Limehouse Conservation Area is located on the

Niagara Escarpment The Niagara Escarpment is an approximately discontinuous, arc-shaped but generally northward-facing escarpment, or cuesta, in Canada and the United States. The escarpment begins south of Lake Ontario and circumscribes the top of the Great Lake ...

near

Limehouse, Ontario Limehouse is a community in the Town of Halton Hills in southern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of about 800 people and its closest neighbours are Georgetown and Acton. Limehouse has many hills, trails and even a small school. Limehouse ...

and is owned and operated by

Credit Valley Conservation Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) is one of 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada, responsible for protecting, restoring, and managing natural resources at the watershed level. CVC operates within the Credit River watershed and smaller ...

. It is within the watershed of the

Credit River The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario, which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately . The total l ...

, being bisected by its tributary, the Black Creek.

Redside dace The redside dace (''Clinostomus elongatus'') is a North American species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the Family (biology), family Leuciscidae. It is a surface-feeding specialist, thus acting as a conduit for nutrient transfe ...

, a provincially threatened species of fish, is found there. The area is known for a system of deep rock fissures and crevices, some of which are accessible from a trail via ladders at the location known as the "Hole in the Wall". Remains of the 19th century

lime kiln A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called ''quicklime'' (calcium oxide). The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can tak ...

s (first opened in 1840 and ceased operations in 1917) can be found in the area, making it a site of the regional cultural heritage.

References

External links

Credit Valley Conservation: Limehouse Conservation Area
Niagara Escarpment Conservation areas in Ontario Protected areas of the Regional Municipality of Halton Credit Valley Conservation Credit River {{Ontario-geo-stub