The Niagara Escarpment

There are two plaques about the escarpment.
The first is in the City of Hamilton.
The second is in the Region of Niagara.
Both can be seen on this page.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2004

Photo by contributor Michael Anttila

Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons

Plaque Location

The City of Hamilton
At the north edge of the parking lot
at the north end of Highcliffe Avenue

Coordinates: N 43 14.707 W 79 51.967

Plaque Text

Hamilton Mountain is part of the Niagara Escarpment, a height of land extending 725 km across Ontario from Niagara Falls to Manitoulin Island. Over 430 million years ago, a tropical sea covered most of central North America. Sediments and coral reef on the seabed were compressed into dolomite, a hard type of limestone more resistant to erosion than the bedrock of adjacent lands. The cliffs of the escarpment are the exposed floor of the ancient sea. The escarpment's rugged terrain, home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife, forms a natural corridor through both urban and rural areas. In 1990, the United Nations designated the Niagara Escarpment a World Biosphere Reserve.

Photo by Alan L Brown - February, 2006

Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons

Plaque Location

The Region of Niagara
The Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake
On Niagara Parkway at a parking area lookout
just south of Queenston, .5 km south of York Road (Road 81)

Coordinates: N 43 09.690 W 79 02.990

Plaque Text

Queenston Heights is part of the Niagara Escarpment, a height of land which extends 725 kilometres across Ontario from Niagara Falls to Manitoulin Island. Over 430 million years ago, a shallow tropical sea covered most of central North America. Sediments and coral reef on the seabed were compressed into dolomite, a hard type of limestone which was more resistant to erosion then the bedrock of the adjacent lands after the water retreated. The cliffs of the escarpment are the exposed floor of the ancient sea. The escarpment's rugged terrain, home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife, forms a natural corridor through both urban and rural areas. In 1990, the United Nations designated the Niagara Escarpment a World Biosphere Reserve.

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