bottlebugs
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A new thread here. An astrolabe was found near the village of Cobden claiming
to be the lost astrolabe of Samuel Champlain. There is much speculation as to
its authenticity and terrestrial uses. It was considered one of the greatest finds
in the history of Canada. He purportedly lost it on his search for a great inland
sea but strangely never documented such a loss in any of his writings.
A great inland sea did once exist about 10,000 years ago. It was the ice melt from a
glacier that covered most of North America. It was called Lake Agassiz.
The eventual draining of the basin created the Champlain Sea about 8,000 years ago.
Finally it disappeared leaving only a legend. Samuel de Champlain sought the legendary sea, but was discouraged to travel further than Allumette Island. Three thousand years ago it would have been just a series of small rivers and boggy patches, but perhaps quite navigable by Indigenous settlers.
It is estimated that the sudden release of glacial waters was caused by a near miss of an asteroid some 10,000 years ago causing a scar that became James and Hudson's Bay. The asteroid was theorized to have hit ground further south in the Great Lakes region. There is evidence of this event.
In the southern region of Saskatchewan near the province of Alberta is a region
that shows both glacial scarring and tsunami activity. Huge metamorphic boulders from
the Rocky Mountain region were transported to the highlands of Saskatchewan and
Alberta. Unlike glacial deposits called erratics, these originated thousands of miles away.
Was this the legendary sea that Champlain seeking, or was he looking for something
more? Champlain was an enigma. He was suspected of being a treasure hunter that
legitimized his explorations by mapping the interior of Canada in the early 17th Century.
to be the lost astrolabe of Samuel Champlain. There is much speculation as to
its authenticity and terrestrial uses. It was considered one of the greatest finds
in the history of Canada. He purportedly lost it on his search for a great inland
sea but strangely never documented such a loss in any of his writings.
A great inland sea did once exist about 10,000 years ago. It was the ice melt from a
glacier that covered most of North America. It was called Lake Agassiz.
The eventual draining of the basin created the Champlain Sea about 8,000 years ago.
Finally it disappeared leaving only a legend. Samuel de Champlain sought the legendary sea, but was discouraged to travel further than Allumette Island. Three thousand years ago it would have been just a series of small rivers and boggy patches, but perhaps quite navigable by Indigenous settlers.
It is estimated that the sudden release of glacial waters was caused by a near miss of an asteroid some 10,000 years ago causing a scar that became James and Hudson's Bay. The asteroid was theorized to have hit ground further south in the Great Lakes region. There is evidence of this event.
In the southern region of Saskatchewan near the province of Alberta is a region
that shows both glacial scarring and tsunami activity. Huge metamorphic boulders from
the Rocky Mountain region were transported to the highlands of Saskatchewan and
Alberta. Unlike glacial deposits called erratics, these originated thousands of miles away.
Was this the legendary sea that Champlain seeking, or was he looking for something
more? Champlain was an enigma. He was suspected of being a treasure hunter that
legitimized his explorations by mapping the interior of Canada in the early 17th Century.
