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Geography
Geographical
Features
The
red Queenston shale banks from which the valley gets
its name. |
- More
than 1600 acres (over 700 hectares) of continuous publicly-owned
greenspace, mostly forested natural areas, almost surrounded
by residential and industrial areas
- Only
large natural area in the east end of Hamilton-Wentworth
- Redhill
Creek is the largest and last of 14 streams that once
flowed through Hamilton
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Redhill Creek is the second largest stream flowing into
Hamilton Harbour
- Red
Hill Valley is the only natural corridor between Niagara
Escarpment and Lake Ontario
Albion
Falls, one of three waterfalls gracing Red Hill Valley.
Photo by Walt Mann.
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Location
of Red Hill Valley in East Hamilton:
Map credit: Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Website
Location
of Hamilton in Southern Ontario:
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Audio
Presentations: Red Hill Valley - No Place for a Road