Bruce Peninsula National Park is a park located on the Bruce Peninsula, Ontario , on the Niagara Escarpment and covers an area of 154 km² and was established in 1987. The park's massive rocky cliffs have been home to cedar trees for thousands of years, towering over the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of Georgia.
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The park consists of an incredible variety of habitats, dense forests and clear lakes. Together they form a large ecosystem - the largest remaining piece of their natural habitat in southern Ontario.
Holidays in Niagara stretches from Niagara Falls to Tobermory. It forms the backbone of the peninsula and forms the northern boundary of much of the park, offering its most breathtaking scenery.
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Approximately 400 million years ago this area was covered by a shallow tropical sea teeming with plant life such as live animals, crustaceans, molluscs and corals. As the sea began to dry up, the minerals dissolved in it became more and more concentrated.
The magnesium contained in the water was absorbed into the limestone, which then turned into a hard, slightly different rock called dolomite. At Niagara Falls, the dolomite "seal" erodes more slowly than the rock below it, creating the sculpted cliffs the area is famous for.
Since the last ice age, the water level in the region has undergone major changes. Where erosion became deeper, caves formed, such as the lakeside grotto between Marr and the Georgian Bay trails. Large blocks of dolomite, blown up by waves, have fallen off the rocks above and can be seen below the surface of the deep clear waters of the Gulf of Georgia.