SydenhamSydenham CutCut --VirtualVirtual FieldField TripTrip--

School of GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY

Prepared by Zachary Windus Carolyn Eyles & Susan Vajoczki and Liz Kenny From McMaster University take towards Dundas. Follow Cootes Drive as it becomes King Street and turn right at Sydenham Road. Follow Sydenham Road up the escarpment. A small parking area and the Sydenham Cut Outlook are located near the top of the escarpment on the right hand side of the road. SydenhamSydenham CutCut Schematic Section of the Sydenham Cut

Highlighted formations are visible at this site. Lockport Fm StratigraphyStratigraphy

Rochester Fm

Irondequoit Fm

Reynales Fm (covered by talus)

Thorold Fm chert nodules from LockportLockport FormationFormation contact between Ancaster and Gasport Ancaster Member Members

Camera case for scale

Ancaster Member Gasport Member

The Lockport Fm is very well exposed at the Sydenham Cut. RochesterRochester FormationFormation

Contact between Rochester (above) and Irondequoit (below)

The Rochester shale is not well exposed at this site, and appears as a thin recessive unit. The underlying Irondequoit Formation is approximately 1.5-2m thick. IrondequoitIrondequoit FormationFormation

The Irondequoit Formation is difficult to see near the top of the cut, as it is covered by the road or vegetation. It is visible further down the cut as a prominent massive dolostone unit. ReynalesReynales FormationFormation

The Reynales Formation is almost completely covered by talus at this site, and is very difficult to see. ThoroldThorold FormationFormation

Although partially covered by talus, the Thorold Formation is visible in the lower part of the Sydenham Cut. View of the Sydenham Cut exposure from the top of Osler Drive, Dundas Looking down from the Sydenham Cut, towards the Dundas Valley. ViewView fromfrom thethe toptop ofof thethe SydenhamSydenham CutCut (looking south east from the top of the )

Burlington Bar Lake West Pond Views from the top of the Sydenham Cut:

Downtown Hamilton West Pond McMaster University Views from the top of the Sydenham Cut:

Dofasco and Cootes Paradise Views from the top of the Sydenham Cut:

Hamilton Harbour Skyway Bridge, Bridge at Burlington Bar Cootes Paradise

The Bridge at York Boulevard effectively forms the boundary between Cootes Paradise and the Hamilton Harbour. Acknowledgements:Acknowledgements:

Map Source Data: DMTI Spatial Inc.

Photographs by Ben Cowie, Luisa DaSilva, Liz Kenny, and Zachary Windus