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Kings Forest Marsh looking south on a clear day
Identifier: forestprotectio00cana (find matches)
Title: Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors:  Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Forests Leavitt, Clyde
Subjects:  Forest fires Forests and forestry
Publisher:  Toronto
Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto

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ty ofits physical features. It consists of a plateau broken by low hum-mocky hills and ridges rising at most only a few hundred feet abovethe general level, the valleys being occupied by lakes, muskegs, andstreams. (i) FROM SUDBURY TO PORT ARTHUR From Sudbury to Port Arthur, generally speaking, the countryalong the railway has been burned at one time or another for the entiredistance of 550 miles.* Not much has escaped except the spruce swamps.The burned areas have been partially recovered by temporary standsof poplar, white birch and jack pine, either pure or in mixture. Butto a vast extent the country has been burned so repeatedly that thereis nothing left but bare rock. As to the amount of destruction north and eastward from the rail-way little is known. In many cases the fire has not run back overfive to ten miles ; but in many others it has run back in streaks betweenwaterways for great but unknown distances. In 1 So 1 lire swept from *See Fire Losses in Ontario bv J. F. Whitson,
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SUDBURY—PORT ARTHUR DISTRICT 157 Pogma station to Woman river, a distance of some 60 miles. Fiveyears later this same territory was burned over again in a larger firewhich swept the country from the headwaters of the Mississaga andSpanish rivers northward between Matagaming and Pishkanogamalakes to Flying Post. Much of this area was covered with white andred pine. West of this again, and north from Ridout to Chapleau,the fire has run back a long way destroying much white and jackpine. From east of Pardee to Windermere lakes the burn extendsnortheastward at least 15 miles. Other known burns are indicatedon the map. From Heron bay westward the country is very rough ;it bears a growth of dwarf spruce, and is badly burned ; the riversare short and drivable for only a brief time in the spring. South and west from the railway, owing to the prevailing winddirection, the fires have not burned over as large areas. From Daltonto Grassett southwestward, however, the country has been badlyburne

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Looking south along Bathurst Street towards Eglinton Avenue from the Old Forest Hill Road bridge in Toronto
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Forest Hill South works well as a base: 3km from Royal Ontario Museum.

Forest Hill South is in Ontario, Canada, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here.

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Within an hour or so of Forest Hill South: Royal Ontario Museum (3 km), CN Tower (6 km), Ripley's Aquarium of Canada (6 km), Canada's Wonderland (19 km).

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Population
10,732
Continent
North America
Country
Canada
Region
Ontario
Timezone
America/Toronto
Coordinates
43.6945, -79.4143

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Royal Ontario Museum

Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, topped by Daniel Libeskind's dramatic crystalline extension.

3 km · about 5 min drive

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CN Tower

Soaring 553-metre communications and observation tower that defines the Toronto skyline.

6 km · about 10 min drive

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Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

Toronto's spectacular aquarium at the base of the CN Tower with a stunning underwater tunnel and 20,000 aquatic animals.

6 km · about 10 min drive

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Canada's Wonderland

Canada's premier amusement park near Toronto with over 200 attractions including 17 roller coasters.

19 km · about 20 min drive

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Toronto Zoo

Canada's largest zoo spanning 287 hectares with over 5,000 animals organized by geographic region.

23 km · about 25 min drive

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Canadian Automotive Museum

Museum celebrating Canadian motoring heritage with a collection of rare Canadian-built cars in Oshawa.

50 km · about 55 min drive

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Niagara-on-the-Lake

A charming heritage town at the mouth of the Niagara River with award-winning wineries, the Shaw Festival theatre, and beautiful 19th-century streetscapes.

56 km · about 65 min drive

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