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SITE NAME: 12.1 Ram River Falls (fluvial)

 

LOCALITY: on Ram River, trail, camping, and picnicking facilities off of the Forestry Trunk Road                                             (Highway 940).

LEGAL LAND DESCRIPTION: Map 83 B/4

 

 

LAND OWNER/TENANT: Crown

 

 

SITE DESCRIPTION:

falls form over resistant Cardium Formation; Cardium Formation overturned anticline and falls can be viewed from a viewpoint; rapids downriver; fossilferous rock upstream; short trail reaches viewpoint and falls, successful interpretive program.

Evaluator: Marilyn Nelson                              Date: May 29, 1996

Address: The Royal Alberta Museum

                12845-102 Avenue

                Edmonton, Alberta

Office use only-

Geological Significance Score: Class II

Degree of Threat Score: Class III

Interpretive Value Score: High

Protection Priority: C

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