Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park

The landscape surrounding Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park is a product or incredibly powerful forces which have shaped and reshaped the area over 5 billion years. Formation of the earth's landmass, tremendous volcanic activity, collision of continents, mountain-building, massive erosion and glaciation, have all played a role in shaping this landscape. Uisge Ban Falls Provincial Park lies in a steep-sided river canyon, part of the landscape which forms the interface between the elevated Cape Breton Boreal Plateau (Taiga) and the lower Central Cape Breton Hills landscapes. Rock types of this landscape are similar to those found in the boreal plateau - derived ancient granites, gneiss, and schists. Major river systems such as this Baddeck River system, of which Falls Brook / Easach Ban is part, originate on the boreal plateau, plunge down the steep slopes (approximately 300 metres (980 ft) in height), to eventually empty into the Bras d'Or Lakes.