A cave like Nexus, but way south of there
Caving in Ontario
We realized that we were inadequately prepared to explore this new cave, we had only one flashlight and crawling on the cobbles without knee pads was painful to say the least. We resolved to poke our heads in a short distance and see what lay ahead with the intention of surmising what lay beyond that.
I am left with the impression of a system somewhat similar in appearance to Nexus cave in the Eramosa Karst (Hamilton), but the tunnels are a little larger in this passage.
I believe that the cave at the entrance is only a short distance beneath the rock, but with around 15 feet of dirt above the rock – that’s unusual in ontario, most Ontario caves are just beneath the cedars – little in the way of dirt above them. I do not see much in the way of mud and sediment banks in the trenchway that I am crawling along. Like Nexus, the rock is thinly bedded and from what I could see, much of it juts out into the passage.
Soon the water is getting deeper. The big mystery to us is still where does the water come from, a sinking stream, percolating throught the farmer’s fields, just dripping out of the strata with the snowmelt?
would like to know if you know of any good caves in the sudbury area. my husband loves exploring, and it is almost his b-day. thank you.
Maybe not caves but we sure have mines! Actually I hear that there are some great caves on Manitoulin Island if that is close enough
Would love to find out where these caves are. I know there’s 2 in the niagara region but havent found anyone willing to show me where they are
Hey brad there definately are caves in the niagara region as i grew up there. There is one about 5 minutes away from Rockway Gorge and there is also one small one near glendale campus Niagara college…both caves are rather small…If you like caves You should check out Mt Nemo, Rattlesnake point and Kelso in Burlington….I know of roughly 8 caves at Mt Nemo alone They are all rather long-ish and fairly deep
Happy caving
I was cave “hunting” in Kelso in the early 80’s and found one that started on the flat top of the escarpment and ended up on the noirth face, about 1/3 of the way down. It was a narrow passageway with a few changes in level, but for the most part I was able to stand and navigate from beginning to end.
It was a magical time, with good friends and a beautiful view of Kelso upon emerging!
Have fun and be safe!