Pottageville, Ontario
| Pottageville | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
| Coordinates: 43°59′31″N 79°37′23″W / 43.99194°N 79.62306°WCoordinates: 43°59′31″N 79°37′23″W / 43.99194°N 79.62306°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Regional Municipality | York |
| Township | King |
| Government | |
| • Township mayor | Steve Pellegrini |
| • MP | Deb Schulte |
| • MPP | Helena Jaczek |
| • Councillor | Bill Cober (Ward 4) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Forward sortation area | L0G |
| Area code(s) | 905 and 289 |
| NTS Map | 030M13 |
| GNBC Code | FCIDW |
Pottageville is an unincorporated community located in northeastern King Township, in Ontario, Canada. It is near Schomberg. It is named for one of its early settlers, Edward Pottage.
Parts of Pottageville, particularly the ecological areas outside the village, are located on the northern face of the sensitive Oak Ridges Moraine. Characteristic of other parts of the moraine, the ecological areas of Pottageville exhibit a range of features.
The Pottageville Wetland Complex is a provincially significant 7.8 km² wetland complex composed of 43 individual wetlands. The wetland consists of 93.1% swamp, 6.3% marsh and 0.6% fen. A diversity of soil types is present in this complex, including: humic and mesic (63%); clay and loam (16.7%); sand (15.9%); silt or marl (2.6%); and fibric (1.8%). The site is principally palustrine (93.6% with inflow, 3.6% without inflow), with small areas which are of riverine (2.2%) and isolated (0.6%) nature. The vegetation found within the complex is also varied, though primarily deciduous (62.6%). Other constituent vegetation includes coniferous trees (16.5%), tall shrubs (11.1%) and dead trees (3.5%).
The Pottageville Southeast Upland Forest, situated north of Happy Valley Forests, is a 0.9 km² forest on the north-facing slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine. It consists primarily of Maple, Beech and Hemlock trees. A number of creek valleys, containing tributaries of the Holland River, are found within the forest. It is classified as a regionally significant Life Sciences Area of Natural and Scientific Interest by the Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
The Pottageville Swamp is a 6.58 km² provincially significant Life Sciences Area of Natural and Scientific Interest. The swamp complex includes a 2 km² section Pottageville Swamp North, a deciduous swamp which extends north from Highway 9 and consists largely of muck overlaying glaciolacustrine deposits. The southern extent of the swamp is a 5.27 km² area of "poorly drained soils".
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