The Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada
Season: 2023 (S2023)
Episode: 6
S2023E06
Video created: Nov 3/23
Parts of the video were composed in 2011, 2019, and 2023.
In this video, I highlight the Great Sandhills, Saskatchewan, Canada. This area is one of the many natural features of Saskatchewan worthy of a visit. Geologically, the Great Sandhills started to form about 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age. As the ice sheet melted, meltwater rivers flowed into a meltwater lake and formed a delta. When the ice sheet completely melted away, the lake dried up, the delta sands also started to dry in the hot summer sun. Strong westerly winds blew the dried sands around and formed sand plains and sand dunes. The sandy area was a special place for First Nation people and is a special place for insects, birds, mammals, and plants that are specially adapted to survive in the harsh sandy habitat.
Music:
A)Through The Yellow Blue Fields by idokay (Artlist.io).
Some sources of information about The Great Sandhills:
a) Formation of The Great Sandhills: (thejerker.com/the-great-sandh...)
b) Why are there sand dunes in the middle of Saskatchewan? (naturecanada.ca/news/blog/why...)
c) Surficial geology of southwestern Saskatchewan: Map 93756-Surficial_Geology_Map_of_Saskatchewan.pdf see simplified version at sgshome.ca/pub/Teacher%20Less...
Satellite images from Google Earth.

[@UrDomb]

Lovely video. Thanks for posting.

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

@UrDomb : glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@wasylbakowsky5199]

Great video Andy!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Thanks Wasyl. You are so kind. I appreciate that. Glad it resonated with you.

[@kellydavidson61]

Great video...I love Sask, my grandpa was born there :)

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Cool. It has a lot of really interesting natural landscapes! Where was your grandpa born in SK and where did he live in SK?

[@kellydavidson61]

@@rambleswithrobinandruby9422 If I recall correctly he was born in Arcola, SK and then lived on the Davidson family farm in Chelan, SK until he left when he was 14 or 15. His youngest brother farmed the land until his death a few years ago. I do believe that his daughter and her husband are still living on the farm. I think Chelan has a population of about 50 ppl... My great grandma lived in Bjorkdale, SK and died in Tisdale. Lots of great memories.

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

@@kellydavidson61 we came close to Chelan in 2023, but passed about an hour south. Cool that you hold on to those memories!

[@kellydavidson61]

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