Ontario Geological Survey
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| Record Name(s) | Shenston Bog - 1954 |
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| Related Record Type | Simple |
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| Record Status | Occurrence |
| Date Created | 1983-Dec-29 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Feb-28 |
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Primary Commodities: Peat
Township or Area: Shenston
Latitude: 48° 42' 27.32" Longitude: -94° 0' 1.39"
UTM Zone: 15 Easting: 426402.36 Northing: 5395433.49 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Kenora
NTS Grid: 52C12NW, 52D09NE
Point Location Description: General
Location Method: Conversion from MDI
Access Description: The bog occupies the north quarter of section 24 and the south half of section 25, Shenston township. The bog is reached by proceeding west for 0.25 miles along the road 4 miles north of Barwick.
This peat bog was documented in a 1965 GSC publication. There are no assessment reports on file.
Dec 19, 2019 (Therese Pettigrew) - There is a 6 foot cover of fairly uniform quality, light brown, light in weight, and only slightly humified (Graham and Tibbetts, 1965).
Publication - Evaluation of Peat Moss in Some Bogs of the Rainy River District, p. 69-71
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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