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OUTLINE MAP OF ONTARIO SNOWING LOCATION OF MANITOULIN ISLAND MILES 160 FIGURE 1 : Outline Map of Ontario Showing Location of Manitoulin Island .
Page 1 and 2: -MANITOULIN ISLAND /'rel>arcd joirr
Page 3 and 4: SOIL SURVEY MAPS AND REPORTS PUBLIS
Page 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . .
Page 10 and 11: GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA Loc
Page 12 and 13: Geology of the Underlying Rocks Man
Page 14 and 15: melting ice of the Wisconsin glacia
Page 16 and 17: TABLE 5 TEMPERATURE AT GORE BAY, PR
Page 18 and 19: Drainage Manitoulin Island contains
Page 20 and 21: Sails of tke Brown Forest ! :rear S
Page 22 and 23: . -q- x.x"" . -- : .~ . A Grey-Brow
Page 24 and 25: Nate Plrroile - harrirlr ri .9rirs
Page 26 and 27: C. Soils Developed on Sands Underla
Page 28 and 29: Stones in the Dumfries pioplc u~aio
Page 30 and 31: . The large number of stones and bo
Page 32 and 33: Where the soil is between one foot
Page 34 and 35: to improve soil fertility. Much of
Page 36 and 37: WENDIGO SERIES The soils of the Wen
Page 38 and 39: covered by trees with white spruce,
Page 40 and 41: more clay than the soil above or be
Page 42 and 43: what higher because of its higher n
Page 44 and 45: . . . : . D. Soils Developed on Lac
Page 46 and 47: A typical soil profile has a < grey
Page 48 and 49: CANE SERIES The Cane soils occur in
Page 50 and 51: In some parts of the Island they oc
Page 52 and 53: PIKE SERIES The Pike soils have dev
Page 54 and 55: Drainage problems are serious on th
Page 56 and 57:
The topography is level and the dra
Page 58 and 59:
have several hundred acres of range
Page 60 and 61:
Texture This term refers to the rel
Page 62 and 63:
The inorganic or mineral fraction m
Page 64 and 65:
groups namely, good cropland, good
Page 66 and 67:
provement, although only partial im
Page 68 and 69:
APPENDIX TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION,
Page 70 and 71:
TABLE 16 CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL ANAL
Page 72 and 73:
CLASSIFICATION : Great Soil Group -
Page 74 and 75:
Page 76 and 77:
BURPEE SERIES LOCALITY : Lot 21, Co
Page 78 and 79:
DESCRIPTION : A o - 2-0 inches raw
Page 80 and 81:
EARLTON SERIES LOCALITY : Lot 17, C
Page 82 and 83:
Page 84 and 85:
DESCRIPTION : A o -Thin layer of pa
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