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The '''Sifton Bog''' is a wetland jointly administered by the city of [[London, Ontario]] and the [[Upper Thames River Conservation Authority]]. It is located west of Hyde Park Road and south of Oxford Street inside the city limits of London. It is a Class 2 provincially significant wetland.<ref> |
The '''Sifton Bog''' is a wetland jointly administered by the city of [[London, Ontario]] and the [[Upper Thames River Conservation Authority]]. It is located west of Hyde Park Road and south of Oxford Street inside the city limits of London. It is a Class 2 provincially significant wetland.<ref name= "Thames River Management">{{cite web|url=http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetlands_and_Natural_Areas/sifton.htm#Ownership/Management|title="Thames River Management"|date=last modified 2009|accessdate=2009-04-11}}</ref> |
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The Sifton Bog is the most southerly acidic bog in Canada. It contains a number of rare species including four types of carnivorous plants.<ref>[http://www.naturallyelgin.org/middlesex/SIFTONBOGrevised.pdf]</ref> |
The Sifton Bog is the most southerly acidic bog in Canada. It contains a number of rare species including four types of carnivorous plants.<ref>[http://www.naturallyelgin.org/middlesex/SIFTONBOGrevised.pdf]</ref> |
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The depression which houses the bog was created, like many local geologic features, by the effects of glaciation.<ref>[http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetlands_and_Natural_Areas/westminster.htm]</ref> A depression in the Ingersoll Glacial Moraine was left, as in the case of the Westminster Ponds, by retreating glaciers. The result was a pocket with no drainage which developed into the Sifton Bog.<ref>[http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetlands_and_Natural_Areas/westminster.htm]</ref> |
The depression which houses the bog was created, like many local geologic features, by the effects of glaciation.<ref>[http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetlands_and_Natural_Areas/westminster.htm]</ref> A depression in the Ingersoll Glacial Moraine was left, as in the case of the Westminster Ponds, by retreating glaciers. The result was a pocket with no drainage which developed into the Sifton Bog.<ref>[http://www.thamesriver.on.ca/Wetlands_and_Natural_Areas/westminster.htm]</ref> |
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The bog was previously used as a commercial source of sphagnum moss, an alternative to cotton gauze. It was mined during the [[First World War]] to support the war effort and the needs of local hospitals. The Alder Buckthorn, a plant native to the bog, was harvested and used during the [[Second World War]] to produce gunpowder.<ref>[http://www.naturallyelgin.org/middlesex/SIFTONBOGrevised.pdf]</ref> |
The bog was previously used as a commercial source of sphagnum moss, an alternative to cotton gauze. It was mined during the [[First World War]] to support the war effort and the needs of local hospitals. The [[Alder Buckthorn]], a plant native to the bog, was harvested and used during the [[Second World War]] to produce [[gunpowder]].<ref>[http://www.naturallyelgin.org/middlesex/SIFTONBOGrevised.pdf]</ref> |
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The Sifton Bog is a wetland jointly administered by the city of London, Ontario and the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. It is located west of Hyde Park Road and south of Oxford Street inside the city limits of London. It is a Class 2 provincially significant wetland.[1]
The Sifton Bog is the most southerly acidic bog in Canada. It contains a number of rare species including four types of carnivorous plants.[2]
The depression which houses the bog was created, like many local geologic features, by the effects of glaciation.[3] A depression in the Ingersoll Glacial Moraine was left, as in the case of the Westminster Ponds, by retreating glaciers. The result was a pocket with no drainage which developed into the Sifton Bog.[4]
The bog was previously used as a commercial source of sphagnum moss, an alternative to cotton gauze. It was mined during the First World War to support the war effort and the needs of local hospitals. The Alder Buckthorn, a plant native to the bog, was harvested and used during the Second World War to produce gunpowder.[5]