Exciting new cave possibility – Bruce Peninsula Ontario As it was a beautiful warm day in early April, JC and I headed up to conduct some further exploration on the Bruce Peninsula. Our intent was to try and locate a stream that we had heard of; apparently this stream drains a sizable plateau and normally [...]
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Exploration in Ontario reveals an exciting new cave possibility – Bruce Peninsula Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, book on caves, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, cool things to do in toronto, diving in ontario, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, hiking, Interesting, niagara escarpment, ontario, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, sinkholes, sinkholes in Ontario, sports, underground, underground Ontario, tagged Bruce Peninsula, cave, Caving in Ontario, karst, new cave, ontario, solution shafts on April 7, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Beaver Valley – Fall leaves in Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Buy The Book, cave conservation, cave digging, cave diving in ontario, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, Education, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, hiking, Interesting, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario caves, Ontario geography, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, tagged Beaver Valley, cave hunting, caves in Ontario, Caving in Ontario, fall colors, geography, geology, geology of Ontario, karst, looking for caves, Niagara escarpment, ontario on October 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Beaver Valley, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I was out scouting for a possible cave dig location today. Caving in Ontario can sometimes involve a little digging. Beaver Valley has a few promising possibilities. Investigations from a past trip revealed the likelihood of a bedding plane tunnel, there was no remarkable amount of solution taking place. [...]
Fluor-richterite – Rockhound in Bancroft, Ontario
Posted in abandoned mines, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, books, collecting rocks near Bancroft, culture, cultures, Education, environment, exploration, feldspar, fluor-richterite, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, history, Interesting, lapidary, Life, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario geography, Ontario's geography, Ontario's geology, people, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, Travel, Uncategorized, wierd, tagged apatite mine, Bancroft, collecting crystals, crystals in Ontario, fluor-richterite, fluor-richtertite, Fluorichterite, gem mine, gem mine in Ontario, minerals, ontario, rare minerals, rare minerals in Ontario, Rochound in Bancroft, rock and gem, rock collecting, rock crystals, rock hound, rock Hounding, rockhounding, Silver mine, sodalite on January 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Fluor-richterite – Rockhound in Bancroft Ontario At first glance the Essonville Road Cut looked much like many others in the area – gnawed upon by rockhounds and strewn with shards of calcite and sand. Most immediately obvious were the huge black crystals that protruded from the calcite – a dyke that is theorized to [...]
Paradise Falls – Stairway to Paradise Storm Sewer
Posted in abandoned, adventure in Ontario, Adventures, backpacking, bizzare, Canada, Caves, cities, crazy things, creepy places, culture, cultures, exploration, geography, guelph, Hamilton, hiking, history, industrial archeology, Interesting, Life, my life, mystery, ontario, Photography, photos, picture of, sports, strange places, tunnels, Uncategorized, underground, underground Ontario, urban exploration, waterfalls of Ontario, wierd, tagged draining, ontario, Underground Ontario, urban exploration on December 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Paradise Falls, originally uploaded by Mic2006. I can’t remember what I’ve blogged about this trip so far – so here is the full story (as I remember). There is this incredible storm drain that is very spectacular (as storm drains go). Many years ago SNFU and I resolved to follow it up as far [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Rover’s Cave – Bruce Peninsula
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, books, Canada, cave conservation, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, diving in ontario, Education, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, guelph, Hamilton, hiking, history, Interesting, Life, My Book, my life, mystery, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario Underground, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Toronto Cave Group, tunnels, tagged cave exploration, Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, Niagara escarpment, ontario, sea caves, Tobermory, wave cut caves on November 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Rovers Cave – Bruce Peninsula – Niagara Escarpment Admittedly, when you are in the entry cavern looking up towards the Rovers Cave main entrance it is a little reminiscent of a crater pocked moonscape. These are however quite earthly, they are dissolutional pockets that have worn into the rock. From where I took the picture [...]
Caving in Ontario
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, bizzare, books, Buy The Book, Canada, cave digging, cave formation, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Cuba, Caving in Hamilton, Caving in Ontario, crazy things, Cuba, Education, environment, Eramosa Karst, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, Hamilton, Interesting, Life, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Toronto Cave Group, Travel, travel writing, tunnels, Uncategorized, underground, underground Ontario, waterfalls, waterfalls of Ontario, wierd, tagged caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, exploration, looking for caves, ontario on November 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Nothing like Cuba – but more to come on that! Just a little something from Ontario – The water is cold and the tunnels black. I had the experience a few years ago of dredging out a sumping tube somewhere near Hamilton – where the temperature on the surface was many degrees below zero [...]
cabbed and rough corundum crystal
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, books, Buy The Book, Canada, collecting rocks near Bancroft, corundum, crystals, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, Interesting, lapidary, Life, looking for gems, mine, My Book, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks and minerals, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, sapphires, strange places, Travel, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, corundum, crystal zoning, crystals, gems, minerals, ontario, rock and gems, rockhounding, rocks and minerals, rough sapphire on November 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
finding sapphires in Ontario Faceted and rough corundum crystal, originally uploaded by Mic2006. This is what ruby and sapphire looks like in their rougher forms. They are hexagonal crystals, generally displaying a six sided shape and in the case of the cabbed ruby in the fore-ground, also showing some pretty obvious hexagonal zoning. Zoning indicates the [...]
I Think I’m Gonna Die – Sanctum, Cave diving in 3D
Posted in adventure in Ontario, Adventures, bizzare, Canada, Caves, caves in Ontario, caving, Caving in Ontario, crazy things, Education, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, Interesting, Life, my life, nature, Nature/Outdoors, niagara escarpment, ontario, Ontario's geology, people, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rocks in Ontario, searching for caves, sports, strange places, Travel, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd, tagged Add new tag, Cave divers, Cave diving, Cave diving Sanctum 3D, Caves, caving, Caving in Ontario, extreme, extreme sports, ontario, Sanctum, Sanctum 3D, sport, underwater caving on September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is caving in Ontario Caving in Ontario – Sanctum of the Bruce! It is what you might call a rather challenging mental problem – an exercise in self control – sensory deprivation. What is it about pushing the boundaries that is so appealing? Physically – oh there’s no problem there. I will fit. [...]
Natural Silver Wire
Posted in abandoned mines, abandoned mines in Ontario, adventure in Ontario, Bancroft gemboree, Canada, Cobalt, collecting rocks near Bancroft, environment, exploration, gemology, gems, gemstones, geography, geology, history, Interesting, looking for gems, mine, mines in northern Ontario, Nature/Outdoors, ontario, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, Rocks & Gems, rocks in Ontario, silver, silver mines, Travel, tagged Bancroft, Bancroft gemboree, collecting minerals, gem show, natural silver wire, ontario, raw silver, rock and gem, rock and mineral show, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, silver on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Raw silver found as wire – sold at the Bancroft Gemboree P1010606, originally uploaded by Mic2006. If you want it you can find it at the Bancroft Gemboree. Yeah – they look like fletched arrow spines, barbs on fish hooks or just poorly made hooks but as the vendor explained, they are naturally occuring pieces [...]
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