Cheltenham Badlands

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Cheltenham Badlands is a striking exposed red shale and clay landscape in Ontario, Canada, known for its rolling, Mars-like terrain and geological significance.

All labels observed (2)

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Cheltenham Badlands canonical 2
Cheltenham Badlands area 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
access boardwalk and viewing platform ⓘ
age approximately 450 million years ⓘ
climate humid continental climate region ⓘ
color red ⓘ
conservationFocus erosion control ⓘ
visitor impact management ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
describedAs Mars-like landscape ⓘ
distanceFrom northwest of Toronto ⓘ
drainage poorly drained soils ⓘ
ecosystem limited vegetation due to soil instability ⓘ
erosionType human-accelerated erosion ⓘ
formedBy erosion ⓘ
geologicalComposition Queenston Shale ⓘ
clay ⓘ
red shale ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Ordovician ⓘ
heritageDesignationBy Province of Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
heritageStatus provincially significant Earth Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Region of Peel ⓘ
Town of Caledon ⓘ
linked to: Caledon
managedBy Ontario Heritage Trust ⓘ
near Bruce Trail ⓘ
Cheltenham, Ontario ⓘ
notableCharacteristic distinctive red and orange coloration ⓘ
undulating, wave-like topography ⓘ
ownership publicly owned land ⓘ
photographySubject landscape photography ⓘ
primaryErosionalAgent water ⓘ
publicAccess restricted from walking directly on the badlands surface ⓘ
reasonForAccessRestriction prevention of further erosion ⓘ
protection of fragile geology ⓘ
region Southern Ontario ⓘ
safetyMeasure fencing around sensitive areas ⓘ
soilProperty high clay content ⓘ
surfaceFeature bare, sparsely vegetated slopes ⓘ
ridges and gullies ⓘ
terrainType badlands ⓘ
rolling hills ⓘ
tourism popular day-trip destination from the Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
usedFor geological education ⓘ
scientific study of erosion ⓘ
visitorFacility interpretive signage ⓘ
parking area ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caledon → contains → Cheltenham Badlands ⓘ
Credit River watershed → hasConservationArea → Cheltenham Badlands area ⓘ
linked to: Cheltenham Badlands
Belfountain → locatedNear → Cheltenham Badlands ⓘ