Ontario's Niagara Escarpment

Kayakers, Flowerpot Island

Two kayakers are off the flowerpot - a sedimentary rock erosional feature - on Flowerpot Island, Fathom Five National Marine Park on the blue waters of Georgian Bay, part of the Great Lakes in Ontario, Canada

Niagara Falls III

The Niagara River which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario flows over the Niagara Escarpment at Niagara Falls sending up jets of spray and mist over the blue-green river.

I wonder what's inside?

Two children pause at the door of an immense Wendat (or Huron Native North American or First Nations) longhouse, covered in elm bark, along the Bruce Trail in Crawford Lake Conservation Area, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Sunset over Wingfield Basin, Cabot Head

Cabot Head rises above the boulder-strewn shoreline of Wingfield Basin, Georgian Bay, at sunset, along hte Niagara Escarpment (a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve) on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada

Autumn Colour, Spencer Gorge

The forested Spencer Gorge river valley is filled with bright orange, yellow and red autumn foliage contrasting with a few trees still green from summer along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Tews Falls, Autumn

Amidst the colour of autumn maple trees, Tews Falls plunges over the sedimentary rock of the Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area managed by the Hamilton REgion Conservation Authority, Ontario, Canada which is along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Full Spate, Webster's Falls, Niagara Escarpment

Spring white water flows though a bouder field below Webster's Falls along spencer Creek in the Sprencer Gorge Wilderness Area, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, found along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Full Spate, Webster's Falls

Spring white water flows though a bouder field below Webster's Falls along spencer Creek in the Sprencer Gorge Wilderness Area, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, found along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Winter, Mount Nemo

Snowy winter scene with a foreground of dried wildflowers and Mount Nemo in the background in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, part of the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Willows, Mount Nemo

Snowy winter scene with a foreground of willows and dried wildflowers and Mount Nemo in the background in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, part of the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Ice Wall, Webster's Falls

Massive build up of ice in winter replaces the natural waterfalls that flow over the Niagara Escarpment accessable from the Bruce Trail at Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area operated by the Hamilton Region Conservation Authority

Tiffany Falls

The bright green of newly erupted spring leaves grace Tiffany Falls which flows over the Niagara Escarpment along the Bruce Trail, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Shower, Tiffany Falls

A shower of white misty water as Tiffany Falls flows over the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve along the Bruce Trail, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada

Wild Ginger, Spring, Bruce Trail

Wild Ginger covers the ground in a foggy deciduous woodland in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada along the Bruce Trial on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Wild Ginger, Spring

Wild Ginger covers the ground in a foggy deciduous woodland in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada along the Bruce Trial on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Cobbles

Bright white limestone cobbles tumble out from a cave along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve at Indian Head Cove, Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada

Tiffany Falls

The bridal veil of Tiffany Falls tumbles over the sedimentary rock along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Morning Light, Cheltenham Badlands

A lone tree shows off its bright spring greens contrasting with the red clay of the Cheltenham Badlands along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Weathered Skin, Cheltenham Badlands

The subdued tones of red clay show the dryness of cracked earth in the Cheltenham Badlands along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biophere Reserve, in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Spring, Cheltenham Badlands

A lone tree shows off its bright spring tones contrasting with the darker tones of red clay of the Cheltenham Badlands along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Spring Green, Cheltenham Badlands

A lone tree shows off its bright spring greens contrasting with the red clay of the Cheltenham Badlands along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada

Maid-of-the-Mist, Niagara Falls

The Maid of the Mist tour boat approaches the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls of Niagara Falls amidst rising mist on a summer day with a bright blue sky along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve in Ontario Canada

Morning Glow, Autumn

A line of brightly-lit yellow and orange maple trees with their shadows dominanting the foreground at Spencer Gorge Wilderness Area along the Bruce Trail on the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dawn, Dorcas Bay

Rising morning mist hovers over the grasses and spruce trees of Dorcas Bay fen complex part of Bruce Peninsula National Park, , one of the core wilderness areas of the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Ontario, Canada

Horse Lake Dawn

The soft light of morning lights the shoreline grasses and sedges of Horse Lake in Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Ontario, Canada

Headlands and Storm, Georgian Bay

Dark clouds of s summer thunder storm gather above the headlands along Georgian Bay in Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness aras of the Niagara Escarpment UNESCO World Biodphere Reserve, Ontario, Canada

Kolapore Creek, Winter II

Kolapore Creek flows out of snow-covered forest on a snowy winter day in the Kolapore Uplands of Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Open Water, Kolapore

A pond in winter with open water is set amongst the snowy forests of the Kolapore Uplands in Grey Couny, Ontario, Canada along the Nigara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Afternoon Squall, Grey County

A snowy farm is partially obscured by a late afternoon snow squall in Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Passing Squal

A snowy farm is partially obscured by a late afternoon snow squall in Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Escarpment Farm, Winter

A fence line winds its way thorugh snowy field during a snow squall in Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO world Biosphere Reserve

Barn, Winter Squall

A winter snow squall surrounds a barn in Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Old Baldy, Winter Sunset, Beaver Valley

A creek flows through an open field of snow below the sunlight heights of Old Baldy in the Beaver Valley, Grey County, Ontario, Canada, part of the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Lightfall

Late winter beech leaves glow against the white of fresh snow in the Kolapore Uplands, Grey County, Ontario, Canada along the Niagara Escarpment, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve

Still Water

A calm Georgian Bay swirls around a boulder at Storm Haven in Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Afterglow, Cave Point

The sky glows magenta above Cave Piint in Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Boulder Beach

Boulder-strewn Georgian Bay shoreline at sunrise at Storm Haven in Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Stormhaven

Waves crash against the limestone shore at Storm Haven on Georgian Bay, part of Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon)

A close-up photograph of a watersnake along the Georgian Bay shore of Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Storm's End, Cave Point

A rocky, limestone inlet at sunrise along the Georgian Bay shore of Bruce Peninsula National Park at Storm Haven, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Dawn, Cave Point

A rocky, limestone inlet at sunrise along the Georgian Bay shore of Bruce Peninsula National Park at Storm Haven, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Morning Glow, Cave Point

A cobble beach with boulders at sunrise along the shore of Georgian Bay at Storm Haven, part of Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Georgian Coast

The sheer cliffs along the Georgian Bay shore of Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Evening, Indian Head Cove

the spectacualr cliffs of Indain Head Cove on Georgian Bay, Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Pegasus and the Milky Way over Cyprus Lake

The Milky Way and stars of the night sky over Cypress lake, Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.

Horse Lake, Dawn

The colours of sunrise are relfected in the calm waters of Horse Lake, Bruce Peninsula National Park, one of the core wilderness areas of Ontario's Niagara Escarpment, A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.