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Pomme de Terre Spring Deposits
Content: Dust storms were depositing thick layers of loess (windblown  dust) over many areas. Lakes, marshes, and mires were common. Sixteen thousand years ago the climate was quite different in the area. Temperatures in the summer were significantly cooler than today. Winter temperatures  were colder than those experienced today but not dramatically so. Because of the cooler climate, many of the plants and animals that inhabited  the area around 16,000 years ago were different than those found in the region  today. This can be seen in the reconstruction above. The reconstruction shows several mastodons feeding in wetlands in a parkland  dominated by spruce and balsam (poplar or aspen). The picture shows the area  in the fall. An osprey is hunting for fish over the area.