Title: Sandy Rivers, Kettles of Fish, Boreal Forest, and Kipling Hydroelectric Generating Station, Mattagami River Area, Ontario, Canada
Channel: Rambles With Robin and Ruby.
RU-vid description: S22E14: Kipling Road
Video recorded June 14 and 15, 2022.
Season 22, episode 14 (S22E14)
Description: In this Rambles with Robin and Ruby video, we drive farther north in Ontario, from the town of Kapuskasing to the end of the summer road, at the Kipling hydro electric generating station, located on the Mattagami River. All of this road passes through boreal forest. The road ends within the ecotone between the James Bay lowland ecozone and the boreal forest ecotone. Along the drive, we see:
A) how the boreal forest composition changes when the geological substrate changes;
B) how geology influences the location of a long segment of the road;
C) some small kettle lakes that were created by geological processes at the end of the ice age; and
D) some boreal forest plants.
This area lies within the traditional homelands of Moose Cree First Nation, within the area of Treaty #9.
Music, in order of play:
A) Reborn by Elad Perez (Artlist.io);
B) Spring by Itay Kashti (Artlist.io);
C) For Kathy by Jamie Rutherford (Artlist.io);
D) Gray North by Wildflower (Artlist.io).
Key words:
Ontario, Canada, Kapuskasing, Andy Fyon, Rambles with Robin and Ruby, Mattagami River, Kipling generating station, Kipling hydroelectric station, boreal forest, James bay lowland, esker, trembling aspen, black spruce, kettle lake, ecozone, Canadian shield, Wisconsin glaciation, Laurentide ice sheet, James bay ecoregion, lake Abitibi ecoregion, yellow lady’s slipper orchid, common Labrador tea, marsh marigold, wildflowers, thallose liverwort, bog buckbean, muskeg, striped coralroot orchid, early coralroot orchid, steller’s rockbrake fern, Mattagami River, ecotone.
Sources of information:
Geological maps: created using free geological datasets by Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Earth: www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.o...
Fast Facts: Canada’s Boreal Forest (www.pewtrusts.org/en/research...)
Anticipating the consequences of climate change for Canada’s boreal forest ecosystems: (cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139...)
Lands covered by Treaties in Ontario: cela.ca/wp-content/uploads/20...
Map showing the global distribution of boreal forest: thewildclassroom.com/biomes/b...
Ecoregions map of Ontario: The Ecosystems of Ontario, Part 1: Ecozones and Ecoregions: files.ontario.ca/mnrf-ecosyst...
Image showing the maximum cover of the Wisconsin Ice sheet over North America: (US National Park Service): www.nps.gov/articles/icesheet...
Map showing the Canadian Shield across Canada: / a_map_of_canada_featur...
Formation of kettle lakes: www.geocaching.com/geocache/G...
April 9, 2023.
8 апр 2023
