Jeff in Broken Boat Cave, originally uploaded by Mic2006. JC and I have recently found a cave in a relatively well traveled area. It looks like just a simple undercut that is easily discounted. At the time I was tired and waited while JC pushed it. Needless to say we were both pretty excited when [...]
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JC in Broken Boat Cave – An Ontario Cave that Hides in Plain Sight
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, books, Canada, cave conservation, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, cultures, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, Interesting, Life, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, News, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, people, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Toronto Cave Group, tunnels, Uncategorized, underground, underground Ontario, tagged cave exploration, Caves, caving, Caving in Canada, Caving in Ontario, ointario geography, ontario, Ontario geology on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Bats in Ontario – Rovers Cave
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, animals, bats, Canada, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, history, Life, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Travel, tunnels, Uncategorized, underground, underground Ontario, tagged bats, Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, Exploration in Ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario geology, rocks of Ontario, rocs of Ontario on November 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rover’s Cave Mic2006. Heres JC in front as we absorb the beauty that is Rover’s Cave. In the winter Rover’s Cave functions as a bat hibernaculum; you will see them in dewy patches high in the avens overhead. I am pleased to report that as of the last time I checked, there was [...]
“Bed of Glass Cave”
Posted in adventure in Ontario, bizzare, Buy The Book, Canada, cave digging, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, Education, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, hiking, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, News, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, people, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Toronto Cave Group, tunnels, Uncategorized, underground, underground Ontario, tagged cave, caving, Caving in Ontario, exploration, Lake Erie, nature, Onondaga Escarpment, Ontario caves, Ontario geology, rock of Ontario, spelunking on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A newly discovered Ontario cave Initial exploration of “Bed of Glass Cave” This is Jeff, he discovered Bed of Glass Cave” last weekend. Having dropped down through the hole that had been broken through the coils of rusting wire we found ourself in a twilight world of subdued light, old car parts and broken bottles. [...]
Tunnel in Abandoned Ontario Gold Mine
Posted in abandoned, abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, Canada, Caves, collecting rocks near Bancroft, Education, environment, exploration, geography, geology, gold, gold mining, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, panning for gold, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, vacation, tagged exploring in Ontario, looking for gold, mines in Ontario, Ontario geology, Ontario Gold Mine, prospecting in Ontario, rockhounding in Ontario on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quartz seam in which the gold was found is pushed up against the rock face. Abandoned Ontario Gold Mine Looking in from the entrance of the mine, this tunnel leads on for a short distance. The granite headwall against which the quartz seam seems pushed appears on the right. Further back in the valley [...]







