Ice age-era cave system found under Montreal

[Still Waters]

Pie-XII Park lies in the heart of Montréal, surrounded by busy city streets. But it's what lies beneath those streets that has cave experts and city residents buzzing.

A new network of caves, dating back to the Earth's last Ice Age, and extending nearly 700 feet, were discovered in October by Daniel Caron and Luc Le Blanc, two speleologists (cave experts). The find was only recently announced after the site was secured.

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/cave-discovery-montreal-st-leonard-ice-age-spd/

Video:

https://globalnews.ca/news/3892638/15000-year-old-caves-discovered-under-saint-leonard-park/

[+OverSword]

That is cool.  I don't think caving is for me.  Maybe in the desert but all the caves I've been in have been wet and terrible.

[qxcontinuum]

Qc's language police has announced that earliest writings by the cavemen were in French, which proves the fact that qc is an independent nation 

[pallidin]

Anyone else think "surface sinkhole danger"?

 

Edited December 7, 2017 by pallidin