THE SOILS OF THE VILLE-MARIE MAP SHEET (Ontario Section) O .I .P. PUBLICATION 90-2 ontario institute ada ® Ontario erof pedology THE SOILS OF THE VILLE-MARIE MAP SHEET (Ontario Section) O.I .P. PUBLICATION 90-2 by John E. Gillespie E.W. Presant . C.J . Acton Land Resource Research Centre Research Branch Agriculture Canada Guelph, Ontario and J. Rowsell Lecturer New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food New Liskeard, Ontario 1990 LRRC Contribution No. 90-72 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES . iv LIST OF FIGURES . iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 1 INTRODUCTION . 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA . 2 Location and Extent . 2 Principal Towns . 2 Historical Development . Agricultural Land Use Statistics . S Bedrock Geology . 6 Surface Deposits . 6 Climate . 8 Vegetation . 10 SOIL CLASSIFICATION . 11 Soil Horizons . 11 Soil Taxonomy . 11 Soil Map Units . 13 Soil Phases . 13 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SOILS . 16 Soil Key . 16 Soil Descriptions . 18, Abitibi soils . 18 Blanche soils . 18 Brenthasoils . 18 Brethoursoils . 18 Buckesoils . 18 Burt soils . 18 Cane soils . 18 Casey soils . 18 Chamberlain soils . 18 Couttssoils . 19 Couttsville soils . 19 Dack soils . 19 Dawson soils . 19 Dymondsoils . 19 Earltonsoils . 19 Ecclestone soils . 19 Elk Pit soils . 19 Englehart soils . 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) Evanturel soils . : . 19 Falardeau soils . .. .. ., 20 Fleck soils . 20 Frere Lake soils . 20 Gaffney soils . 20 Haileybury soils . .. 20 Hanbury soils . 20 Heaslipsoils . 20 Henwoodsoils . 20 Hilliard soils . .. 20 Ingram soils . 20 Kanimiwiskia soils . 21 Kenabeeksoils . .. 21 Kernssoils . 21 Makobesoils .. 21 Mallard soils . 21 Maybrooksoils . 21 Mccoolsoils . 21 Milberta soils . .. 21 Misema River soils . 21 Moose soils . 21 Mud Lake soils . .. 22 New Liskeard soils . 22 Otterskin soils . 22 Pense soils . 22 Pynesoils . 22 Rock . 22 Solvan ;oils . 22 Sturgeon River soils . 22 Sutton Bay soils . 22 Thornloesoils . 22 Thwaitessoils . 23 Timiskaming Complex . .. 23 Twin Falls soils . ..