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Site and region surveys have been conducted by various means. Some areas were identified and classified through the International Biological Program between 1964 and 1974. Others may have had a superficial initial classification, and subsequently been re-classified upon closer scrutiny. Fifty areas have been classified in the township.1 AREAS OF NATURAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST There are seven zones classified as Areas Of Natural And Scientific Interest , three of which exhibit ''earth science'' features, and four of which exhibit ''life science'' features. Six are provincially-significant for their representative features. Life Science areas Life science ANSIs are noted for their important biological features. Happy Valley Forest is a large upland forest on steeply rolling topography with various wooded swamps and minor wetland areas. It is located on Ordovician bedrock over the Oak Ridges Moraine .2 Pottageville Swamp ,3 which was originally contiguous with the Holland Marsh , is now isolated from it because of drainage in the 1920s to prepare the land for Agricultural use. The ''Pottageville Southeast Upland'', which is contiguous with the swamp, is the only ANSI which is not provincially significant. It is just north of Happy Valley Forest, on the northern slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine.4 Cold Creek Conservation Area is a park and reserve on the south slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine, northwest of Nobleton , at the southwestern edge of the township. It consists of mature coniferous Swamp in its basin, and cedar swamp at its margin.5 Earth Science areas Earth Science ANSIs display significant geological features representative of their region. The ''Linton-Kelly Lake Channels'' "marks the junction of the Oak Ridges Moraine and the Palgrave Moraine ".6 It is a 588 hectare region at which the two moraines merge. The ''Glenville Hills Kames'' are Kame s in the northeast portion of the township, southwest of central Newmarket , that mark "the southernmost advance of Lake Simcoe sublobe during {Link without Title} Port Bruce Stadial".7 The ''Kettleby and Newmarket Tills'' is a small region of sediments deposited by the Lake Simcoe ice lobe,8 located west of the Glenville Hills Kames. WETLANDS King has an abundance of large, provincially-significant Wetland complexes. The ''Eaton Hall—Mary—Hackett Lakes Wetland Complex'' is a 259 hectare area on the Oak Ridges Moraine which represents the amalgamation of three previously defined wetlands: ''Eaton Hall Wetlands'', ''Mary Lakes Wetlands'' and ''Laskay Wetlands''. These constituent wetlands are each situated at the headwater area of the East Humber River watershed. "The largest wetlands occur around seven kettle lakes, representing the best concentration of kettle lakes in any wetland complex on the Oak Ridges Moraine"9 Bounded by ''Happy Valley Forest'' to the west, the 225 wetlands in the complex "comprise one of the largest and most diverse wetland complexes on the Oak Ridges Moraine, noteworthy for its high concentration of significant plants, animals and kettle lakes." The much larger Pottageville Wetland Complex , which is adjacent to ''Happy Valley Forest'' on its northern border, also lies on the Oak Ridges Moraine. Approximately 780 hectares, it consists primarily of Swamp , with some zones of Marsh and Fen . The ''Nobleton Wetland Complex'' is a 43.3 hectare wetland that overlaps the Oak Ridges Moraine on its local southern extent in the region. It is similar in composition to the Pottageville Wetland Complex.10 Overlapping the northern border of the township is ''Ansnorveldt Wetland Complex'', a 200 hectare zone bounded by the Holland Marsh to the east and northeast. The wetland complex ''stretches from Weston Road east to Dufferin Street and from Highway 9 north to South Canal Road''.11 REFERENCES |
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