![]() ![]() ![]() I feel it is important to grasp the immensity of geologic time and, thus, to appreciate the huge stretches of time that have been available for geologic and biologic processes to occur. The purpose of this brief history is to change that view, to show the origins of those features we do see on the surface, and to dig nearly a kilometre and a half below the surface to reveal a fascinating history of change going back nearly a billion years.Īs this history proceeds, there will be numerous references to time intervals and times in the past. ![]() must appear very flat and - dare I say it? - uninteresting. Unless you are from Kent or Essex Counties, Warwick Twp. Even Rock Glen and Hungry Hollow in the valley of the Ausable River, probably the most outstanding landscape features in the vicinity, lie outside Warwick. There was a time when roads were not much more than two muddy ruts, and then some of our hills and dales caused real problems for heavily-laden horse and wagon rigs or for early automobiles but asphalt, road cuts and embankments and powerful engines have made those problems a thing of the past. Certainly there are some gentle ridges and shallow valleys, but they go almost unnoticed except by the farmers who have to deal with them. On occasion we may fly over it and on rarer occasions we may explore under it, but normally our lives are confined to what appears to be a fairly flat, featureless landscape. We residents of Warwick Township live, for the most part, on the surface of our land. ![]()
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