The dawn of the Quaternary period had large-scale glaciation, transforming water pockets and lakes into unstoppable rivers of ice, which remodeled the topography, scouring and striating the landscape.
On 10 July 2006, the French Conseil d'État annulled the declaration of public use of the EDF's (Électricité de France; Electricity of France) project, relating to a proposed high-voltage line carrying 400,000 volts, which would have had to pass through the Verdon Gorge.