Leitrim Wetlands

Last updated September 25, 2019

The Leitrim Wetlands (also known as Albion Road Wetlands) is a large provincially significant bog just south of Findlay Creek, a suburban neighbourhood in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Efforts to protect it from development have been a longstanding issue for environmental organizations in the city.^[1]

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, quagmire, and muskeg; alkaline mires are called fens. They are frequently covered in ericaceous shrubs rooted in the sphagnum moss and peat. The gradual accumulation of decayed plant material in a bog functions as a carbon sink.

Findlay Creek is a suburban neighbourhood in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward in the south end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south-west of the intersection of Leitrim Road and Bank Street. The eponymous Findlay Creek springs in the Leitrim Wetlands, directly south of the neighbourhood, and is a tributary of the North Castor River.

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Coordinates: 45°18′30″N75°36′30″W / 45.30833°N 75.60833°W / 45.30833; -75.60833

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)