphouse “WIP” & Access Easement
    

  • 2004-09-27 Plat of Water Tank by Kilmartin & Blackwell Village

  • 2004-09-27 Plat of Whitley Rd Water Treatment Plant

  • 2004-09-28 Plat of Choctaw (aka Twin Creeks) Water Treatment Plant

  • 2004-11-16 Misc Waterline Easements on Cove Rd & Steve Tate
    
    
  • 2014-06-12 Plat for Blackwell Creek Tract L, attached to 2016 Deed

2018 Court Records
Big Canoe POA pretends to sue Big Canoe Water, but it is all for show, as POA Pres. Phil Anderson secretly negotiates a surrender, and bad deal, for the community prior to dismissal:

• • 2018-01-12_OriginalComplaint (2018SUCV0009)
  • 2018-02-23_1st Extension Time To Answer (2018SUCV0009)
  • 2018-03-08_2nd Extension Time To Answer (2018SUCV0009)
    * publicly filed as the “Answer” *
  • 2018-03-22_3rd Extension Time To Answer (2018SUCV0009)
  • 2018-04-10_4th Extension Time To Answer (2018SUCV0009)
  • 2018-05-01_5th Extension Time To Answer (2018SUCV0009)
  • 2018-05-08 Voluntary Dismissal Of Case by POA
    * “Answer” never even filed.  POA ran up our legal bills, and gave the Water Company a free pass.  It was for show to say, “Look at how the POA is fighting so hard for you”. It was betrayal.

• 2020 IRS Whistleblower Report – Conservation Easement Violations

  • • 2022-10-05 Main Body Of 101 Pg Whislteblower Complaint to IRS
    • Whistleblower Exhibits A – F (includes Pge 1 Outline of Exhibits)
    • Whistleblower Exhibits G – J
    • Whistleblower Exhibits K – N
    • 2022-11-04 IRS Responds With Case Assignment Letter

Historical News & Print References:

• • To Be Added

Misc Reports, Water Quality, and Compliance History:

• • To Be Added

Educational, Regulatory and Legal References:

• • North Georgia Water

Disclaimer: This website is a news project of Big Canoe’s sole investigative newspaper, Focus on Big Canoe, GA.  This list of references is incomplete, and is a work in progress.  The documents have been collected through Research & Open Records Requests (GORA & FOIA), Q&A or Interview with various parties, review of publicly available information, and public participation and contribution.  The goal is to eventually create a comprehensive and permanent record in order to keep Big Canoe Property Owners and Residents, as well as the general public, informed of the legal and water quality and safety issues, financial health of the system provider, and general infrastrucure status of the Big Canoe Water and Sewer Systems. This site will also serve as a resource reference for any future articles by 3rd party media sources, or any eventual enforcement, civil or criminal actions that may be warranted.  These documents are being uploaded in no particular order, except that some priority is being given to documents that are currently being referenced in public articles on this topic.  Questions regarding the materials herein can be directed to:

FOBC
10887 Big Canoe
Big Canoe GA 30143
themtnsvoice@aol.com

Focus on Big Canoe is a division of The Mountains Voice.