Construction Crew Finds This Gem Of A Rock In Downtown Toronto .... 1.5 Billion Years Old
.... Estimated to be 1.5 billion years old, a 2000 kg granite boulder has been unearthed at Major & Bloor streets in downtown Toronto, during a construction dig. Experts say this rock likely traveled to Toronto from Georgian Bay during the last ice age, lodged in an glacier between 12-15,000 years ago when ancient Lake Iroquois dominated the landscape. As the glacier melted the rock fell approx 150 feet to the lake bed now called the City of Toronto. But after spending thousands of years at its current location, the rock could be on the roll once again, finding a home in a new parkette being planned ....
Construction Crew Finds This Gem Of A Rock In Downtown Toronto .... 1.5 Billion Years Old
.... Estimated to be 1.5 billion years old, a 2000 kg granite boulder has been unearthed at Major & Bloor streets in downtown Toronto, during a construction dig. Experts say this rock likely traveled to Toronto from Georgian Bay during the last ice age, lodged in an glacier between 12-15,000 years ago when ancient Lake Iroquois dominated the landscape. As the glacier melted the rock fell approx 150 feet to the lake bed now called the City of Toronto. But after spending thousands of years at its current location, the rock could be on the roll once again, finding a home in a new parkette being planned ....