Excavation contractor, Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls

Excavation contractor in Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Coboconk

Cottage and house foundations, driveways, trenching, shoreline digs and lot clearing from Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls north to Coboconk, Norland and Kinmount. Send the form and an owner calls you back today.

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✓Written price after the visit, locates and permits handled
✓Owner on the machine, one crew, our own equipment

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32 reviews, every one five stars

Same-day callback

An owner calls you back and books the site visit

Owner on the machine

One crew, our own excavators and skid steers, an owner on every job

Locates before every dig

Ontario Dig Authority locate filed before the machine arrives

Excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls

Excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls is home ground for us; we are based in Bobcaygeon. We dig cottage and house foundations, build driveways, trench well and hydro lines, sort out drainage and clear lots around Pigeon, Sturgeon, Cameron and Balsam Lakes and north past Coboconk. Around Bobcaygeon the limestone is bare or thinly covered, scoured by glacial meltwater, so we look for rock at the site visit and put it in the written price. One crew, our own excavators and skid steers, an owner on every job.

Site prep, foundations and services

Building a house, cottage, shop or addition? You get the lot cleared, the foundation dug to the engineer's drawings, the site services trenched in, and the grade set so water goes where it belongs.

✓Lot clearing, stump and brush removal
✓Foundation and basement excavation to the drawings
✓Site services: water, hydro, gas and drainage trenches, backfilled and compacted
✓Rough grading, imported granular and fill where the ground needs it
✓Final grading and site restoration

Driveways, drainage and land work

New driveway or entrance, a wet yard, a slope that needs terracing, a burst water line to the well? You get the machine, the operator and the paperwork in one call.

✓New driveways, entrances and culverts, entrance permit filed for you
✓Trenching for water lines, well lines and yard hydrants
✓Drainage: swales, French drains and regrading that stop the pooling
✓Retaining wall and shoreline excavation, permits coordinated
✓Demolition excavation and haul-away for full-structure tear-downs

We run our own excavators and skid steers, and we dig with the utilities located first, every time. Soil that leaves the site goes to a proper reuse or disposal site under Ontario's excess-soil rules.

We do not do hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving or concrete forming. If your job is one of those we will point you to someone who does it. If it needs a machine, an operator who owns it, and the permits handled, we are the right call.

Digging in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls: what changes here

Permits and locates

We file the Ontario Dig Authority locate (formerly Ontario One Call) at least five business days ahead. Entrances onto City roads need a City of Kawartha Lakes Entrance Permit through Permit Central (705-324-9411). Around Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Sturgeon and Cameron Lakes, Kawartha Conservation regulates wetlands, watercourses and shorelines under O. Reg. 41/24. North of Balsam Lake, around Kirkfield, Norland and Kinmount, the City's boundary map shows no conservation authority at all. On the Trent-Severn lakes, work on, under or over the lake bed, shoreline stabilization included, needs a Parks Canada permit (on-tsw-vnts.permits-permis@pc.gc.ca).

The ground you are on

This is where the limestone plain runs out against the Canadian Shield. Around Bobcaygeon the limestone is exposed or thinly covered, washed by glacial meltwater, and apart from its north shore, Sturgeon Lake's shoreline carries less than a metre of soil over the rock. North of Balsam Lake the Carden Plain is alvar, thin soil on limestone, and the Dummer Moraine is rough, stony ground of boulders and sand. Above Coboconk on the Gull River and in the Burnt River valley an escarpment marks where the limestone ends and Shield rock begins. Near Verulam, Shield rock even surfaces at Red Rock on County Road 30.

The rule that shapes the job

On the water, Parks Canada has the final say. Pigeon, Sturgeon, Cameron and Balsam Lakes are all on the Trent-Severn Waterway, with locks at Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Rosedale, and Parks Canada owns the bed up to the original upper controlled water level. Any work on, under or over that bed needs its permit, including shoreline stabilization and the excavation for an upland wet slip; a dry upland boathouse does not. We line up Parks Canada, the City and the conservation authority before we quote.

