Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem inventory

This dataset contains the Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem (GLSE) inventory, which is a geospatial digital inventory of:

  • ecosite polygon mapping
  • field survey calibration points
  • associated ground level ecological data

It replaces Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem mapping products versions 1.0 and 2.0. It is an update to those products and includes the data and information contained in them but now includes data and information for the entire Canadian side of the Great Lakes shoreline including connecting channels, from the land to water or wetland interface to two kilometers inland. Mapping and ground sampling adheres to the Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem classification system, (Lee et. al., in prep.) which is a detailed ecological classification and surveying method.

Ministry contact: Joel Mostoway

Additional information

Tags
Geographic coverage
Two kilometer buffer covering the entire Great Lakes Shoreline including the St. Mary’s River, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, Georgian Bay, Lake Superior, St. Mary’s river, Niagara River and St. Lawrence River
Maintainer
Joel Mostoway
Author
Forest Resource Inventory Unit, Natural Resource Information Section
Maintainer branch
Science and Research Branch
Last Validated Date
August 10, 2022
Update frequency
As required

Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem inventory

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Date range: April 1, 2014 - November 30, 2016

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    Great Lakes Shoreline Ecosystem inventory English

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