Uxbridge Forest Kames

The Uxbridge Forest Kames is a 644 hectare provincially-significant "Earth Science" Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in Ontario, Canada. The land is owned and managed by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.Cite web
url=http://www.trca.on.ca/Website/TRCA/Graphics.nsf/Graphics/trca__water_protection__strategies__duffins__pdf__duf_greenspacetr_pdf/$file/duf_greenspacetr.pdf
format=PDF
title=Duffins Creek: State of the Watershed Report
date=June 2002
publisher=Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
accessdate=2008-02-11]

It was formed during the Port Huron Stadial of the Late Wisconsinan, during which sedimentary deposits from the Lake Ontario ice lobe of the retreating glacial sheet. On the southern slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine, its southern extent consists of Halton Till, flattened to a till plain.Cite web
url=http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/areas/areas_report.cfm?areaid=4293
title=Natural Areas Report: UXBRIDGE FOREST KAMES
publisher=Ministry of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Information Centre
accessdate=2008-02-11] The northernmost advance of Halton Till deposited during the Port Bruce Stadial is demarcated by kettle lakes which occur throughout the Uxbridge Forest Kames.

It acts as a groundwater recharge zone for the Duffins Creek watershed, for which it is one of the primary sources of water.

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