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The boundary of Albany River Provincial Waterway Park expands to include Kagami Island which separates the river into two channels (Main and South) at this location. This large island node has good potential for providing protection representation in both Site Regions 3S and 3W as the boundary separating the two regions passes through the island's east end. [Noble 1998]
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Kagami Island provides large scale representation of weakly broken plains of deep and shallow tills. Northeast-southwest trending drumlinoid ridges are associated with this till terrain. These are a small part of the large drumlin field that is centred on the Pickle Lake area Most of the drumlinoid ridges have aspen-dominated stands on them reflecting deeper soiled, warmer than normal site conditions. There are a few scattered peatlands that appear to be slope fens and in at least one instance there is a raised bog. Two small, segmented, jack pine-covered eskers cross the island in the same direction as the drumlinoid ridges. There are also a few scattered areas of bare bedrock supporting jack pine and black spruce in varying proportions. [Noble 1998]
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Potential Community/Site Type Representation:
Open sphagnum bog dominated by Sphagnum fuscum (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Very wet)
Shrub-rich treed bog dominated by Picea mariana (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Wet)
Open graminoid fen dominated by Carex lasiocarpa (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Very wet)
Open graminoid fen dominated by Carex livida (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Very wet)
Open graminoid fen dominated by Carex oligosperma (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Very wet)
Open graminoid fen dominated by Rhynchospora alba (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Saturated)
Shrub-rich treed fen dominated by Larix laricina (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Wet)
Mature coniferous forest dominated by Picea mariana (Normal temperature - Rock substrate - Dry)
Mature coniferous forest dominated by Pinus banksiana (Warmer than normal temperature - Rock substrate - Dry)
Mature coniferous forest dominated by Pinus banksiana (Warmer than normal temperature - Sand substrate - Dry)
Mature deciduous forest dominated by Pupulus tremuloides (Warmer than normal temperature - Sand substrate - Mesic)
Mature deciduous forest dominated by Pupulus tremuloides (Warmer than normal temperature - Loam substrate - Mesic)
Mature deciduous forest dominated by Pupulus tremuloides (Warmer than normal temperature - Sand substrate - Mesic)
Emergent meadow marsh dominated by Calamagrostis canadensis (Normal temperature - Organic substrate - Wet)
Emergent meadow marsh dominated by Phragmites australis (Normal temperature - Sand substrate - Saturated)
Mature coniferous swamp dominated by Picea mariana (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Wet)
Thicket swamp dominated by Betula pumila v. gland. (Colder than normal temperature - Organic substrate - Very wet)
Biophysiographic Representation
Weakly broken deep lac clay plain (sandy till - Rank: G)
Weakly broken deep lac clay plain (sandy till, lac sand - Rank: G)
Moderately broken shallow sandy till uplands (bedrock, lac clay - Rank: F)
Moderately broken shallow sandy till uplands (bedrock, lac clay - Rank: F)
[Noble 1998]
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