SMLC2

Site Name: 
Straights of Mackinac
State: 
Location: 
Straights of Mackinac
County: 
offshore
Periods: 
Deposits: 
Date Ranges (Cal yr 2σ): 
End: 
8 400 BP
Start: 
9 700 BP
Site Notes: 

• Early Holocene drown forest in Lake Huron • Nipissing transgression in the northern Lake Huron Basin This is one of the Early Holocene drowned forest locations clustering on the eastern edge of the Straights of Mackinac, a narrow waterway connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The site was located and sampled with help of deep-water divers led by Captain Luke Clyburn. White-cedar fast growing and young trees are dated to 8360-9765 Cal Yrs BP.