September 2020 – Page 3 – NIAGARA ESCARPMENT HISTORY & HIKING

Petun to pioneers – Nottawasaga Township

I hiked to the Petun Conservation Area up the Escarpment in the Pretty River Valley. I did a 10 km and was pretty sore and tired by the end of it. But that’s what Vikings do – they wait for perfect conditions and then push themselves to the top – this time the top beingContinue reading “Petun to pioneers – Nottawasaga Township”

The Niagara Escarpment has the oldest forest ecosystems

During the late Ordovician Period,approximately 450 million years ago, a large, shallow warm water sea filled this area. The climate was tropical, and although the shallow sea was teaming with life, plants and animals had not yet been established on land. It was the time of the first arthropods, such as the trilobites, who’s fossilsContinue reading “The Niagara Escarpment has the oldest forest ecosystems”