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MDI31B13NW00002
| Record Name(s) | Bishop Mills Bog - 1987, Merrickville - 1987 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1987-Jan-22 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Apr-20 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Wolford
Latitude: 44° 54' 34.95" Longitude: -75° 46' 21.19"
UTM Zone: 18 Easting: 439015.374 Northing: 4973210.576 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Southern Ontario
NTS Grid: 31B13NE, 31B13NW, 31B13SE, 31B13SW
Point Location Description: Precise
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: Wolford Twp.: Lots 1-3, conc. 1; lots 1-5, conc. 2; lots 1-7, conc. 3; lot 1-2, conc. A; lots 1-10, conc. 4; lots 1-11, conc. 5. This is a very large deposit, with numerous points of access. There are many forest access roads that extend south and west on the sideroads that run south and west from Newmanville. All give access to the east side of the deposit. East along the sideroad from Carleys Corners to its end, approximately 3.5 km, gives access to the midwest portion of the deposit. The southern part of the deposit may be reached by driving north from the sideroad west of Snowdons Corners, to the first intersection.
Publication - Evaluation of peat moss as applied to some bogs in southern Ontario; Canada Mines Branch, Technical Bulletin TB22
Publication Number: CMB TB22 Page: 42-46 Date: 1961
Author: Graham, R B; Tibbetts, T E
Publisher Name: Canada Mines Branch
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299911
Mono - Peat and peatland evaluation of the Ottawa-Brockville area, volumes 1 to 5
Publication Number: OFR5491 Page: 110-24 Date: 1984
Author: Bird and Hale Ltd.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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