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Horseshoe Valley is a large ice-filled valley in the southern Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains of Antarctica. It is outlined by the semicircular arrangement of the Independence , Marble , Liberty and Enterprise Hills.
Horseshoe Valley may refer to: Horseshoe Valley (Antarctica) Horseshoe Valley (Peleliu) Horseshoe Valley (Missouri) Horseshoe Valley (North Dakota) Horseshoe Valley (Nebraska) Horseshoe Valley, North Dakota; Horseshoe Resort, formerly Horseshoe Valley Ski Club, in southern Ontario, Canada
Horseshoe Valley is the area between a horseshoe-shaped series of hills with the open ends of the U facing north. Horseshoe Valley Road runs through the middle of the hills, cutting its northern ends off from the base of the U on the south side of the road. The club was originally started by Bill Lohuaru on the southern side of the road.
The feature extends for about 30 nautical miles (60 km) to form the north and northeast boundary of Horseshoe Valley in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains. These hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66; the name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...
The walk may be extended by another five or so miles, and by four more peaks, by including an extra traverse from Knott Rigg (556m) to Causey Pike (637m), [2] but the Horseshoe proper – culminating in what Wainwright called “the deep trench confined by Maiden Moor and Hindscarth” [3] – surrounds and encloses Upper Newlands itself.
In the spring of 1963, he was offered a manager position at Horseshoe Valley Ski Resort just north of Barrie, but when this position did not pan out a friend mentioned that there was another potential resort location nearby. They sold their Austrian inn and purchased the land in the fall of 1963, starting work cutting the trails that December.
Anten Mills is centred on the intersection of Horseshoe Valley Road West (formally County Road 22) and Wilson Drive (formally the 7th Concession of Vespra), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Barrie. The community derived its name from a well-known mill operating in the area in the late 1800s.
County Road 22 (Horseshoe Valley Road) – Horseshoe Valley: Elmvale: 109.2: 67.9 County Road 92 west (Queen Street) – Wasaga Beach County Road 19 east (South Orr Lake Road) Formerly Highway 92 west: Saurin: 111.0: 69.0 County Road 6 north: Tay: 119.4: 74.2 Highway 93 (Penetanguishene Road) – Barrie, Crown Hill