Aspy Fault

[2][3] Part of the fault runs through Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

This fault runs southward from Cape North through the Margaree Valley.

Evidence shows movement in this fault dating back to the Ordovician period when it was probably created when two continental plates collided and pushed the seafloor upwards, also creating the Appalachian Mountains.

Erosion and the presence of this fault have created much of the scenery known today as the Cape Breton Highlands.

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The rocks of the main block of Avalonia as they relate to modern coasts and boundaries but in their relative positions as they were at the end of the Carboniferous, before Europe and North America separated again. The names are given in their French forms.