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Mapping the Pre-settlement Forests of Prince Edward Island, a presentation by Dr. Doug Sobey - TONIGHT

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Dr. Doug Sobey, a research associate in Island Studies, and formerly at the University of Ulster, will give an illustrated public talk on the results of a study carried out by himself and William Glen (formerly of the Forestry Division), into the forest descriptions found on manuscript maps housed in the PEI Public Archives dating from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Dr. Sobey will discuss what the descriptions on the maps reveal about the Island's forest-types before their destruction by clearance and fire. His research has been carried out with the support of both Island Studies and the Forests, Fish and Wildlife Division of the PEI Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and the lecture will include the launch of a recently published research report on the subject. The presentation begins at 7:30 pm on September 11 in the Wanda Wyatt Lecture Theatre, KCI 104. This event is sponsored by Island Studies. For information, contact Andrea Bird at abird@upei.ca