Adventure Series – Arkona Lions Museum – Rock Glen Conservation Area
The Rock Glen Conservation Area is a gorgeous 27-hectare park located in the town of Arkona. It is owned & maintained by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). The park is known worldwide for its breathtaking 10 metre-high Rock Glen Falls, Devonian era fossil deposits and Carolinian forest. As well as, the fossil & indigenous artifact collection at Arkona Lions Museum & Information Centre. There are lookouts, pavilions, stairs, boardwalks and bridges allowing explorers to safely traverse the steep sides of the glen.
The Ausable Gorge
This Area of Natural and Scientific Interest is composed of a stunning valley complex comprising more than 1700 hectares of land within the Carolinian Life Zone. The Ausable Gorge was carved out thousands of years ago by the Ausable River, exposing the underlying fossilized bedrock, making the gorge a world renowned treasure for fossil lovers of all ages. This rare mix of deciduous and Carolinian forest species is home to an exceptionally diverse plant and animal community with numerous species that are rare in Canada. The Southern Flying Squirrel, Hooded Warbler, Queen Snake, Tulip Tree and Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed are just a few of the Carolinian species inhabiting the 100 foot deep gorge. The extraordinary depth of the Ausable Gorge has created a number of breathtaking waterfalls that cascade over its rigid banks. The well known falls at Rock Glen tumble over 10 metres to the rocky bottom below. Suck power was harnessed and used to drive serveral mills in the area along with a hydroelectric dam until World War II. Historic remnants of these old dam structures are still evident in the gorge today.
- Carolinian Canada
GeoCaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a GPSr capable device to navigate to cleverly hidden containers called GeoCaches. It is the largest real world treasure hunt with over 3.1M GeoCaches and millions more active GeoCachers playing the game worldwide.
What is “Big Blue Switch” day ? - Every year on May 2nd, GeoCachers celebrate the anniversary of the birth of GeoCaching with the Big Blue Switch Souvenir. To earn the digital souvenir under your profile, find a GeoCache or attend an Event on May 2nd.
On May 2, 2000, just past midnight, the U.S government discontinued its use of Selective Availability in order to make GPS more responsive to civil and commercial users worldwide. Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant upgrade. Prior to this date, only the military had the ability to receive accurate GPS readings. Now, the world and all its wonderful people could pinpoint their precise location. For reasons unknown, this is often referred to as the flipping of the 'Big Blue Switch'.
The very next day, a computer consultant named Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket in the woods near Portland, Oregon. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot, then posted the coordinates online.
N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800
Three days later, the container was located by Mike Teague. Now, seventeen years later, geocaching has become a global phenomenon to get off the couch and get outside.
Source : GeoCaching Official Blog
Article : The Evolution Of GeoCaching - Big Blue Switch Day
A benchmark is a type of survey marker - usually a brass, bronze, or aluminum disk set into concrete or bedrock. The collection of benchmarks forms a network called the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) which is defined & maintained by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS). This benchmark network is used by surveyors to accurately position other geographic points of interest. GeoCachers sometimes find benchmarks and report the current coordinates to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), thereby performing a valuable public service.
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Rock Glen Conservation Area Arkona - Part 1
Travel back in time hundreds of millions of years to the days when North America lay beneath a warm, shallow, saltwater sea. Visit Rock Glen Conservation Area near Arkona, home of majestic Rock Glen Falls and fossils along the Ausable Gorge and at Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre. Location: 43° 5’ 3.249” N • –81° 49’ 17.205” W Visit abca.on.ca. Rock Glen Conservation Area is located two kilometres northeast of Arkona, Ontario, Canada at 8680 Rock Glen Road in the Municipality of Lambton Shores.
ROCK GLEN FALLS I ARKONA ONTARIO
Rock Glen Conservation Area is a suburban conservation area located in the town of Arkona, in the municipality of Lambton Shores, Ontario, Canada. The conservation is owned and maintained by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA).
The former Ausable River Conservation Authority was Ontario's first conservation authority. It was created in 1946.
