Scotch Bonnet Ridge

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Scotch Bonnet Ridge is a geologic ridge that crosses the Canada-United States border, in Lake Ontario, south of Prince Edward County.[1] Scotch Bonnet Island and Nicholson Island lie off the shore of Prince Edward County.

The ridge is composed of glacio-lacustrine clay and till.[2]

References

  1. Marc Seguin. For Want of a Lighthouse: Building the Lighthouses of Eastern Lake Ontario 1828–1914, Trafford Publishing, 2015. Retrieved on 2017-06-22.
  2. Scotch Bonnet Island and Mohawk Island National Wildlife Areas Management Plan. ISBN 978-1-100-22382-7. Retrieved on 2019-05-06. “The island is named after one of three north-south trending rises of glacio-lacustrine clay and till, known as the Scotch Bonnet Ridge, in eastern Lake Ontario.”