1 post tagged “erratic”
One of my side projects is a photographic catalogue of rocks (ooh ahh) of the glacial erratic trail here in southern Alberta. Scientists tell a story about how a glacier picked up boulders in the mountains and brought them out onto the prairie, leaving them behind when the ice melted. The First Nations tell a different story, it's not mine to tell, but you can check out the partial story here. The largest boulder, Ohkotoks, or Big Rock, is listed as a Historic Site in Alberta, due to its importance to the Blackfoot. Just recently, a ceremony was held by a group of elders to cleanse the Rock after it had been vandalized, yet again, by grafitti. It's also disrespectful to climb on it, but that doesn't stop anyone. If you visit this site, please watch out for the broken bottles at the bottom, and don't touch the ancient paintings. I believe that the smaller, lesser known rocks scattered throughout southern Alberta from Jasper to the Old Man River are also culturally significant. Some are painted. Many have been dynamited or moved to make room for development. Please vist my flickr map and click on the dots to see some landscape photos of surviving erratics in the beautiful southern Alberta countryside. I'll add more photos in the future.
