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Encyclopedia > King Creek, Ontario

King Creek is a hamlet located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. It is a small area with few homes, located immediately east of Nobleton. To the east is King City. King (population approx. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Nobleton is a suburban community in the northwestern part of the Toronto Area that is located south of the Oak Ridges Moraine. ... King City is a small, affluent town in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. ...


Environment

The Humber Trails Forest and Wildlife Area is a protected park in King Creek. A tributary to the East Humber River passes through this park.


The King Creek Marsh is a provincially significant wetland, wholly marshes, primarily composed of submergent vegetation and narrow-leaved emergents. It rests upon a 41,800 square metre palustrine site of clay, loam and silt. A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... This article is about marsh, a type of wetland. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm (micrometres) in diameter. ... Loam is soil composed of sand, silt, and clay, with particles of various sizes, evenly mixed. ... Silt refers to soil or rock particles of a certain very small size range (see grain size). ...


Residents vote in Ward 2 in King Township municipal elections.


References

  • Government of Ontario - Ministry of Natural Resources - Natural Areas Report: KING CREEK MARSH (http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=3859)


Communities of King Township          (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:Communities_of_King_Township&action=edit)

Ansnorveldt | Elm Pine Trail | Eversley | Glenville | Hammertown | Happy Valley | Heritage Park | Holly Park | Kettleby | King City | King Creek | Kinghorn | Laskay | Linton | Lloydtown | New Scotland | Nobleton | Pottageville | Schomberg | Snowball | Strange | Temperanceville King (population approx. ... Ansnorveldt is a village located at the northeastern edge of King Township, in Ontario, Canada. ... Elm Pine Trail is a hamlet located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Eversley is a hamlet located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Glenville is a hamlet located in northeastern King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Hammertown is a community located in the village of Nobleton, in King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Happy Valley is a sparsely populated ecologically-sensitive area located in King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Heritage Park is a community of King City, in Ontario, Canada. ... Holly Park is a hamlet located northwest of Nobleton in King Township, Ontario, Canada. ... Kettleby is a village located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada. ... King City is a small, affluent town in King Township, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Toronto. ... Nobleton is a suburban community in the northwestern part of the Toronto Area that is located south of the Oak Ridges Moraine. ... Pottageville is a village located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada. ... Schomberg is a suburban community in the northwestern part of the Toronto Area that is located north of the Oak Ridges Moraine and south of the Holland River. ... Temperanceville is a hamlet located at the southeastern edge of King Township, in Ontario, Canada. ...


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King, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (920 words)
King is approximately 40 minutes north of Toronto Pearson International Airport and accessible by Highways 400, 27, 9 and 11.
King Township was incorporated in 1850 as The Corporation of the Township of King.
It was moved in 1989 to the grounds of the King Township Museum.
Welcome to Ontario (2254 words)
Ontario is the most populous and second-largest in area of Canada's ten provinces.
Ontario's right to Northwestern Ontario was determined by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1884 and confirmed by the Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Ontario is bounded on the north by Hudson Bay and James Bay, on the east by Quebec, on the west by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
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