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Maple Lands and Forests

Closed Educational in Vaughan, Ontario

Jun 30 2010

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Maple Lands and Forests - East-Don-Headwaters-MNR-lands1.jpg
Modern google earth map of the location of the Old Maple MNR ghost buildings. Lots of new development but you can see the 2 Don River source creeks. This was 2010 but go 2 over and you will find the 2002 aerial shot that shows the boarded up forestry station with its water tower. The written materi
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Maple Lands and Forests - East-Don-Headwaters-MNR-lands2.jpg
The Beers Map from 1877 (http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/SearchMapframes.php)shows that Maple was in the exact same spot as it is now. Just to the NE of Maple lies the location mentioned where the old Department of Lands and Forests (The MNR) had a headquarters for their forestry resea
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Maple Lands and Forests - East-Don-Headwaters-MNR-lands3.jpg
Ok the written material comes from a book in 2000 and this map shows the area in 2002. It was a forestry research station and you can see the buildings and the old water tower used to water the trees back in the 20th century.
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Maple Lands and Forests - East-Don-Headwaters-MNR-lands4.jpg
Ok this map from early 2000 proves this was the MNR (old Dept. of Lands and Forests) Research Station from the 1950s.
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