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© Lora Denis
As a GIS Analyst, I spend a lot of my time making maps and exploring the Ontario landscape from behind a computer screen. That’s why I jumped at the opportunity to visit the Frontenac Arch and the Eastern Ontario region of the Canadian Shield with our Conservation Technician, Ryan Wolfe, this past fall. We went ...
Shoreline wetlands, Lake Gananoque © Caroline Schultz
In eastern Ontario, an ancient seam of granite known as the Frontenac Arch extends from the Canadian Shield in Algonquin Provincial Park all the way south to the St. Lawrence River, and beyond to the United States and the Adirondack Mountains. This singular belt of rugged bedrock—once part of a great mountain range whose craggy ...
When was the last time you were so moved by a place and an experience in nature that you took the time to write about it? When Catherine Jimenea, Ontario reptile and amphibian atlas assistant, signed-up for four days of turtling in Lost Bay Nature Reserve, her experience far surpassed her expectations. So much so, ...