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Escarpment Information

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For more information about the Niagara Escarpment see:

www.escarpment.org
The Niagara Escarpment Commission's: information on the escarpment itself and what is being done to protect this UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve via the Niagara Escarpment Plan.
www.niagaraescarpment.org
The Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment, dedicated to the preservation of the escarpment: involved with the Niagara Escarpment Plan; conducts monitoring and educational activities.
www.escarpmentcentre.org
The Escarpment Centre Ontario is devoted to public education. An interpretive centre near Owen Sound is planned for 2004/2005.
www.brucetrail.org
The Bruce Trail Association provides and maintains a public footpath along the Niagara Escarpment and promotes its protection.
www.science.uwaterloo.ca/earth/waton/niagara.html
'Wat on Earth' is The University of Waterloo's educational newsletter for teachers. This page is about the Escarpment's formation.
www4.vc-net.ne.jp/~klivo/gen/geology.htm
Another brief, clear explanation of how the escarpment was formed.
www3.sympatico.ca/j.james/index.html
Friends of the Escarpment: get active for the Escarpment!
www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/geolwisc/niagesc.htm
The Niagara Escarpment in Michigan, with nice geologic illustrations of the whole escarpment area (University of Wisconsin).
craton.geol.brocku.ca/faculty/ff/niagara/niagara2.html
Brock University's geology department's site about the escarpment.
www.niagarafrontier.com/origins.html
A detailed site about the geology of Niagara Falls and the escarpment, part of 'Thunder Alley', an education/tourism website.

Conservation Authorities along the escarpment:

www.conservation-niagara.on.ca
Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
www.hamrca.on.ca
Hamilton Conservation Authority
www.greysauble.on.ca
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
www.nvca.on.ca
Nottawasaga Conservation Authority
www.creditvalleycons.com
Credit Valley Conservation
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
Conservation Halton