What3Words
Know Before
Every 3m square in the world has been assigned a unique 3 word address. The words are randomly assigned to each square and will always stay the same. It’s easy to find and share any location with just three words. Download the app to give it a try.
https://what3words.com/products/what3words-app/
Get Out The Door
When starting on the app, tap on your current location to see the associated 3words. Try tapping nearby to see the words for surrounding locations.
Tap on the word bar to enter the 3 words for these Twelve Mile Creek locations:
perfect.puts.hunches - Reforestation site made possible by the 2021 Bring Back the Brookies volunteers. A mix of trees and shrubs were planted across the field amongst the existing species such as Goldenrod, Virginia mountain mint and Wild bergamot.
royal.pockets.raves - The confluence of the St. Johns and Effingham branches. These streams join here before entering Shorthills Provincial Park. Compare the colour of water from each branch as they swirl together.
offices.subsets.free - Swayze Falls Lookout. This is a great place to compare the water flow at various times of the year. Examine the rock walls here for ice or seeps. These are areas where groundwater is emerging.
reseal.charismatic.lander - Near the high point of Fonthill’s Kame Delta formation. Look around for the highest point of land. Imagine a glacier to the north with a meltwater channel emptying into Lake Warren and depositing sediments to the south.
plonk.triumphant.regrouped - Location of a bottom draw pond outlet installed by Trout Unlimited Canada and partners.
3. Find your own unique locations to share with others
Think Some More
In each location look around at the land and assess whether precipitation falling here would absorb into the ground, or run off over an impermeable surface.
For each location chosen, look around and assess the type of land use that occurs in the surrounding area today. Was the land used in this way in the past?
Bring Along
cell phone (what3words app)