Ice Age Beaches, Inland Sea, Modern Muskeg And plants, Northeastern Ontario, Canada

This Rambles with Robin and Ruby video looks at the geological processes that created ancient raised or stranded beaches and the types of vegetation that grow on the beaches and adjacent muskeg. The video includes quite a bit of geology, but as a context to help understand the habitats of plants that grow in this ecotone between the Canadian Shield and the James Bay lowland.
Did you know there was an inland marine sea that once covered a large area of northern Ontario, in Canada?
Did you know that marine sea was responsible for the creation of many sandy beaches located up to 250 km away from Hudson Bay or James Bay?
Did you know those beaches are habitats for plants today?
If not, perhaps this video will be of interest to you.
This area lies within the traditional homelands of Moose Cree First Nation, within the area of Treaty #9.
Video recorded June 15, 2022.
Season 2022, episode 15: S22E15.
Sources of information:
Ecoregions map of Ontario: The Ecosystems of Ontario, Part 1: Ecozones and Ecoregions: files.ontario.ca/mnrf-ecosyst...
Geological maps: created using free geological datasets by Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) Earth: www.geologyontario.mndm.gov.o...
Ice thickness at peak of ice age: www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/inde...
Tyrrell Sea maps: www.uoguelph.ca/geology/hudso... and www.uoguelph.ca/geology/hudso...
Extent of Laurentide ice sheet image: Mapping North America’s Glaciers: canadiangeographic.ca/article...
Canadian Museum of History - An Aboriginal Presence map: www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhi...
Satellite images: Google Earth
Isostatic rebound cartoon: Elizabeth Ginn.
Plant identification: iNaturalist: inaturalist.ca

[@Watcher1852]

THANK U FOR THE INFO HOPE TO SEE U AGAIN. SHARE

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@barrykester]

Amazing... looks beautiful. Lovely geographic summary of the topographical formations.

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Hi Barry. It is lovely country. Have to fly in, but the landscape is spectacular. Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Andy

[@-LightningRod-]

this is cool as heck! did you say 1 meter per 100 years? thats crazy fast its all so Exciting !

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

The legacy of the last ice age continues to shape the land. Thanks for commenting.

[@seanrodgers1839]

This was very interesting. I have always wondered about the strange looking landscape there. I figured that it had to have been underwater at some point, but the process is interesting. Given the high rate that the land rises, and it's flatness, the shore must recede quite quickly. I wonder how far since the Husdons Bay Company was building forts and catching furs. You might even be able to see a difference within 10 - 20 years.

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

The land that is rising the fastest lies along the southern shore of Hudson Bay. My my "back of envelope" calculations, it would be easy to see the new land exposed during the lifetime of human. There are more subtle clues about the rising land as well. I recall reading that some inlets and ports along the southern the bay are getting more shallow and that has/will affect shipping.