Site Name:
Thunder Bay
State:
Location:
Thunder Bay near Alpena
County:
Alpena
Periods:
Taxa:
Deposits:
Date Ranges (Cal yr 2σ):
End:
7 840 BP
Start:
8 020 BP
Site Notes:
• Mid Holocene lowland forest
• Nipissing transgression in the northern Lake Huron Basin
This forest bed is located at the bottom of Thunder Bay in ten meters of water. Larch stumps are dated ca. 7850-8020 Cal Yrs BP. The site provides evidence on shoreline position of Lake Huron during the onset of the Nipissing transgression in the northern Lake Huron Basin.
