South Islands

Sub-zone

South Islands is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area of Lake Erie North Shore in Canada.

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The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type: VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Within: Lake Erie North Shore
Area: 4,157 ha registered outline
Centre: 41.7754° N, 82.6591° W
Legal basis: Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.

Where it is

Nearest town: 31 km south of Leamington
Nearest city: 65 km south of Windsor 229,660 people
To the sea: 577 km
Lakes nearby: Erie (2.2 km)
Same latitude: Kakheti (Georgia), Ribera del Duero (Spain), Cesanese del Piglio (Italy), Povardarie (North Macedonia), Стамболово (Bulgaria)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: 165–184 m
Mean elevation: 175 m
Mean slope: 0.4° (1 %)
Steepest tenth: above 1°
Faces: several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 51,708 elevation cells of about 28 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries CAN ADM3 (2016) (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0)

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