Saskatoon's Swales: Water in Motion – From Ice Age Rivers to Blue-Green Infrastructure
🌿 What if Saskatchewan's greatest river... never really disappeared? Twenty thousand years ago, a wall of ice nearly three kilometres thick covered the Saskatchewan prairie. As it melted, powerful glacial floods carved the West Swale and the Yorath Island Glacial Spillway—landscapes that continue to shape our environment today. Although the floodwaters vanished thousands of years ago, their legacy remains. 💧 Groundwater still follows ancient pathways. 🦆 Wetlands continue to nourish migratory birds and wildlife. 🌸 Rare orchids, fungi, and countless aquatic creatures thrive in hidden ecosystems. 🦣 And once, mammoths, mastodons, dire wolves, sabre-toothed cats, American cave lions, giant beavers, and other remarkable Ice Age animals walked these very plains. Join us on an extraordinary five-part journey through time as we explore the geology, hydrology, ecology, biodiversity, and prehistoric wildlife of one of Saskatchewan's most fascinating natural landscapes. 📽...
