The Niagara Escarpment is famous around the world for its beauty and for its vast size. This cliff ridge runs 725 kilometres from Queenston near Niagara Falls to Tobermory at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula. It rises to a top height of 110 metres above the surrounding land at Spencer Gorge, right in our neighbourhood.

While most of the land surrounding it has been developed into agricultural or urban areas, it has been largely allowed to remain as it was: a forested ridge dotted with wetlands, grasslands and meadows; decorated by rivers and beautiful waterfalls spilling over the escarpment cliff face.

This justifiably famous Ontario feature is recognized internationally as a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its status has helped conservation groups to raise awareness about its unique nature and its value as the longest habitat corridor in Southern Ontario.