Sheffield Conservation Area - Kaladar, ON
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jiggs11
N 44° 33.631 W 077° 07.084
18T E 331792 N 4936313
Marker affixed to a cairn at the entrance to Sheffield Conservation area commemorating the donation of the land for the Conservation Area in 1975.
Waymark Code: WMYTE6
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/22/2018
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The Sheffield Conservation area is located just off Highway 41 south of Kaladar, Created in 1975, the 1150 acrea area contains a wide diversity of landscape from, karst to open fields to deciduous and pine forest. Little Mellon Lake is also included. The Sheffield Dark Sky Viewing Area is locate adjacent to the area, just to its south.
The Conservaton Area is administered by the Moira River Conservation Authority.
The marker reads:
SHEFFIELD
CONSERVATION AREA
The purchase of the 1150
acre conservation area in 1975
was made possible by a generous
donation from the Belleville
Yardmen Benefit Fund.
A gift gratefully accepted by the
Moira River Conservation
Authority.
Subject: Town
Commemoration: 1975
Date of Founding: 1975
Date of Commemoration: 1975
Address:
Sheffield Conservation Authority
Highway 41
Kaladar, ON
Overview Photograph:
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Detail Photograph:
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