The Bayfield River watershed and smaller streams were added in 1971. Local municipalities and the Province of Ontario formed Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA) to prevent the loss of important local ecosystems, to protect life and property through flood management, and to build a healthier natural environment on a watershed scale.[6] Rock Glen Conservation Area is situated in a transition zone between the Carolinian forest zone to the south, and the Great Lakes (St. Lawrence Zone to the north), in Lambton Shores, Ontario, Canada.[4] On the conservation grounds is the Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre; which houses a collection of Devonian Era fossils and Aboriginal artifacts found in the local area.
History
When the pioneer settlers arrived in the area in the mid-1800s, they built some grist mills within the present-day conservation area. One of these mills was run by an 11-metre overshot wheel. The mill pond, although dry, can still be seen immediately upstream and southwest of Rock Glen Falls. Part of the mill foundation has a platform that affords visitors an excellent view of the waterfalls. In 1907, the Rock Glen Power Company constructed a small hydro-electric dam on the Ausable River at Rock Glen. Following the formation of Ontario Hydro, the Rock Glen dam ceased operation shortly after the Second World War. In response to complaints from anglers that fish were unable to travel upstream to spawn, a Canadian Army demolition squad blew up the dam with dynamite. Parts of the old dam can still be seen in the bottom of the Ausable River.
Boardwalk Trail
Flora and fauna
The conservation area is home to a large diversity of species representative of both zones, and are found alongside sugar maple, beech, white elm and basswood, some of these native trees are: Sycamore, Sassafras, Cucumber Magnolia, Tulip-tree, Black Walnut, Maple, Oak, Ash, Pine, and Pawpaw. Wildflowers are abundant, with more than 50-types found within the boundaries of Rock Glen Conservation Area. Small mammals and songbirds are common. There are also examples of extinct animal life along the walls of the Ausable Gorge, small sea creatures that lived 350-million-years-ago. Fossils of some of these ancient animals include: brachiopods, horn corals, sponge coral, crinoids or gastropods.
The park is home to the eastern coyote, wood duck, deer, muskrat, and common garter snake.
Birds
Dozens of bird species can be seen.
Eastern meadowlark
Red-winged blackbird
Bobolink
American woodcock
Savannah sparrow
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pileated woodpecker
Red-eyed vireo
Blue jay
American robin
Great-crested flycatcher
Hairy woodpecker
Scarlet tanager
Northern oriole
Eastern kingbird
Field sparrow
House wren
Yellow shafted flicker
Indigo bunting
Grey catbird
Brown thrasher
Facilities
Located on the conservation grounds is the Arkona Lions Museum and Information Centre, which contains a large collection of birds and wildlife preserved with traditional taxidermic methods. The museum also has a large collection of fossils and artifacts found on or near the conservation grounds, and holds presentations and guided tours there for visitors and schools. The grounds also has many stairs, boardwalks and bridges allowing visitors to safely explore the steep sides of the glen and the 10.7-metre high waterfall just upstream of the Ausable River. Many of fossils found in the exposed beds there date back 350-Million-Years; some of which include crinoids, brachiopods and trilobites, which the conservation park allows visitors to take one fossil if visibility seen without digging.[4][2] There's also Public washrooms, two picnic pavilions available for reservation, playground equipment by the pavilions, the lookouts located at different parts of the conservation area, and lots of trails for hiking. Rock Glen Conservation Area also has guided and educational hikes available for groups and schools.
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Arkona Rock Glen Fossil Trail, Ausable River Ontario
Rock Glen Conservation Area, on the Ausable River in Arkona, Ontario, Canada, is renowned for its Devonian-era fossils dating back 350 million years. The adjacent Ausable Gorge was first inhabited by paleo-people over 6000 years ago. This slide show features sinuous images of the glen's 10.7 metre waterfall, riverscapes, landscapes, and foliage close-ups. Sanctum, composed and performed by Rapoon, provides an insistently rhythmic musical track with aboriginal overtones. Quotes by Dion Boucicault, Lao Tzu, Henry David Thoreau, Francois Rabelais, Delmore Schwartz, and Eric Woolfson compare the river's flow with time's passage.
Rock Glen Conservation Area
Rock Glen Conservation Area is a suburban conservation area located in the town of Arkona, in the municipality of Lambton Shores, Ontario, Canada. London to Arkona is roughly around 45-55 mins drive.
