norther ontario in fall

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i was just thinking i have to go up to the badlands to take a few pics </div></div>

[mountaingal]

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wow, Rich, where is that??!!

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">wow, Rich, where is that??!! </div></div> up in Caledon....Off Hwy 10 turn left at old base line its about 2 km up

[Peasie]

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It looks spooky What's the geological explanation?

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It looks spooky What's the geological explanation? </div></div> here is a short explanation:

Millions of years ago, what we know today as The Great Lakes, a shallow sea known as the Michigan Basin, centered in Michigan stretched outward to surrounding areas of today’s Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ontario Canada. Mountain streams carrying red iron oxide deposited sediments into the sea forming a large delta which over the years became the Queenston Shale.

This magnificent landscape is believed to form with overgrazing the soft layer of the shale by farming that exposed this red iron rich material. The farming has stopped in 1931, however the erosion continues increasing this remarkable site in size.

The hills and gullies are composed of clay containing mostly red iron oxide and green iron oxide visible as greenish-gray bands throughout the land.
Throughout the world, this type of landscape is known as the badlands where clay rich soils have been severely eroded by wind and water. Badlands can be found in various places around the world however they are truly unique in this part of the world as they are surrounded by forests, farmland of mostly flat terrain, and are nothing like 99% of Ontario.

[Xavier]

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RichD, I love this shot

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[mountaingal]

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makes me think of the Chrysalids, wan book dem mek we read in high school which was very confusing to me as a youngster fresh from jamaica because it dealt with people who were strange and outcast and who lived in a place called the Badlands.

i really never knew dem had place like that in Ontario, thanks for sharing, Rich.

[julie*mango]

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Mi memba dat book MG...


nice pics Richie!

[QK13]

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WOW!! Glad I finally caught up with this thread!!

Love the waterfall pics. The rock landscape reminds me of New Hampshire.

The Badlands are like nothing I've seen before. Very interesting landscape.

Thanks for sharing Rich!

[RichD]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xavier</div><div class="ubbcode-body">RichD, I love this shot

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div> </div></div> thanks ...you know i got up there and camera just had enough battery for one shot