Providence Canyon 1

Providence Canyon State Park in Lumpkin, GA. 2007

As lovely as the canyons are, it's sad to think of how they were formed-poor farming practices. The entire area used to be a flat plain, and farming created too much erosion. The soils of the area are very loose and soft below the topsoil, so once farmers overworked the soil and moved on, the topsoil had been lost and the canyons eroded very quickly.