The waters lingered for about 3000 years, until the rock, slowly rebounding from the pressure rose and pushed the water out. The vast array of salt-water sea life that dwelt in the sea died off or returned the oceans from where they came.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Champlain Sea
As the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated at the end of the last ice age, some 12000 years ago, and left behind it an utterly changed landscape. So great was the weight of the sheet that it compressed the rock throughout North America and Canada. As it retreated water from the Atlantic Ocean spilled down the St. Lawrence water way and filled the depression creating a salt-water sea, the Champlain Sea. This sea played host to all manner of life, to include large whales.
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