The Oak Ridges Moraine is an ecologically important geological landform in the Mixedwood Plains of south-central Ontario, Canada. The moraine covers a...
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The politics of the Oak Ridges Moraine in southern Ontario, Canada, have centred on the question of how to preserve this extensive natural resource that...
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Save the Oak Ridges Moraine (STORM) is a coalition of 25 citizen's groups and individuals dedicated to preserving the ecologically sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine...
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(see; Politics of the Oak Ridges Moraine for a more extensive discussion and; Development in Oak Ridges for ongoing development in Oak Ridges). The natural...
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Greenbelt (Golden Horseshoe) (category Protected areas of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo)
Escarpment Plan, and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan. As part of the review, the Province gathered public feedback through a series of community meetings...
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Happy Valley Forest (category Oak Ridges Moraine)
over the Oak Ridges Moraine, the forest attains elevations between 122 and 152 m, increasing westward. The majority of the area is composed of overburden...
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Steve Gilchrist (category Members of the Executive Council of Ontario)
vice-chair of the Rouge Park Alliance; director of the Oak Ridges Moraine Foundation; director of the Oak Ridge Moraine Land Trust; director of the East Scarborough...
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King, Ontario (redirect from King Ridge, Ontario)
York Region north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. The rolling hills of the Oak Ridges Moraine are the most prominent visible...
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Nobleton, Ontario (section Politics)
Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest community in the township, after King City and Schomberg. Located south of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Nobleton is surrounded...
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Seaton, Ontario (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Ontario. Retrieved 5 December 2016. "North Pickering Land Exchange". The Oak Ridges Moraine. Government of Ontario...
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Richmond Hill, Ontario (redirect from Town of Richmond Hill)
many things, including the need for affordable housing and the encroachment of homes into the farmland and the Oak Ridges Moraine. GO train service was...
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Burr Ridges Estates merged with Harvester, changing the community's name to Burr Ridge. The town name is derived from a group of bur oak. By 1963, the population...
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Toronto Carrying-Place Trail (category History of transport in the Regional Municipality of York)
route of the trail runs from Lake Ontario at the Rouge River, following the river northwest to the Oak Ridges Moraine.[page needed] Crossing the Moraine it...
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Rouge River (Ontario) (category Rivers of Toronto)
river flows from the Oak Ridges Moraine to Lake Ontario at the eastern border of Toronto, and is the location of Rouge Park, the only national park in...
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Toronto waterway system (category Rivers of Toronto)
headwaters in the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Humber River is a river in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario...
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Ron Kanter (category 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario)
valleys and other green corridors." The report placed special emphasis on the protection of the Oak Ridges Moraine. 146 out of 148 polls reporting. "Results...
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Shelley Martel (category 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario)
on development on the environmentally sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. While the bill did not pass it helped to heighten awareness of the issue and led to...
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Driftless Area (category Geology of Illinois)
farming, except on ridge tops and in river valleys. The sides of the ridges are often too steep for farming, and are usually forested. The Coulee Experimental...
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Kansas Territory, a US county from 1859 to 1861 Oro Moraine, Ontario, Canada, a glacial moraine Oro Province, Papua New Guinea Oro Bay Oro-Medonte or...
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King City, Ontario (section Politics)
Stouffville are the origin for the East Humber River. Situated entirely on the southern slope of the central portion of the Oak Ridges Moraine and its watershed...
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Appalachian Mountains (redirect from The mountains of Appalachia)
fewer species of shrubs and herbs. Drier and rockier uplands and ridges are occupied by oak–chestnut forests dominated by a variety of oaks (Quercus spp...
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Kettleby, Ontario (section Politics)
by warm, moist air masses from the south, and cold, dry air from the north. The Oak Ridges Moraine affects levels of precipitation: as an air mass arrives...
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rising costs of suburban infrastructure maintenance, and increased citizen opposition to development on the Oak Ridges Moraine pushed the Harris government...
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Ashburn, Ontario (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
on the Oak Ridges Moraine, situated on the headwaters of the Lynde Creek watershed and part of Ontario's protected Golden Horseshoe Greenbelt. The community...
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doctor north of the Oak Ridges Moraine. While not a Quaker, he lived in Catawissa before moving to the Uxbridge area. Beswick Lane in the Ontario town is...
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Chris Hodgson (category Members of the Executive Council of Ontario)
Baldwin Act in the late 19th century, placed protective status on the Oak Ridges Moraine and began the Smart Growth Initiative for the entire province...
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Kankakee River (category Tributaries of the Illinois River)
the Wisconsin glaciation breached the moraines (located in what is today northern Indiana) holding it in. The resultant flood created the bed of the Kankakee...
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Alan Heisey (category Chairs of the Toronto Police Services Board)
hearing in 2000–2001. The hearing was stopped by the passage of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Act in 2001, which preserved the Moraine from development...
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Humber River (Ontario) (category Rivers of Toronto)
in the northwest, while another major branch, known as the East Humber River, starts at Lake St. George in the Oak Ridges Moraine near Aurora to the northeast...
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John Gerretsen (category 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario)
was the primary spokesperson for the McGuinty government in its controversial decision to permit further housing expansion on the Oak Ridges Moraine, despite...
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