General Information

The St. David's buried gorge existed 22,800 years ago. It was once a part of an ancient drainage system which extended the entire width of the NiagaraPeninsula. The St. David's Buried Gorge was approximately 1200 long, 305 meters wide, and 91 meters deep at the whirlpool. Previously the gorge was 200 feet deeper than the depth of LakeOntario. The gorge extended into LakeOntario 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles) west of the present Niagara River. The gorges original landscape is no longer visible however, as the widely recognized Whirlpool Gorge was formed in its place. Thus only remnants of its geologic origins exist.