Cheltenham Badlands, Ontario

rhommelrhommel Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
edited May 9, 2007 in Journeys
Cheltenham Badlands, Ontario
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The Cheltenham Badlands is one of the best examples of badland topography in Ontario, making it an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest. Around the turn of the century, land clearing and livestock grazing caused the erosion of the underlying red shale, leaving a network of exposed trenched gullies on the lower slopes of the Niagara Escarpment. The resulting unique topography has gained considerable public interest, attracting thousands of international and local visitors annually, including high school and university students studying geology and erosion.

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,904 moderator
    edited May 9, 2007
    That's pretty cool. Do you have any more? Where abouts is the place relative to say Scarborough?

    Thanks!
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  • MrTwisterMrTwister Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited May 9, 2007
    Looks like other planet :-)
  • rhommelrhommel Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2007
    ian408 wrote:
    That's pretty cool. Do you have any more? Where abouts is the place relative to say Scarborough?

    Thanks!

    i have more pictures from the badlands... will upload it when i get home tonight

    i'd say about 100km northwest of scarborough... it's north of brampton
  • rhommelrhommel Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2007
    it's a pretty cool place.. it's a good place for engagement photos as well.. lol
    i know... weird!
    MrTwister wrote:
    Looks like other planet :-)
  • rhommelrhommel Registered Users Posts: 306 Major grins
    edited May 9, 2007
    Here are some more photos:

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,904 moderator
    edited May 9, 2007
    rhommel wrote:
    i'd say about 100km northwest of scarborough... it's north of brampton

    Thanks!
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