点评:If you are visiting Galena, Illinois, you are encouraged to take a side trip to Apple River Canyon State Park. Located on Canyon Road near Apple River, it is 23 miles east/northeast from Galena through Scales Mound via the Old Stagecoach Road. The 297-acre park, which was established in 1932, offers hiking, fishing and hunting with nice views of the river and bluffs. A tent campground also is available to visitors. Smallmouth bass live in the river. Most interestingly, in recent years, additional acquisitions of 1,907 acres of land have been preserved to protect much of an 8 1/2-mile long canyon on the Apple River. The canyon was part of the Driftless Area of Illinois, a region that was bypassed in the last Ice Age. The glacial sweep which flattened hills and filled valleys in other parts of the state left this area of northern Illinois unscratched. In fact, among the dramatic events that surrounded the end of the last Ice Age, the Apple River, which once flowed eastward into the Pecatonica River, reversed its original course and began to flow southwest to the Mississippi River. The result is a deep canyon, part of which is preserved in the park. The story of the Driftless Area of Illinois is the subject of an exhibit at the Galena/U.S. Grant/Jo Daviess County History Museum in Galena.
翻译:如果您正在游览伊利诺伊州的加利纳,建议您顺便游览苹果河峡谷州立公园。它位于苹果河附近的峡谷路上,从加利纳经 Scales Mound 经 Old Stagecoach 路向东/东北方向行驶 23 英里。这座占地 297 英亩的公园建于 1932 年,提供徒步旅行、钓鱼和狩猎活动,并可欣赏河流和悬崖的美景。游客还可以使用帐篷露营地。小嘴鲈鱼生活在河中。最有趣的是,近年来,又获得了 1,907 英亩的土地,以保护苹果河上 8 1/2 英里长的峡谷的大部分地区。峡谷是伊利诺伊州无冰碛区的一部分,上一个冰河时代该地区被绕过。冰川冲刷夷平了该州其他地区的山丘并填满了山谷,但伊利诺伊州北部的这个地区却完好无损。事实上,在上一个冰河时代末期发生的一系列戏剧性事件中,曾经向东流入佩卡托尼卡河的苹果河改变了原来的流向,开始向西南流入密西西比河。结果形成了一个深峡谷,其中一部分保存在公园内。伊利诺伊州无冰碛区的故事是加利纳/美国格兰特/乔戴维斯县历史博物馆展览的主题。