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Marginal Notes 50′ a 83°00′00″ 55′ 45′ 40′ 35′ 30′ 25′ 20′ 15′ 10′ 05′ 82°00′00″ LEGEND 360000 m 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 400000 m 05 10 15 20 425000 m In 2008, the Ontario government announced plans to permanently protect 50°30′00″ ! 50°30′00″
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REFERENCES bo s 13 ! 17 o P375 5 se River ! 8 Glaciofluvial Outwash Deposits: Stratified sand and gravel; 5 18 17 e Far North boundary
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Geological Survey of Canada. Operation Winisk; unpublished field notes, 13 k Lake 92 15 ! ! ! ! rivers flowing from a glacier. New Post 69
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1 ! 17 Falls ! ! ! 17 Norris, A.W., Sanford, B.V. and Bostock, H.H. 1967. Geology, Hudson 13 50 Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and District of Keewatin, Issued 2012. Mattagami River compiled; Geological Survey of Canada, Preliminary Map 17-1967. Information from this publication may be quoted if credit is given. It is k Accompanies Geological Survey of Canada, Paper 67-60. e Beach and Aeolian Deposit e recommended that reference to this map be made in the following form: r Provincial Park 50 C
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