Photograph of a cross-sectional view of soil in an unburnt forest stand near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. The organic, topsoil and subsoil layers can clearly be seen. A metal ruler can be seen near the center of the image. Note that the organic layer is…

Photograph of an unburnt forest stand near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. The unburnt forest can be seen standing on the other side of a body of water which is shown at the bottom of the image.

Soil type: #40

Photograph of a cross-sectional view of soil in a burnt forest stand near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. The organic, topsoil and subsoil layers can clearly be seen. A metal ruler can be seen near the center of the image. Evidence of windthrown trees can…

Photograph of a windthrown tree in a burnt forest stand near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. In the background, large amounts of dead, burnt, grey trees can be seen towering above the lush green regrowth below.

Soil type: #39

Photograph of an area of pine regeneration in a burnt forest stand near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. Large amounts of dead, burnt, grey trees can be seen towering above the lush green regrowth below.

Soil type: #39

Aerial photograph of the boundary where the fire damage stops near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. The photograph shows where the landscape is visually split between the brownish/grey burnt forest and the green unburnt forest. The lake can also be seen in…

Aerial photographs of large areas of gray burnt trees near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. Areas of green unburnt forest stands can also be seen in the photographs. The photographs are taken from low enough altitude that individual trees can be made out.

Aerial photographs of the boundary where the fire damage stops near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. The photographs show where the landscape is visually split between the brownish/grey burnt forest and the green unburnt forest. The lake can also be seen in…

Aerial photographs of large areas of grayish/brown burnt trees near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. Areas of green unburnt forest stands can also be seen littering the landscape.

Aerial photographs of large areas of burnt trees near Blackstone Lake, Ontario. Areas of green unburnt tree stands can be seen around the gray burnt trees.