Rattray Marsh
Then and Now

Publisher:  The Rattray Marsh Protection Association, Ontario, Canada
Year Published:  1990
Pages:  210pp   ISBN:  0-9693573-0-3
Resource Type:  Book

A complete and living chronicle of the Rattray Marsh Conservation Area, its human settlement and natural history.

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Table of Contents

Human Settlement
Chapter 1 Early History:1806-1916
Chapter 2 Barrymede, The Fudger Years: 1916-1945
Chapter 3 The Rattray Years: 1945-1959
Chapter 4 The Long Struggle for Preservation: 1959-1975
Chapter 5 The Rattray Marsh Protection Association

Natural History
Chapter 6 The Plants of Rattray Marsh
Chapter 7 The Plant Communities of Rattray marsh
Chapter 8 Walking the Marsh Trail; The Trees and Shrubs of Rattray Marsh
Chapter 9 Signs of the Seasons: The Birds of Rattray Marsh
Chapter 10 Tracks in the Snow: The Mammals of Rattray Marsh
Chapter 11 The Water and Its Life

Epilogue: Then and Now- and Tomorrow

Appendix A Special Plants of Rattray Marsh

Appendix B Birds of Rattray marsh (with Checklist)

Acknowledgements

Index

Maps

First Land Allotments (1806)
Survey Map (Original Land Grants)
Proposed Subdivision (1963)
vegetation areas Prior to Subdivision Construction
Guided Tour and Marsh Posts
Movement of Surface and Ground Water in Rattay Marsh

Subject Headings

• Wetlands