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EXPLORE YOUR MORAINE!
The Oak Ridges Moraine is a prominent geological landform located just north of Toronto, Canada's largest city, and extending 160 kilometres from the Trent River to the Niagara Escarpment. The Moraine's rivers and streams drain south to Lake Ontario and north into Georgian Bay, Lake Simcoe, and the Trent River.
The unique concentration of environmental, geological and hydrological features makes the ecosystem of the Oak Ridges Moraine vital to southern Ontario.
In this section, you can delve more deeply into many of these aspects of the moraine:
Use our spaces, faces and places pages to plan a hike and learn more about the habitats, animals and unique locations accross the moraine. Or, use our
interactive map
to get even more details!
Our formation page will explain how the moraine, one of Ontario's most prominent landmarks, was formed by glacial action, many thousands of years ago. Or, witness the
formation of the moraine with our interactive animation. Note that this object requires the Macromedia Flash player and may run slowly on a dial-up connection.
Our history and protection page explores our complex relationship with the moraine more deeply. Or, use our interactive timeline to surf through the centuries and see it for yourself.
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