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Black River Escarpment (Ontario)
The
Black River
Escarpment
is a
geological feature
in
Southeastern Ontario
.
The
escarpment
marks
the
boundary
of the
older
Canadian Shield
bedrock
and more
recent
Ordovician
limestone
.
The escarpment
runs
from
Penetanguishene
on
Georgian Bay
to
Kingston on
Lake Ontario
.
The
cliffs
that
mark
the escarpment, when present, generally
average
between and high.