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The Tyndall Stone quarry is operated by Gillis Quarries Ltd. and is located approximately 40 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba. The quarry has been in operation, and owned by the same family, since 1910. [8] In 2023, Tyndall Stone was designated as a Global Heritage Stone Resource, the only one of Canadian origin. [9]
Stonewall is a town in the Canadian province of Manitoba with a population of 5,046 as of the 2021 census. [5] The town is situated approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Winnipeg on PTH 67. It is known for its limestone quarries. The local festival is the Quarry Days which is usually held over three days in August on Main Street.
The type locality for the Bertie Group is Ridgemount Quarry, [2] located west of Fort Erie on the Niagara Peninsula of Bertie, Ontario, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Buffalo, New York, [3] after which the group is named. [4] The first author who recognized the group as a separate stratigraphic unit was Chapman in 1884. [3]
Gunton is an unincorporated community located 40 km (25 mi) north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood. It has no major industry, as most residents work in Winnipeg or nearby communities. [citation needed] It has a bull test station [clarification needed] (the only one in the Interlake Region) and an abandoned ...
Old Quarry Park Interpretive Centre (as seen 3 months before it burned down). A new one was opened on the fourth anniversary of the fire. Stonewall Quarry Park is an outdoor recreational facility located in the town of Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada. The 80-acre (32 ha) park is built over the remains of a limestone quarry that closed in the 1960s ...
The Quarry name continued through the 20th century [3] [4] until at least 2002. [5] In 1999, the owners of the quarry donated a sodalite boulder to the Earth Sciences Museum at the University of Waterloo in Ontario. [6] The quarry was owned by Paul Rasmussen and Carl Bosiac, the 8th owners, who sold it to the ninth owner Andy Christie. [2] [7]
Pages in category "Quarries in Canada" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Butchart Gardens; C.
The Don Valley Brick Works (often referred to as the Evergreen Brick Works) is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River Valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma , Osgoode Hall ...