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curly
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Post Number: 232
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 8:14 pm: | 
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I'm doing some research on canyons in Ontario. Seems that two of the biggest are right here in Temagami. Ishpatina Canyon is not only one of the province's biggest, but is located on Ontario's highest peak. Scarecrow Cut is only a few kms SE of Ishpatina.
As for other canyons in Ontario, I can think of Barron River, Ouimet, and Algoma. A few others might be considered canyons/gorges, like Niagara or Lake Temiskaming.
Can anyone think of major canyons I'm missing from this list? |
brian
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Post Number: 1264
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2010 - 10:07 am: |
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A huge job to find them, considerably harder than the work I did to find the highest elevations in Ontario.
There is the canyon below Thunderhead on the Missinaibi. I would certainly call Niagara a gorge, but Timiskaming? |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 180
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2010 - 12:21 pm: |
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Curly
There is a canyon near Landrie Lk, north of L. Wanapitaie, it's deep and very narrow, great fun to fly through, or so I've heard! Also several in Killarney Park short but very dramatic, it is Killarney after all. |
irishfield
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Post Number: 269
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:32 pm: |
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You'd consider Temiskaming a gorge if you went down it in a Herc, at 20 feet AGL, all the way to Petawawa!! |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 181
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 3:17 pm: |
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Was that you who flew over me? |
irishfield
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Post Number: 270
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 4:20 pm: |
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No Mr. Stevens... the military would never try to hit an air ambulance! ;O)
Old Perks of having a brother that was Herc Squad commander in Trenton. He's been out of there for about 16 years... did his 20yrs, most as a Major and retired to the airlines. |
curly
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Post Number: 233
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 10:03 pm: |
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bush_pilot, can you give more info on the Laundrie Lake canyon? I'm familiar with Laundrie (even did a short trip on it this spring), but can't find a canyon nearby, unless you mean the Wanapitei River by Haentschel Lake (500' on either side).
Brian, why do you say this is harder than the highest peaks work? Perhaps a bit more so because there is no quantitative definition of "biggest canyon".
BTW, there's also a nice little canyon on top of the Cliff Lake Ridge, between the town and Latchford, just east of the highway. |
brian
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Post Number: 1265
Registered: 02-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 11:36 am: |
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Bob, with the high points, I was seeking a single measured point: high. You are seeking two points: high and low, followed by a calculation. That's why I say it is much more work than went into my list.
On top of that there are really only a few areas in Ontario above 2000 ft and I just had to search those. Now, deep canyons could be in many more areas of the province.
And yes, there is no quantitative definition, but I don't see that as a problem. You can create some rules. That'll be part of the fun.
Is there a climber's website that might help? |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 182
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 1:13 pm: |
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Bob
There is a ridge that runs east to west, between Laundrie L. and Paradise L. The canyon bisects the ridge N S near Bowland L. I believe. Next time I'm up that way I'll check it out and get a Lat and Long.
Re. L. Temiskaming the south end of the lake is a bout as spectacular as the scenery gets in Ontario in my opinion and I've flown over the entire Prov. in the last 28 years. |
curly
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Post Number: 234
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 9:50 pm: |
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bush_pilot, did that Laundrie canyon escape the massive clearcutting there? Not much did. I checked the area out on GE and found a likely spot, on a small lake just SE of Bowland. |
canoehead
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 10:01 pm: |
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Any intel you can provide Bush- Pilot would be great..Curly and I would really use info !! |
bush_pilot
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Post Number: 183
Registered: 03-2004
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 10:51 am: |
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I think thats the spot, again I'll check it out at some point to make sure. If I recall, all the clear cutting is north of the E-W ridge. |
andrewh
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Post Number: 61
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 11:20 am: |
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Maybe not the deepest, but certainly one of the coolest would be Devil's Crater near Lake Nipigon. I havent been there but it's on my bucket list. I believe it's now protected in Pantagruel Creek P.P.
Here's a link to some pics
http://www.jon-nelson.com/2006/08
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curly
Member
Post Number: 236
Registered: 03-2006
| | Posted on Monday, December 13, 2010 - 8:45 pm: |
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That is cool, Andrew! |
les
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 12-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 3:21 pm: |
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Hey Curly,
You need to check out Porcupine Creek Canyon. The creek flows into the Ottawa about 9km north of Thorne. The canyon's about 2km long and about 200ft deep (I know I'm mixing the units here but that's how it was back in high school, in the 60s). Big pines on the east rim. Great campsite and log cabin ruins at the creek mouth. From North Bay it's a 1 hour drive to Temiscaming PQ plus a 2 hour paddle up the Ottawa. You wanna go for a hike, call me. Few people have seen this place.
Les |
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