Glenville Hills Kames

The Glenville Hills Kames is a 345 hectare provincially-significant "Earth Science" Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in Ontario, Canada.

Located in the northeastern part of the township of King, it contains most of the eastern portion of Jokers Hill,Cite web
url=http://www.zoo.utoronto.ca/jokershill/jhdescription.html
title=DESCRIPTION OF JOKERS HILL
publisher=University of Toronto, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
date=
accessdate=2008-02-11] site of the Koffler Scientific Reserve which conducts ecological research in the area. It consists of Late Wisconsinan deposits of Newmarket Till, from the Port Bruce Stadial, and Kettleby Till, from the Port Huron Stadial.Cite web
url=http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=4151
title=Natural Areas Report: GLENVILLE HILLS KAMES
publisher=Ministry of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Information Centre
accessdate=2008-02-11] These are overlain by kames and kame slopes, which are the dominant topographical features in the area, on the northern slopes of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It is an "excellent representation of kame moraine features", which are uncommon in the region. It is in the East Holland River subwatershed.Cite web
url=http://www.lsrca.on.ca/PDFs/ehch6.pdf
format=PDF
title=State of the Watershed Report: East Holland River Subwatershed
publisher=Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
accessdate=2008-02-11]

The site also demarcates the southermost advance of the Lake Simcoe sublobe during the Port Bruce Stadial, though most sediments were deposited by the Lake Ontario lobe.

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