Title

The Whirlpool and the whirlpool rapids from "Our Romantic Niagara" by A.H. Tiplin

Description

en-CA This map shows the buried drainage pattern in the Niagara Peninsula as Dr. Spenser saw it as the result of his work in 1907. Present knowledge sees this drainage system in different light as reported by Flint and Loccam in Buried ancestral drainage between lake Erie and Ontario. "Over the past few decades, extensive data have become available and detailed bedrock surveys of areas within the Niagara Peninsula have been published. To date, however, no overall re-evaluation of the buried bedrock topography has been undertaken...Upstream from Niagara falls to lake Erie, the location of the St. David's drainage system remains unknown. However, more information collected, we assume it is unlikely that the channel carried a river which flowed in an opposite direction to the present Niagara River, but rather that it was a tributary of the Erigan for a relatively short geological time, before another channel was opened to drain Lake Erie. The St. David's channel may represent the only period, other than the present, when the great lakes emptied through the Niagara Peninsula.

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=385813

Creator

Astrid Akkerman from a sketch by A.H. Tiplin

Type

Still Image

Is Part Of

Niagara Falls Public Library Digital Collections

Extent

6" by 8"

Medium

Black & white sketch

Provenance

Niagara Falls Heritage Foundation Collection

Date

1988

Subject

Geology - Niagara Falls

Niagara Gorge

Spatial Coverage

Canada - Ontario

Source

Niagara Falls (Ont.) Public Library

number

D504846

Format

Scan from book

Date Created

2013-03-15

Date Modified

2013-03-15