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'''Canyon Lake Gorge''' is a gorge in [[Canyon Lake (Texas)|Canyon Lake, Texas]]. It was formed on July 4th, 2002 when {{convert|70000|cuft|m3}} of water per second rushed downward from the Canyon Lake spillway into the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]] below for three days.<ref name=yahooAP>{{cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071006/ap_on_sc/new_canyon |title=Texas set to open new canyon to public |accessdate=2007-10-06 |format=online |work= |publisher=AP Associated Press }}</ref> The gorge is a mile-and-a-half-long and up to {{convert|80|ft|m}} deep.<ref name=yahooAP/> The [[Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority]] manages the 64 acre Canyon Lake Gorge site. Officials hope to build a rim trail to overlook the canyon in the winter of 2007.<ref name=yahooAP/> |
'''Canyon Lake Gorge''' is a gorge in [[Canyon Lake (Texas)|Canyon Lake, Texas]]. It was formed on July 4th, 2002 when {{convert|70000|cuft|m3}} of water per second rushed downward from the Canyon Lake spillway into the [[Guadalupe River (Texas)|Guadalupe River]] below for three days.<ref name=yahooAP>{{cite web |url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071006/ap_on_sc/new_canyon |title=Texas set to open new canyon to public |accessdate=2007-10-06 |format=online |work= |publisher=AP Associated Press }}</ref> The gorge is a mile-and-a-half-long and up to {{convert|80|ft|m}} deep.<ref name=yahooAP/> The [[Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority]] manages the 64 acre Canyon Lake Gorge site. Officials hope to build a rim trail to overlook the canyon in the winter of 2007.<ref name=yahooAP/> |
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In order to put canyon ages within a time frame consistent with [[Dating_Creation#According_to_the_Book_of_Genesis|the age of the earth according to a literal interpretation of Genesis]] (6,000 to 10,000 years), many [[Young Earth creationism|Young Earth Creationists]] claim that the swiftness of the formation of Canyon Lake Gorge<ref name=Doyle>{{cite web |url=http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5369/ |title=A Gorge in Three Days!|accessdate=2007-10-13 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref> and other recently formed canyons and gorges such as Burlingame Canyon near Walla Walla, Washington<ref name=howlongcanyonform>{{cite web |url=http://www.icr.org/article/566/ |title=How Long does it Take for a Canyon to Form?|accessdate=2008-10-09 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref> and Providence Canyon near Lumpkin, Georgia<ref name=canyoncreation>{{cite web |url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i4/canyon.asp |title=Canyon creation|accessdate=2008-10-09 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref> provides evidence that canyon formation in general does not require the long periods of time geologists normally attribute it (generally millions of years).<ref name=Doyle>{{cite web |url=http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5369/ |title=A Gorge in Three Days!|accessdate=2007-10-13 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref><ref name=howlongcanyonform>{{cite web |url=http://www.icr.org/article/566/ |title=How Long does it Take for a Canyon to Form?|accessdate=2008-10-09 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref><ref name=canyoncreation>{{cite web |url=http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v22/i4/canyon.asp |title=Canyon creation|accessdate=2008-10-09 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref> |
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The formation of Canyon Lake Gorge has been used by Biblical creationists, who have said that as Canyon Lake Gorge formed catastrophically, it should be assumed that ''all'' canyons formed catastrophically, in order to keep their age, and hence the earth's, within a pseudo-Biblical timescale of a few thousand years.<ref name=Doyle>{{cite web |url=http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/5369/ |title=A Gorge in Three Days!|accessdate=2007-10-13 |format=online |work= |publisher= }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:52, 10 October 2008
Canyon Lake Gorge is a gorge in Canyon Lake, Texas. It was formed on July 4th, 2002 when 70,000 cubic feet (2,000 m3) of water per second rushed downward from the Canyon Lake spillway into the Guadalupe River below for three days.[1] The gorge is a mile-and-a-half-long and up to 80 feet (24 m) deep.[1] The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority manages the 64 acre Canyon Lake Gorge site. Officials hope to build a rim trail to overlook the canyon in the winter of 2007.[1]
In order to put canyon ages within a time frame consistent with the age of the earth according to a literal interpretation of Genesis (6,000 to 10,000 years), many Young Earth Creationists claim that the swiftness of the formation of Canyon Lake Gorge[2] and other recently formed canyons and gorges such as Burlingame Canyon near Walla Walla, Washington[3] and Providence Canyon near Lumpkin, Georgia[4] provides evidence that canyon formation in general does not require the long periods of time geologists normally attribute it (generally millions of years).[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b c "Texas set to open new canyon to public" (online). AP Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
- ^ a b "A Gorge in Three Days!" (online). Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- ^ a b "How Long does it Take for a Canyon to Form?" (online). Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- ^ a b "Canyon creation" (online). Retrieved 2008-10-09.