Ontario Archeologist Holds Skull (Many unusual finds in the Eramosa Karst)

old pics 112 Originally uploaded by Mic2006. As mentioned, this last weekend I had visited with a local archeologist who was investigating the possibility of human habitation in the caves of the Eramosa Member and its surroundings. I had heard voices as I approached the woodlot and following down a leafy path I soon found [...]

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Ontario Amethyst Deposits (gems, gemstones, rocks, minerals and rockhounding)

IMG_2124, originally uploaded by Mic2006. At its finest this wonderful purple gem is a rich, fathomless violet frozen in stone. It was a color most valued by Roman nobility and until the latter half of the 18th century, was considered to be amongst the most precious of jewels. With the discovery of the vast Brazillian [...]

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Canadian Cavers Visit Friar’s Hole (West Virginia)

old pics 048, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This is Kirk MacGregor, founding father of the Toronto Cave Group. Early in the morning (Early for Kirk that is), while the other cavers were still rustling around in their tents we followed into the underground from a valley beside the encampment. It is one of the few [...]

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Ontario Cavers follow claustrophobic tunnels

IMG_4510 Originally uploaded by Mic2006. In a previous post (The Water Table has Dropped and What a Pleasant Surprise; the Sound of Running Water) D told me that Marcus Buck and Steve Worthington had pushed their way along this low muddy crawlspace for around 30 metres. It supposedly joins up with the main Olmstead Cave [...]

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Stinking Dog Gets Bath at the New Pet Spa in Guelph (Dont tell him I said that, he’s really sensitive)

IMG_4591 Originally uploaded by Mic2006. Here we are at the heart of the action, Maggie sprays Shaka and he grumbles and moans. We use the soap titled "Skunk De-scenter". After the bath a hose blasts high pressure air over your pet, drying him in a fraction of the time than if you were using a hair [...]

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Public Dog Washing Facility – (Pet owners in Guelph frequent the Wag N Wash)

IMG_4572 Originally uploaded by Mic2006. No rock related activities today; Maggie had a strict schedule to which I was tied. First task was to take Shaka swimming down at the river near Arkell (The Eramosa River). He loves the water but smells terrible afterward. My second job was to accompany her to the new "Wag [...]

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The Water Table has Dropped and What a Pleasant Surprise; The Sound of Running water (Suspected Ontario cave tunnels up ahead)

IMG_4512, originally uploaded by Mic2006. After my first miserable experience in mid November (See post- Urban Caves Challenge Explorers in Southern Ontario) when I wriggled through water, neck-deep and almost hypothermic I was quite pleasantly surprised to find that the tunnels were relatively free of that turbid coffee-swill. Slipping through the opening at the bottom [...]

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Bottom of the Solution Shaft (Exploring Ontario caves)

IMG_4506, originally uploaded by Mic2006. Greetings Bloggers, Well now that I am on a roll, its hard to stop. I had the good fortune to split my time between two cave projects today, firstly a meeting with a team of local archeologists who are sifting through the soils of the afore-mentioned “Eramosa Member Karst” for [...]

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Urban Caves Challenge Explorers in Southern Ontario (Nexus, Olmstead and other yet to be discovered wonders)

old pics 058 Originally uploaded by Mic2006. Encased in a rapidly expanding urban sprawl in Southern Ontario there is a provincially significant showing of the cave-forming geographical landscape known as karst. Though it’s core is only 130 acres in extent it is recocognized as one of the foremost teaching and research areas in the region. [...]

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Sea Stacks on Flowerpot Island have a magical aura

IMG_4088, originally uploaded by Mic2006. There is some sort of rumour that talks of an Indian Brave and a maiden that had fallen in love with him. I cant recall the exact content of the story but the end result was that they were both supposedly turned into stone along the lakeshore. The two stone [...]

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