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TEETERVILLE RO LPRCA Land THOMPSON Norfolk County has approximately 24 per cent forest cover with CON 7 9 24 ROAD EAST EST MPSON ROAD W more in the western end of Norfolk versus the east. This forest A D 9 THO D ROA D TRE A CEN C M OU County Owned Woodlots O HA IND R W D CON 10 N R Windham Centre T Y cover is high when compared to other municipalities in southern O F T L I N N A R E B E ROAD Licensed Pits & Quarry SWI Ontario. Factors such as the County's geology, geography, AM CENTR CON 8 WINDH MMI

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Kilometers R H O D Oxford County I G A L H D O W Major Watershed Boundary CON 10 AY Bloomsburg Lynnville 2 per cent of the jobs in Norfolk. 4 County Provincially Significant Wetland CON 13 Rattlesnake Harbour

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NEL OA OLO 20 D C T Shopping Centre Commercial 30 U R K Port Dover 19 Pinegrove E Y A P Wyecombe O 18 IN T South Middleton CON 9 R B O Commercial 17 AD Economy 16 FO ROAD 21 R TY EST HIGHWA 15 N T U EAS Industrial / Business Park CO RY B.F. LK 24 FO FAR ROAD OR LL Y N E 14 M R W 59 O N Of the nearly 61,000 people living in Norfolk County, nearly half live within the six urban areas of Port Dover, McD CON 8 O OAD R FO 13 Walsh LK CO

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24 R D Andy's Corners O A 12 Vittoria Waterford, Simcoe, Delhi, Courtland and Port Rowan. Another 42 hamlets are scattered throughout the County.

FI 23 S 11 HER 22 ST 'S The County economy is diversified with agriculture, manufacturing, tourism and commercial activities being most E Port Ryerse Parks & Open Space 10 W G AD LEN RO CON 14 'S CON 7 N R 21 N OA O 9 JOH R ST D dominant. F 20 O L K 8 Silver Hill Urban Waterfront C 3 O 19 U N T 7 Y R 5 O 18 A HI D 6 GH 2 C WAY 3 17 The combination of a 135 to 150-day growing season, 920 to 980 milimetres of annual precipitation and an 139 140 141 5 CON 6 137 5 CON 13 9 4 16 ST average July temperature of 20 degrees Celsius makes Norfolk a prime agricultural area. Norfolk County typically 1 D WE

IN COUNTY ROAD 5 A 21 Langton O G 21 3 S R 15 L ST N' E ROAD E Elgin County TY W JOH 2 ST COUN ROAD 14 has light, well-drained sandy or sandy loam soils that can grow a wide variety of cash crops. About 74 per cent Lake Depth LK LL O E RF OW 1 O cD N M CON 5 13 20 45 CON 12 AD 3 (118,457 hectares) of Norfolk County's 160,700 hectares is farmland while 14 per cent of the County's labour force RO 12 TY 0 to 5m Glen Meyer UN CO LK FO EAST OR 11 4 works in agriculture. N AY 2 19 HW IG 5 to 10m Y H H 10NT IGH COU W CON 4 K A OL Y 59 9 NORF Fishers Glen 10 to 15m 18 CON 11 8 Manufacturing is Norfolk's largest employer, creating jobs for just over 6200 people or about 19 per cent of the 15 to 20m 7 17 6 work force. A total of 134 hectares has been designated for industrial parks in the County, with 80 per cent as

CON 3 5 T 20 to 25m EAS Normandale CON 10 24 general industrial and 20 per cent as light industrial. AY 16 IGHW Y H UNT 25 to 30m CO T 3 K U OL R m. RF K E NO Y 2 P 25 O 15 IN 30 to 35m T Nearly 4500 people are employed in Norfolk County in commercial businesses including retail and wholesale R CON 2 O 1 A CON 9 D

35 to 40m 45 trades. Tourism generates about 800 direct jobs in the County, an additional 300 indirect and induced jobs, and 14 ROAD TY N COUN OR LK FO FO H Forestville L R IGH over $50 million in industry sales annually. 40 to 45m K C NO OU EST NT W W Y R A 24 OA Y 59 AY CON 1 13 D 4 W 5 GH 28 HI CON 8 TY Turkey Point 45 to 50m UN CO LK 45 FO F O NOR R 45 E 12 Frogmore N D S O A T 50 to 55m RO R R Y F Y O F UNT A L O K C R LK M C FO O R

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Major Watershed Boundary EL D 19 OA Fories-Stelco Creek, Lynn River-Black Creek, Dedrich-Young Creek, Big Creek, Clear Creek, RE R HO 8 KES 18 LA Long Point Bay South Otter Creek and Big Otter Creek. The rivers and creeks in these watersheds all drain in a CON 5 17 Booth's Harbour AD RO 16 RE 7 HO southerly direction and empty into Lake Erie. 15 LAKES H Fish and Wildlife IGHWAY 14 Fairground 5 6 9 CON 4 13 Of Norfolk County's population, 89 per cent rely on groundwater35 m.for domestic and drinking water 60 40 m. 60 12 D Norfolk County is a naturalist's paradise with hundreds 5 28 OA Y R purposes. The remaining 11% (Port Dover and Port Rowan) obtain their water from Lake Erie. It OUNT 11 K C RFOL of thousands of migrating waterfowl and smaller birds NO 10

OAD 28 is estimated that the population of Norfolk County uses 16,636 cubic metres of groundwater daily - 4 CON 3 9 using the region's strategically located wetland and WNR

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NOR ENR 6 in Norfolk annually, especially in the Long Point and Port CON 2 5 The total groundwater use within the Long Point Region Conservation Authority watershed (Norfolk CON 1 4 Port Rowan

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Y Therefore, current annual groundwater use across the Long Point Watershed is about 8 per cent of LAKESHO T N H 4 N U IGHWAY O RE O R R C F OAD O K Messiah's Corners L the annual groundwater recharge. The Lynn River-Black Creek watershed has the highest relative 5 L K 5 O C 9 F CON 4 O NLR R U O N CON A Outer Long Point Bay provides excellent fishing 6 N T Y R rate of groundwater use since it includes Simcoe and a number of large water users. O A D SLR7 CON 5 2 opportunities for Yellow Perch, Walleye, Northern Pike, 3 m. 8 45 Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, as well as, CON 6 42 9 CON 7 CON B For agricultural uses, there are about 2100 Permits to Take Water (groundwater) and just over salmonids such as Rainbow Trout, Coho and Chinook 10 11 1000 Permits to Take Water (surface water) within the Long Point Watershed representing a total salmon. Long Point's Inner Bay has the distinction of 12 CON 8 59 permitted withdrawal of 4.9 million m3/day - strong evidence that water is important to the 13 CON 9 AD having one of the oldest and most significant Small- 14 RO E agricultural sector - especially fruit, vegetable and specialty crop production. 15 SHOR ULEVARD 16 KE ERIE BO 17 18 LA Long Point mouth Bass fisheries in Ontario. Inland, the Norfolk 19 20 21 22 ERIE County Sand Plain is the base for over 100 coldwater 23 BOULEVARD 0 m. streams that flow through forested areas and provide 20 m. habitat for Brown, Brook and Rainbow trout.

0 m. Port Dover, located in Lake Erie's Eastern Basin, at one 5 10 m. time boasted the largest freshwater commercial fishing fleet in the world. Species being harvested include Rainbow Smelt, Yellow Perch and Walleye. 15 m. Lake Erie 5 m. Published Spring 2006 (Version 1) 55 m. 60 m.