NH 5-04 The Escarpment across the Twelve


At the Rotary Park north viewpoint along the Laura Secord Legacy Trail you can look across the valley of Twelve Mile Creek.

This ridge of land – the Niagara Escarpment - was a natural geologic and navigational beacon for First Nations. Laura Secord would have used it like that too.

Santee Smith, a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River, explains.



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