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| Record Name(s) | Dobie Bog - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1984-Jan-12 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Dobie
Latitude: 48° 41' 59.86" Longitude: -93° 54' 2.44"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 433727.59 Northing: 5394493.94 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C12NW
Point Location Description: From p. 62 in TB65
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: The bog occurs in Lots 5 and 6, Concessions III and IV, Dobie township. The towns of Emo and Barwick lie 5 1/2 miles by road to the southeast and southwest respectively. Highway 71 passes near the west side of the bog. The south end of the open area is reached by proceeding east for 1,000 feet from highway No. 70, 2.5 miles north of its junction with highway No. 71
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Dec 19, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - The south lobe supports a growth of sphagnum moss, with some labrador tea. Widely scattered spruce, banksian pine and tamarack are present. These average about 6 feet in height and 1 inch in diameter at the stump but attain a maximum of 4 inches in diameter. The north lobe is similar to the south except no banksian pine was noted and grass up to a maximum of 6 inches in height occurs sporadically throughout. Tree growth is somewhat heavier and locally averages 2 inches at the stump. Sampling was limited to a depth of between 6.3 and 14 ft. In only one instance was bottom definitely encountered, this in Area NB. Here blue clay was reached at a depth of 12 feet. The material in the north lobe is a dark brown mixture consisting of 70 to 90 percent sphagnum moss, the remainder being comprised of reed and sedge. This is intermixed with between 10 to 25 percent hurnified material. The south lobe is comprised of a mixture of similar colour of 15 to 60 percent sphagnum moss with 40 to 85 percent reed and sedge. Approximately 30 per cent is humified material. On drying, the material has a tendency to be dusty and brittle (Graham and Tibbetts, 1965).
Publication - Evaluation of Peat Moss in Some Bogs of the Rainy River District, p. 62-69
Publication Number: TB65 Scale: Date: 1965
Author: Graham, R.B., Tibbetts, T.E.
Publisher Name: Geological Survey of Canada
Location: https://doi.org/10.4095/299952
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