page_title: Holland Marsh
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Holland Marsh / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Open Street Map showing the extent of the Holland Marsh. Made using version 1.5 of the Marble program. cropped by the uploader.
context_page_description: The Holland Marsh is a wetland and agricultural area in Ontario, Canada, about 50 kilometres north of Toronto. It lies entirely within the valley of the Holland River, stretching from the northern edge of the Oak Ridges Moraine near Schomberg to the river mouth at Cook's Bay, Lake Simcoe. In its entirety it comprises about 21,000 acres, with two distinct divisions. Historically it has simply been referred to as "the marsh".
  The first area to be drained and reclaimed for farming is a 7,200-acre municipally drained polder south-west of the town of Bradford proper, of which 40% lies in King Township and 60% in the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury.
  The other 13,800 acres lie north and east of Bradford, fringing Cook's Bay in the towns of Innisfil and East Gwillimbury. Portions of this area have been privately reclaimed for farming, such as the Ravenshoe Road and Bradford Marsh areas, and portions are recreational or undisturbed wetland. In some cases, recreational boating, wetland and agricultural areas intersect.
context_section_description: According to the Ontario government Holland Marsh Schedule 3 Greenbelt map, all of Holland Marsh - whether designated agricultural, recreational or wetland - is a 22,000-acre (89 km²) specialty soil region.  The southernmost polder sits on the lowest lying, flat area, consisting of 7,200 acres (29 km²), of the 816,120-acre (3,303 km²) Lake Simcoe Watershed region. The area is oval shaped, with the narrowest points at the northwest and southeast. This polder's length is about 15 km and its width about 4 km. The location runs from 44 to 44.15 N and from 73.8 to about 73.65 W. The Holland River's main branch meets the polder's north and south canals near the intersection of Bridge Street and Canal Road in Bradford.
caption: Map showing the extent of the Marsh, in pale brown.
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