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P6878

ID Number: P6878
Item Name: Image
Title: Morainic Landscape Near Kingsville / Paysage morainique près de Kingsville
Title (Fre): Paysage morainique près de Kingsville
Date: ca 1941
Description: Black and white photograph of a morainic landscape in Gosfield South Township, on Highway 18 near Kingsville; in the foreground there is a large field littered with large boulders; the boulders are morainic, meaning that they were deposited by glaciers; there is a man standing looking at the stones on the left; there are abandoned buildings in the background; striking landscape contrasts are evident within a relatively short distance on King's Highway 18 between Kingsville and Leamington.
History: Morainic areas are often poor while other intensive, highly specialized agricultural lands are more profitable. Morainic boulders were sometimes put to practical use. Some people used the boulders to build houses and, in pioneer times, the stones were useful to pioneers in constructing hearths.
Place made: Canada - Ontario - Gosfield South Township
Collection Name: Museum Windsor

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Abandoned buildings / Édifices abandonnés

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