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Say Kingsville and the first thing that comes to mind is the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Sanctuary, home to countless migrating geese and ducks. It was founded in 1904 by a man deemed “not suitable for school” when he was a child and subsequently made the outdoors his classroom. Jack Miner pioneered the tagging of migratory birds to trace their migratory habits. Article content

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