GeoCaching Series – EarthCache – Rock Glen Falls
A GeoCaching Adventure at the Rock Glen Conservation Area. Exploring around the beautiful Rock Glen Falls & finding the answers to claim four EarthCaches. Enjoy an awesome Fall hike across scenic lookouts & pavilions.
The Rock Glen Conservation Area is a gorgeous 27-hectare park located in the town of Arkona. It is owned & maintained by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). The park is known worldwide for its breathtaking 10 metre-high Rock Glen Falls, Devonian era fossil deposits and Carolinian forest. As well as, the fossil & indigenous artifact collection at Arkona Lions Museum & Information Centre. There are lookouts, pavilions, stairs, boardwalks and bridges allowing explorers to safely traverse the steep sides of the glen.
The Ausable Gorge
This Area of Natural and Scientific Interest is composed of a stunning valley complex comprising more than 1700 hectares of land within the Carolinian Life Zone. The Ausable Gorge was carved out thousands of years ago by the Ausable River, exposing the underlying fossilized bedrock, making the gorge a world renowned treasure for fossil lovers of all ages. This rare mix of deciduous and Carolinian forest species is home to an exceptionally diverse plant and animal community with numerous species that are rare in Canada. The Southern Flying Squirrel, Hooded Warbler, Queen Snake, Tulip Tree and Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed are just a few of the Carolinian species inhabiting the 100 foot deep gorge. The extraordinary depth of the Ausable Gorge has created a number of breathtaking waterfalls that cascade over its rigid banks. The well known falls at Rock Glen tumble over 10 metres to the rocky bottom below. Suck power was harnessed and used to drive serveral mills in the area along with a hydroelectric dam until World War II. Historic remnants of these old dam structures are still evident in the gorge today.
- Carolinian Canada
GeoCaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a GPSr capable device to navigate to cleverly hidden containers called GeoCaches. It is the largest real world treasure hunt with over 3.1M GeoCaches and millions more active GeoCachers playing the game worldwide.
What is “Big Blue Switch” day ? - Every year on May 2nd, GeoCachers celebrate the anniversary of the birth of GeoCaching with the Big Blue Switch Souvenir. To earn the digital souvenir under your profile, find a GeoCache or attend an Event on May 2nd.
On May 2, 2000, just past midnight, the U.S government discontinued its use of Selective Availability in order to make GPS more responsive to civil and commercial users worldwide. Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant upgrade. Prior to this date, only the military had the ability to receive accurate GPS readings. Now, the world and all its wonderful people could pinpoint their precise location. For reasons unknown, this is often referred to as the flipping of the 'Big Blue Switch'.
The very next day, a computer consultant named Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket in the woods near Portland, Oregon. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot, then posted the coordinates online.
N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800
Three days later, the container was located by Mike Teague. Now, seventeen years later, geocaching has become a global phenomenon to get off the couch and get outside.
Source : GeoCaching Official Blog
Article : The Evolution Of GeoCaching - Big Blue Switch Day
A benchmark is a type of survey marker - usually a brass, bronze, or aluminum disk set into concrete or bedrock. The collection of benchmarks forms a network called the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) which is defined & maintained by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS). This benchmark network is used by surveyors to accurately position other geographic points of interest. GeoCachers sometimes find benchmarks and report the current coordinates to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), thereby performing a valuable public service.
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GeoCaching Series – Ausable Gorge – Rock Glen Falls
Our GeoCaching Adventure at the Rock Glen Falls. Enjoy an Autumn hike along the Ausable Gorge across scenic lookouts & pavilions. According to the cache page it's a regular size container and we should be looking for an Ammo Can.
The Rock Glen Conservation Area is a gorgeous 27-hectare park located in the town of Arkona. It is owned & maintained by the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA). The park is known worldwide for its breathtaking 10 metre-high Rock Glen Falls, Devonian era fossil deposits and Carolinian forest. As well as, the fossil & indigenous artifact collection at Arkona Lions Museum & Information Centre. There are lookouts, pavilions, stairs, boardwalks and bridges allowing explorers to safely traverse the steep sides of the glen.
