When Lake Huron split in two

September 28, 2023 @ 12:45 pmLocal News, News, Walkerton Herald-Times

Dr. John O’Shea, from the University of Michigan, spoke to a capcity crowd at the Point Clark Community Centre on Aug. 25. O’Shea’s presentation focused on his research about Lake Huron’s water levels thousands of years ago, including a time when the lake was so low that it was split in two. (Submitted photo)

One day, 10,000 years ago, hunters crouched behind boulders in the middle of Lake Huron, as a long line of caribou approached on their spring migration across the lake… the hunters’ winter famine would soon be over. How was it possible to hunt caribou mid-lake? University of Michigan archaeologist Dr. John O’Shea revealed the answer…

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Robin Hilborn