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Excerpt from conservationhamilton.ca:
This cave is actually a collapse sinkhole. This cave used to be underground with water flowing through it. As the water dissolved more of the rock over the centuries, the ceiling eventually became too thin and collapsed, creating this opening.
There is a small underground cave here. It is very small and is usually filled with water so cavers have not been able to explore it completely.
After a large rain or snow melt, the underground channels can overflow with water. The excess water spills out and can flood the entire area.
Tags: Pottruff Cave Karst Features Trail Eramosa Karst Conservation Area Upper Mount Albion Road Stoney Creek Hamilton Ontario Canada Conservation Areas Conservation Areas Hamilton Conservation Areas
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Excerpt from conservationhamilton.ca:
This cave is actually a collapse sinkhole. This cave used to be underground with water flowing through it. As the water dissolved more of the rock over the centuries, the ceiling eventually became too thin and collapsed, creating this opening.
There is a small underground cave here. It is very small and is usually filled with water so cavers have not been able to explore it completely.
After a large rain or snow melt, the underground channels can overflow with water. The excess water spills out and can flood the entire area.
Tags: Pottruff Cave Karst Features Trail Eramosa Karst Conservation Area Upper Mount Albion Road Stoney Creek Hamilton Ontario Canada Conservation Areas Conservation Areas Hamilton Conservation Areas
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Excerpt from conservationhamilton.ca:
This is Pottruff Creek, it was formed underground when Phoenix Creek and Stewart Creek merged. We saw this creek at Phoenix Creek Sink, Stewart Creek, and at Pottruff Spring. Watercress sink is the last sinkpoint in the Eramosa Karst.
This is the end of the surface stream in the Eramosa Karst, but it is not the end of the water system. In a few kilometers, it will spring up in the suburb you see to the North West. From there, it sinks down again, making its way down the Niagara Escapment and into Hamilton Harbour.
Eventually this water will travel into Lake Ontario, out the St. Lawrence River and into the Atlantic Ocean.
Like every area of the Karst, Watercress Sink changes depending on the amount of rain that has fallen recently.
Tags: Watercress Sink Karst Features Trail Eramosa Karst Conservation Area Upper Mount Albion Road Stoney Creek Hamilton Ontario Canada Conservation Areas Conservation Areas Hamilton Conservation Areas
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