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Ramsar Sites in Ontario: Point Pelee National Park, Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Long Point, Ontario, Minesing Swamp, Matchedash Bay

Ramsar Sites in Ontario: Point Pelee National Park, Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Long Point, Ontario, Minesing Swamp, Matchedash Bay


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Chapters: Point Pelee National Park, Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Long Point, Ontario, Minesing Swamp, Matchedash Bay, Southern James Bay, Polar Bear Provincial Park, Lac Saint-Francois, St. Clair National Wildlife Area. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mer Bleue Conservation Area - Europeans began farming in the area surrounding the bog in the 1830s. Active exploitation of the bog itself occurred from the 1870 to the early 1900s and included activities such as logging, hunting, blueberry picking, farming, peat extraction, development for transportation/utility corridors, recreation, and scientific investigations. In the mid 1950s, the Federal Government of Canada expropriated the farmland, making it part of Ottawa's Greenbelt. Today, the bog is reserved mainly for recreational and scientific purposes. Mer Bleue is located in the southern melt water channel of the post-glacial Ottawa River. This channel was eroded into the floor of the Champlain Sea, which invaded the Ottawa Valley some 12 000 years ago. Bedrock topography consists of two north north-east/south south-west trending ridges. Surficial material consists of some glacial till, thick marine clay, and freshwater and deltaic deposits grading from coarse sand to clay. Peat deposits in the bog proper are up to 6 meters (20 ft) thick. There are two sand ridges that extend from the west towards the center of the conservation area. These two parallel ridges divide the bog in three sections. The northern ridge (Dolman Ridge) used to have farms which were expropriated in 1958 and subsequently removed, while the southern ridge (Borthwick Ridge) continues to have a few farms on it and provides access to the visitor boardwalk. The hydrological features at this site are most unusual. Being a dome...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1188724


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156863220
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Point Pelee National Park, Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Long Point, Ontario, Minesing Swamp, Matchedash Bay
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1156863228
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr


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