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Niagara Region Soil Maps

The Libraries and Learning Commons have a collection of the Soil Maps of the Regional Municipality of Niagara. These maps are located in the campus library and are available for borrowing.

These maps cover the following:

Map 1 - West Lincoln

Map 2 - Lincoln

Map 3 - St. Catharines/NOTL

Map 4 - Thorold/Pelham/Welland

Map 5 - Niagara Falls

Map 6 - Wainfleet/Port Colborne

Map 7 - Fort Erie

The Brock University Map Library has digitized copies of the 1989 Niagara Region Soil Maps. For easy access to this resource, please visit the Brock University Maps, Data and GIS Library resources

The Soils of the Regional Municipality of Niagara by M.S. Kingston & E.W. Presant
Call Number: S599.1.O6 K55 v.1 & v.2 - Daniel J. Patterson Campus Libraries and Learning Commons
Publication Date: 1989
Two volume soil report, based on information obtained during the resurveying of the former Counties of Lincoln and Welland, now combined into the Regional Municipality of Niagara. The resurvey began in 1980 and finished in 1987 at a more detailed scale than the survey of 1935. Vol. 1 contains an outline of the environmental setting of the soils, generalized descriptions of the soils, soil interpretations and an appendix containing some generalized analytical information for selected soils. Vol. 2 contains detailed morphological, chemical and physical descriptions of typical soils, and in addition, tables of statistical means and engineering test data. In addition to the soil report, there are 7 soil maps published at a scale of 1:25,000 and one soil map with generalized soil information at a scale of 1:100,000. These maps are not included here.