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Shouldice Hospital (formerly Shouldice Hernia Centre) is a private hospital located in Markham, Ontario, Canada, at 7750 Bayview Avenue in the Thornhill district. [1] The hospital specializes in hernia care. Its location is the former estate of George McCullagh, a publisher who created The Globe and Mail newspaper in 1936. [2]
A 2010 effort led by State Senator Gloria J. Romero, a Democrat from Los Angeles, sought to remove serpentine from its perch as the state's official stone. Organizations such as the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization have supported the move as the olive green rock is a source of chrysotile , a form of asbestos that can cause mesothelioma ...
Ontario is located at (43.723396, -90.591999 [ 6 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 1.01 square miles (2.62 km 2 ), of which, 1.00 square mile (2.59 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin; not to be confused with the Waukesha Formation, which overlies the Brandon Bridge Formation The Waukesha Biota (also known as Waukesha Lagerstätte , Brandon Bridge Lagerstätte , or Brandon Bridge fauna ) is an important fossil site located in Waukesha County and Franklin, Milwaukee County within the state of ...
The protection of what became Wildcat Mountain State Park started off in 1938 when a local man, Amos Saunders, donated 20 acres (8.1 ha) of land for the establishment of a park. The park grew to 60 acres (24 ha) in 1947 when it was acquired by the state of Wisconsin for a state park.
Shouldice Library: The Kenneth J. Shouldice Library facility houses offices for Social Sciences, Business, English and Communications, and two lecture halls. The main level includes the main circulation desk and audio visual, and the Testing Center. It also offers a student computer lab, interactive TV rooms and the Shouldice Gallery.
Silver Mound is a sandstone hill in Wisconsin where American Indians quarried quartzite for stone tools. Tools made from Silver Mound's quartzite have been found as far away as Kentucky . The oldest have been dated to around 11,000 years ago, so they provide clues about the first people in Wisconsin. [ 3 ]
Only enrolled Native Americans are allowed to quarry for the stone at the Pipestone National Monument, and thus it is protected from over-mining. Another quarry is located near Hayward, Wisconsin on the reservation, which the Ojibwa have used for centuries. The stone there is harder than the stone from Pipestone National Monument. [citation needed]