Sunday, 27 February 2022

Ediacaran Fossils in Blocks at the Base of the Big Ben Statue in Perth, Ontario

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The bronze statue of Big Ben and Ian Millar in Stewart Park in Perth, Ontario will be familiar to all who live in Lanark County.   Located o...
Tuesday, 25 January 2022

An Iron Ore Deposit in the Potsdam Sandstone of Eastern Ontario: The Hematite Deposit Between Delta and Furnace Falls - Part 2

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 Part 1 is my November 18, 2012 blog posting.  In that posting I relied on Murray (1852) who identified the hematite occurrences on Lots 23,...
Friday, 3 December 2021

The Omicron Variant Can Evade Immunity from Prior Infection. We’re Back in the Car Again

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      Nine medical researchers, primarily in South Africa, but also including Professor Jonathan Dushoff at McMaster University, have releas...
Saturday, 13 November 2021

Reports of Fossil Thrombolites Along the Ottawa River at Kitchissippi Lookout, at the Champlain Bridge, and at Brebeuf Park

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 Residents of Eastern Ontario will be familiar with the outcrops of stromatolites along the Ottawa River. The most well known outcrop is in ...
Thursday, 4 November 2021

Non-mineralized Discoidal Impressions Preserved on a Slab of Ordovician March (Theresa) Formation Sandstone from Lanark County, Ontario

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 The specimen in the following photographs is a slab of Ordovician March (Theresa) Formation sandstone collected in Lanark County, Ontario a...
Sunday, 31 October 2021

Abandoned Nepean Sandstone Quarries and Outcrops in the Greenspace West of Bells Corners - Part II

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 Campbell’s Quarry - Continued In 1949 the National Capital Commission took out an option to purchase the Campbell Sandstone Quarries and 34...