Tags : Niagara Escarpment

Redesign for Escarpment Views’ 5th Anniversary

Like parents of a child that’s starting to go to school, we’re looking around & saying “Where did the last five years go?” We’re amazed & pleased that we’ve completed five years of publishing Escarpment Views, and hearing from people that it keeps getting better. We’re delighted to hear that, but after all, that’s what […]Read More

Review Decision re Walker Aggregates

This just arrived: an appeal to friends of the Niagara Escarpment to ask the Niagara Escarpment Commission for a judicial review of the Walker Aggregates decision. Groups and individuals are urged to express concern about the approval of this massive new quarry located on the Niagara Escarpment. Here are the details: On June 18, 2012 […]Read More

What’s in a Name?

What would you think if we changed the name of our magazine, Escarpment Views? It’s not that we want to, after having dedicated the last five years to creating it and building the brand into a publication that people associate with high quality, go out of their way to pick up, pay money to subscribe […]Read More

Origin of the Niagara Escarpment

Long before our magazine Escarpment Views was created, Mike got a fascinating book about the Niagara Escarpment called Guide to the Geology of the Niagara Escarpment, written by Dr. Walter M. Tovell and published by The Niagara Escarpment Commission in 1992. Remember that the Niagara Escarpment was designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1990. It seems […]Read More

Niagara Escarpment a World Biosphere Reserve

I love how info sometimes just appears in front of you when you use the Internet. I received a link that goes right to UNESCO’s page on stats & info about the Niagara Escarpment as a Biosphere Reserve.  Here’s their description of it:      “The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve in Ontario stretches 725 km from Lake Ontario (near […]Read More

Free Passes To NordicFest 2012!

We are giving away passes to NordicFest Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Festival to be held in Collingwood on Feb. 4, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a full day of fun in the snow at Scenic Caves Nordic Centre at the base of the Niagara Escarpment at Collingwood/Town of Blue Mountains. […]Read More

Caledon Details Niagara Escarpment

Mike recently picked up a brochure from the Town of Caledon, called Explore Caledon’s Trails and Bikeways. It has a useful map of Caledon, showing the locations of trails and features of interest. It includes this description of the Niagara Escarpment:             “Where visible, the Escarpment is a massive forested ridge that extends 1,100 km […]Read More

Size of the Niagara Escarpment

The wonderful Bruce Trail has helped make the Niagara Escarpment famous. Its free footpath follows the Niagara Escarpment from Queenston, Ont. north to Tobermory, and is about 885 km long. But the Niagara Escarpment covers much more territory than this! The Niagara Escarpment is actually an international landform that starts in western New York State, […]Read More

Fall into Nature at Conservation Halton

Here’s what’s happening at Conservation Halton this weekend: Conservation Halton’s Fall into Nature offers activities at six different Halton Parks. The festival celebrates the spectacular landscapes and fall colours of the Niagara Escarpment.      Fall into Nature is on the weekend of October 15 and 16, at Mountsberg, Crawford Lake, Kelso, Rattlesnake Point, Hilton Falls […]Read More

Customer Appreciation Day by Escarpment Views

Escarpment Views will host a Customer Appreciation Day for advertisers and subscribers on Sat. Oct. 1 at Orchard House near the Niagara Escarpment in the country north of Georgetown. Weather permitting, we will lead a short hike or walk through part of the nearby Niagara Escarpment, followed by a buffet supper.      If you are […]Read More