Canada 
Geological Survey 
Victoria Memorial Museum 
BULLETIN No. 1 
XVII . — The Archmlogy of Blandford Township , Oxford Covmty, 
Ontario . 
By W. J. WlNTEMBEBG. 
Location and Abba. 
Blandford township, Oxford county, Ontario, lies in the fer- 
tile farming country — about midway between Lakes Huron, 
Erie, and Ontario — in the cleared forest region, the St. Lawrence 
lowlands, and within the western part of the Iroquoian linguistic 
area, this region being occupied by the Neutral Indians, the 
westernmost tribe of the Iroquoian stock, when the early French 
missionaries arrived. 
This township is bordered on the north by Wiimot township, 
Waterloo county; and on the east, south, and west by Blen- 
heim, East Oxford, and East Zorra townships respectively, all 
of Oxford couhty. It is 12 1 miles from north to south, and its 
greatest width is 8 miles. 
Physical Feattjbes. 
The topographical features are somewhat regular throughout 
the township, but a few high hills are encountered in the eastern 
lots of concession X. In the central portion of the township 
there is considerable light, sandy soil, and much of the land, 
especially that surrounding some of the lakes, is low and marshy. 
The land contiguous to Lockhart lake is of a hilly character, 
mainly composed of what is known locally as “blow” sand with 
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