Photo: Aerial View Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park Ontario Canada
The Ouimet Canyon, located in the Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is 100 metres deep, 150 metres wide about two kilometers long and plays host to a variety of rare arctic dwelling plants.
As can be seen from this aerial view of Ouimet Canyon in Ouimet Provincial Park, this is a very deep gorge. Located about 60km northeast of Thunder Bay, the Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is accessible to visitors and people can a network of trails to platforms which afford stupendous views of the steep sided canyon walls and base as well as the gorgeous scenery which surrounds it. It is recommended that visitors remain on the marked trails at all times as the large variety of flora in this area is quite rare and endangered.
This gorge received its name from a former railway station in the area which was named after the former Canadian Minister of Public Works Joseph-Aldric Ouimet. ... continue below the picture...
Aerial View Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park Ontario Canada
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Aerial View Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park Ontario Canada
The deep gorge was most likely created when igneous rock shifted and split open, possibly due to the weight of glaciers, and then massive amounts of erosion from wind and rain carved out the depth of the canyon.
Aerial view of the Ouimet Canyon in the Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, aperture of f/4.5, exposure time of 1/500 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 51mm.
The Ouimet Canyon, located in the Ouimet Canyon Provincial Park is 100 metres deep, 150 metres wide about two kilometers long and plays host to a variety of rare arctic dwelling plants.