The Ausable Gorge
This Area of Natural and Scientific Interest is composed of a stunning valley complex comprising more than 1700 hectares of land within the Carolinian Life Zone. The Ausable Gorge was carved out thousands of years ago by the Ausable River, exposing the underlying fossilized bedrock, making the gorge a world renowned treasure for fossil lovers of all ages. This rare mix of deciduous and Carolinian forest species is home to an exceptionally diverse plant and animal community with numerous species that are rare in Canada. The Southern Flying Squirrel, Hooded Warbler, Queen Snake, Tulip Tree and Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed are just a few of the Carolinian species inhabiting the 100 foot deep gorge. The extraordinary depth of the Ausable Gorge has created a number of breathtaking waterfalls that cascade over its rigid banks. The well known falls at Rock Glen tumble over 10 metres to the rocky bottom below. Suck power was harnessed and used to drive serveral mills in the area along with a hydroelectric dam until World War II. Historic remnants of these old dam structures are still evident in the gorge today.
- Carolinian Canada
GeoCaching is an outdoor recreational activity, in which participants use a GPSr capable device to navigate to cleverly hidden containers called GeoCaches. It is the largest real world treasure hunt with over 3.1M GeoCaches and millions more active GeoCachers playing the game worldwide.
What is “Big Blue Switch” day ? - Every year on May 2nd, GeoCachers celebrate the anniversary of the birth of GeoCaching with the Big Blue Switch Souvenir. To earn the digital souvenir under your profile, find a GeoCache or attend an Event on May 2nd.
On May 2, 2000, just past midnight, the U.S government discontinued its use of Selective Availability in order to make GPS more responsive to civil and commercial users worldwide. Twenty-four satellites around the globe processed their new orders, and instantly the accuracy of GPS technology improved tenfold. Tens of thousands of GPS receivers around the world had an instant upgrade. Prior to this date, only the military had the ability to receive accurate GPS readings. Now, the world and all its wonderful people could pinpoint their precise location. For reasons unknown, this is often referred to as the flipping of the 'Big Blue Switch'.
The very next day, a computer consultant named Dave Ulmer hid a black bucket in the woods near Portland, Oregon. Along with a logbook and pencil, he left various prize items including videos, books, software, and a slingshot, then posted the coordinates online.
N 45° 17.460 W 122° 24.800
Three days later, the container was located by Mike Teague. Now, seventeen years later, geocaching has become a global phenomenon to get off the couch and get outside.
Source : GeoCaching Official Blog
Article : The Evolution Of GeoCaching - Big Blue Switch Day
A benchmark is a type of survey marker - usually a brass, bronze, or aluminum disk set into concrete or bedrock. The collection of benchmarks forms a network called the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) which is defined & maintained by NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS). This benchmark network is used by surveyors to accurately position other geographic points of interest. GeoCachers sometimes find benchmarks and report the current coordinates to the National Geodetic Survey (NGS), thereby performing a valuable public service.
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Viking Age | Wikipedia audio article
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Viking Age
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The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonization, and conquest. In this period, the Norsemen settled in Norse Greenland, Newfoundland, and present-day Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Normandy, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man, the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
Viking travellers and colonists were seen at many points in history as brutal raiders. Many historical documents suggest that their invasion of other countries was retaliation in response to the encroachment upon tribal lands by Christian missionaries, and perhaps by the Saxon Wars prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south, or were motivated by overpopulation, trade inequities, and the lack of viable farmland in their homeland.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from what was written about the Vikings by their enemies, and primary sources of archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.
Viking Age | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Viking Age
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at:
You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through:
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The Viking Age (793–1066 AD) is a period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, following the Germanic Iron Age. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonization, and conquest. In this period, the Norsemen settled in Norse Greenland, Newfoundland, and present-day Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Normandy, Scotland, England, Wales, Ireland, Isle of Man, the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, and Turkey.
Viking travellers and colonists were seen at many points in history as brutal raiders. Many historical documents suggest that their invasion of other countries was retaliation in response to the encroachment upon tribal lands by Christian missionaries, and perhaps by the Saxon Wars prosecuted by Charlemagne and his kin to the south, or were motivated by overpopulation, trade inequities, and the lack of viable farmland in their homeland.
Information about the Viking Age is drawn largely from what was written about the Vikings by their enemies, and primary sources of archaeology, supplemented with secondary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas.