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Scotch Bonnet Ridge

lakebed ridge separating Mississauga and Genesee Basins in Lake Ontario

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ34865685 ↗
Source-derived summary

Scotch Bonnet Ridge is a geologic ridge that crosses the Canada-United States border, in Lake Ontario, south of Prince Edward County. Scotch Bonnet Island and Nicholson Island lie off the shore of Prince Edward County.

The ridge is composed of glacio-lacustrine clay and till.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Scotch Bonnet Ridge” as lakebed ridge separating Mississauga and Genesee Basins in Lake Ontario. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Scotch, Bonnet and Ridge.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 44-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Scotch, Bonnet and Ridge providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Scotch Bonnet Ridge”, the useful work is to connect “lakebed ridge separating Mississauga and Genesee Basins in Lake Ontario” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q34865685. Authority coordinates are 43.667, -77.625. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Scotch Bonnet Ridge”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Scotch Bonnet Ridge primary sources, Scotch Bonnet Ridge archive and Scotch research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Scotch Bonnet Ridge”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Scotch Bonnet Ridge” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.