This photo was taken during my lab; for this lab we hiked along the Red Sand Stone trail until we reached the Grasse River. The Grasse river is 73 miles long and it is named after Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, a French admiral who assisted American forces during the Battle of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. The river was made up by a series of small lakes and ponds in the towns of Russel, Clifton and Clare. The Grasse river is part of what is known as the Greater St. Lawrence River Drainage Basin.

Landscape 1:
The Grasse River in Canton splits at an island before reaching the bridge. I found it interesting because there are ten or more significant size deciduous trees growing on the island, which suggests to me that it could have been relatively recently that the water found its way through the turf, creating an island. Because this island is so close to the land to the right, I predict that this island formed through soil erosion and avulsion.

At Heritage Park there is a large rock out in the middle of the Grasse River that people can climb on and look out over the rushing waters. I took this close up of the different levels of sediment that have built up on each other over many thousands of years. I think this picture is interesting because of how long it takes for a rock to build like that. Each of the strips of color is its own layer and period of time. Fascinating!

Habitat: Frozen River - Near lowland mixed-wood forest.