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The difference between islands and hills is whether there's water around them!
#Halifax harbour was mostly dry land after the last ice age ended 10,000 years ago - a couple lakes and a stream that ran from the #SackvilleRiver to the sea.
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#Halifax harbour was mostly dry land after the last ice age ended 10,000 years ago - a couple lakes and a stream that ran from the #SackvilleRiver to the sea.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton
Georges became an island as rising seas filled the harbour, a process completed 5700 years ago. Sea levels are lower during ice ages because so much water is frozen in glaciers, and sea levels rise as glaciers melt.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton
In this picture you can see some of the submerged area of #GeorgesIsland. Imagine the harbour is dry land. Georges would just be a hill like any other.
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #halifax
#nspoli #cbpoli #novascotia #capebreton #halifax
#GeorgesIsland is a #drumlin - rocks, gravel, sand and clay deposited by #glaciers as the last ice age ended 12,000 years ago. #NovaScotia has many drumlins including #CitadelHill and #OakIsland.
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#nspoli @AndyFillmoreHFX #NS #geology #mining #minerals
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@AndyFillmoreHFX The word #drumlin comes from the #Gaelic word druim, meaning “rounded hill” or “mound.”
#nspoli @AndyFillmoreHFX #NovaScotia #NS #geology #mining #minerals #Halifax #georgesisland
#nspoli @AndyFillmoreHFX #NovaScotia #NS #geology #mining #minerals #Halifax #georgesisland
@AndyFillmoreHFX #GeorgesIsland was just a hill. #Halifax Harbour was mostly dry land after the last ice age - lakes and a stream that ran from the #SackvilleRiver to the sea. Georges became an island as rising seas filled the harbour, a process completed 5700 years ago.
#nspoli @AndyFillmoreHFX
#nspoli @AndyFillmoreHFX
