Grand Canyon Facts

How Was the Grand Canyon Formed?

The formation of the Grand Canyon defies the explanations offered by evolutionary geologists. It was carved through a plateau that had already been uplifted by some sort of geologic process.

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No Erosion Between Layers

The fossil-bearing portion of the geologic record consists of tens of thousands of feet of sedimentary layers, of which about 4,500 feet are exposed in the walls of Grand Canyon. If the thickness of sediments was deposited over 500 million years then some boundaries between layers should show evidence of erosion.

Flood Shows Power of Water

Dam breaches remind us that rather than forming over millions of years, the Grand Canyon is a testament to the amazing power of a lot of water over a little time (and a testament to the God who made this happen). Water can transform entire terrains in minutes.

Grand Canyon Unique

There was a unique set of circumstances that made the Grand Canyon happen where it did, and the Colorado River today is there because the Grand Canyon was carved out first across the plateau.

Articles About Grand Canyon Facts

  • Carving the Grand Canyon: Eons or Years?
    March 8, 2008

    If you thought six million years was too old an age for the Grand Canyon, think again—or at least, that’s what a group of scientists from the University of New Mexico argues in a recent Science paper.

  • The question: to ban or not to ban?
    Jan. 30, 2007

    The effort to ban creationist Tom Vail’s beautifully photographed picture book Grand Canyon: A Different View once again is promising to become an international controversy.

  • PEERing into the manufacturing of an anti-creationist urban myth
    Jan. 23, 2007

    AiG had been tracking the efforts of anti-creationists in America who have been trying to ban a book from National Park Service bookstores.

  • Grand Canyon—What Is the Message?
    Dec. 20, 2005

    The Grand Canyon is a place to find and explore the wonders of God’s creation.

  • Shenanigans Recently Uncovered in Grand Canyon Book Controversy
    Dec. 14, 2004

    AiG has been following the efforts of leading evolutionists to ban the creationist photo-essay book Grand Canyon: A Different View from the bookstores at Grand Canyon National Park.

  • Eighth Graders and the Grand Canyon Controversy
    March 27, 2004

    The eighth-grade class at Burlington Christian Academy of Burlington, North Carolina, USA used the controversial book, Grand Canyon: A Different View, in a recent worldview class.

  • The Correction the New York Times Refuses to Print
    Feb. 13, 2004

    The venerable New York Times has a policy that “welcomes … information about errors [that appear in its pages] that call for correction.”

  • Deluged with Pro-Flood Email!
    Feb. 2, 2004

    Grand Canyon: A Different View has been available at Grand Canyon bookstores since August, but was in jeopardy of being removed after pressure by prominent evolutionists.

  • Geologists in an Uproar
    Jan. 6, 2004

    What provoked the presidents of seven geological societies to write a letter of protest to the superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park?

  • Remove God from the Grand Canyon?
    July 28, 2003

    For over thirty years, three bronze plaques at Grand Canyon have displayed brief quotes from the Psalms. However, last week US Park Service officials decided that the plaques had to go.

  • Magazine Article
    Grand Canyon
    March 1, 1996, pp. 28–29

    The formation of the Grand Canyon is a problem for evolutionists, but fits well into the framework of the Bible.

  • Magazine Article
    Grand Canyon Limestone—Fast or Slow Deposits?
    June 1, 1995, pp. 50–51

    It is not true that modern-day lime muds are structurally identical to the ancient Canyon limestone layers.

  • Magazine Article
    Startling Evidence for Noah’s Flood
    Dec. 1, 1992, pp. 46–50

    Footprints and sand ‘dunes’ in a Grand Canyon sandstone provide startling evidence for Noah’s Flood.

  • Magazine Article
    Grand Canyon Legend
    March 1, 1985, pp. 11–12

    The Grand Canyon originated in the following way according to the Havasupai Indians who live in its deep gorges.

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