Communities we cover from here

BobcaygeonFenelon FallsCoboconkKirkfieldKinmountBurnt RiverNorlandRosedaleSturgeon PointVerulamVictoria RoadGlenarm

How excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls works, in four steps

Tell us what you need

Fill in the form or call. We call back the same business day and book the site visit.

An owner walks your property

We look at access, grades, the water table and what is under the surface, and hand you a written price. No dispatcher, no salesperson.

Locates and permits

We file the Ontario Dig Authority locate at least five business days before we dig, and any entrance, conservation or building permit the job needs.

Dig, grade, restore

The crew shows up when we said. We dig to the plan, backfill and compact, set the grade, and leave the site clean.

Our equipment, on site

Thor Construction excavator on a Kawartha Lakes site

Thor Construction excavator clearing a lot

Thor Construction crew and equipment on a rural site

What our customers say

★★★★★5.0from 32 Google reviews

★★★★★

“As a custom home builder, we love contracting Thor Construction Company for all of our demolition, excavation and septic work. They are easy to work with, have great equipment and know what they are doing. Our clients are always very happy with them.”

Ethan Bender

Custom home builder · Google review

★★★★★

“Hired Thor for complete site services including bringing utilities into my new build and digging for foundation. Once the build was complete they came back and finish landscaped the property and we couldn't be happier. Strongly recommend!”

Robert Bell

New build, site services · Google review

★★★★★

“Thor Construction Company came in and trenched all new water lines for us when our well line burst. They installed new yard hydrants for us as well. We are so grateful they came in and fixed our water line problem promptly and professionally.”

MDL

Rural property, water lines · Google review

Excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls: your questions answered

When can you get a machine and gravel to a Bobcaygeon or Fenelon Falls job in spring?

Spring load restrictions decide it. Under By-law 2022-190 the City restricts most roads from early March, March 5 in 2026, until conditions permit. In 2025 roads south of County Road 8 reopened April 29, while roads north of it, and County Road 8 from Fenelon Falls to Bobcaygeon, stayed restricted longer. We book heavy deliveries around those notices.

Will you hit rock digging in Bobcaygeon or Coboconk?

Often. Around Bobcaygeon the limestone is bare or thinly covered, and north of Balsam Lake the Carden Plain is thin soil over limestone. Above Coboconk and in the Burnt River valley, Shield rock takes over. We probe for rock at the site visit and put the rock work in the written price.

Do I need a conservation authority permit to dig near the water in Kinmount or Norland?

On the City's conservation authority map, Kirkfield, Norland and Kinmount sit outside any conservation authority, so no Kawartha Conservation permit applies there. Work on the bed of a Trent-Severn lake still needs Parks Canada, and the City's entrance and site alteration rules still apply. We check your property against all of them before we quote.

What excavation work do you do?

Site preparation and foundation digs, lot clearing and grading, trenching and backfill for services and water lines, driveways and entrances, drainage, and the excavation side of demolition and septic jobs.

What do you not do?

Hydrovac, well drilling, fence post holes, paving and concrete forming. We will tell you straight and point you to someone who does.

Do you handle the utility locates?

Yes. Ontario law requires a locate request before any digging. We file it with Ontario Dig Authority (formerly Ontario One Call) at least five business days ahead, and we do not dig until the marks are down.

How do you price excavation?

One written price after the site visit for a defined job. If the job is open-ended, we agree the rate and the estimate up front and you see the hours.

How soon can you start?

Small jobs often inside two weeks in season. Anything with permits waits on the permit, which we manage and keep you posted on.

What happens to the soil you dig out?

Reused on site where the grade needs it, otherwise hauled to a proper reuse or disposal site. Ontario's excess-soil regulation applies once soil leaves a property, and we handle that paperwork.

Excavation contractor in Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls and Coboconk

Excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls

Site prep, foundations and services

Driveways, drainage and land work

Digging in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls: what changes here

Permits and locates

The ground you are on

The rule that shapes the job

Communities we cover from here

How excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls works, in four steps

Our equipment, on site

What our customers say

Excavation in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls: your questions answered

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