Ice Age Settlement Underwater on Washington Coast?
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Recent satellite photos from Google Earth seem to reveal possible ice age buildings and structures under the water at Willapa Bay, Washington. I actually don't know what these objects are but I can't come up with any modern explanation for the odd landscape features and structures on the bottom of the bay today. There are miles of agricultural fields in an easily recognizable mosaic of pasture and field. So human occupation of this lowland river valley during the ice age is the most likely explanation. If humans were occupying and engineering sites like this during the ice age... than our history is not being accurately portrayed to us in these post apocalyptic times. Ice age antediluvian civilizations existed and are the foundations for modern societies today.
Recent satellite photos from Google Earth seem to reveal possible ice age buildings and structures under the water at Willapa Bay, Washington. I actually don't know what these objects are but I can't come up with any modern explanation for the odd landscape features and structures on the bottom of the bay today. There are miles of agricultural fields in an easily recognizable mosaic of pasture and field. So human occupation of this lowland river valley during the ice age is the most likely explanation. If humans were occupying and engineering sites like this during the ice age... than our history is not being accurately portrayed to us in these post apocalyptic times. Ice age antediluvian civilizations existed and are the foundations for modern societies today.
Ice Age Farmland
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How did all these pastures and fields get on the bottom of the bay? What part of Washington history did I miss? This lowland river valley was an "Eden" for the humans that lived along the Washington coast during the last glacial epoch. Has there been any research explaining what I am seeing on these Google Earth photos? Well it seems clear to me that right here in Washington State we were ground zero for some humongous ice age floods during the last melt! Between Lake Missoula and these coastal "bays" now underwater on the Washington coast we have evidence of flooding here on a Biblical scale. One thing is for sure...the old "myths" about ancient floods that have been carried on for generations of humans appear to be a lot more factual than previously thought.
How did all these pastures and fields get on the bottom of the bay? What part of Washington history did I miss? This lowland river valley was an "Eden" for the humans that lived along the Washington coast during the last glacial epoch. Has there been any research explaining what I am seeing on these Google Earth photos? Well it seems clear to me that right here in Washington State we were ground zero for some humongous ice age floods during the last melt! Between Lake Missoula and these coastal "bays" now underwater on the Washington coast we have evidence of flooding here on a Biblical scale. One thing is for sure...the old "myths" about ancient floods that have been carried on for generations of humans appear to be a lot more factual than previously thought.
Large Underwater Structures
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Here you have a small boat zipping across the water totally unaware of the amount of prehistory laying below the surface of the bay. These structures are enormous in scale to the boat in the picture. The large amount of agricultural earthworks as far as canals, dams, and reservoirs surrounding this bay suggests hundreds of human generations lived, loved, and died in and around this plush lowland river valley. The scale of the earth works for irrigation purposes is monumental in size and too extensive to display all on this website. There must have been a large population associated with this ice age settlement otherwise that type of construction and hydraulic engineering control would be nearly impossible to achieve. It looks as though the valley was flooded in a single event and not due to a slow rise in sea level due to the fact that no descending beach lines are visible. So what caused it...a slow rising sea level or a single tsunami event filling the bay with the sea water and sand we see today? That is what in fact we see today...lots and lots of sand dunes and bars filling the bay. I am thinking either tsunami or an ice age glacial lake deluge phenomena. An ice age glacial lake has been known to discharge a mega-flood down the river canyons descending from the glacier covered mountains! The bay appears to have been a fresh water valley sometime in its ancient past. The evidence of human occupation appears all over the bottom of the bay except where it is currently covered by sand. That loss of connection with this time of the worlds history is what we still remember today in modern life...and forms our own deeply held human memory and regret for the loss of a Paradise on Earth. This antediluvian history leaves humanity yearning for a more spiritually connected sense of existence in an artificial material world. Understanding our true human past and regaining our special relationship as gardener, farmer, hunter and steward of Gaia can only deepen our consciousness and reinvigorate our sense of experience.
Here you have a small boat zipping across the water totally unaware of the amount of prehistory laying below the surface of the bay. These structures are enormous in scale to the boat in the picture. The large amount of agricultural earthworks as far as canals, dams, and reservoirs surrounding this bay suggests hundreds of human generations lived, loved, and died in and around this plush lowland river valley. The scale of the earth works for irrigation purposes is monumental in size and too extensive to display all on this website. There must have been a large population associated with this ice age settlement otherwise that type of construction and hydraulic engineering control would be nearly impossible to achieve. It looks as though the valley was flooded in a single event and not due to a slow rise in sea level due to the fact that no descending beach lines are visible. So what caused it...a slow rising sea level or a single tsunami event filling the bay with the sea water and sand we see today? That is what in fact we see today...lots and lots of sand dunes and bars filling the bay. I am thinking either tsunami or an ice age glacial lake deluge phenomena. An ice age glacial lake has been known to discharge a mega-flood down the river canyons descending from the glacier covered mountains! The bay appears to have been a fresh water valley sometime in its ancient past. The evidence of human occupation appears all over the bottom of the bay except where it is currently covered by sand. That loss of connection with this time of the worlds history is what we still remember today in modern life...and forms our own deeply held human memory and regret for the loss of a Paradise on Earth. This antediluvian history leaves humanity yearning for a more spiritually connected sense of existence in an artificial material world. Understanding our true human past and regaining our special relationship as gardener, farmer, hunter and steward of Gaia can only deepen our consciousness and reinvigorate our sense of experience.
Beautiful Willapa Bay above submerged American Atlantis!
A larger view of the beautiful and mysterious Willapa Bay located along the Pacific Coast of Washington State. I don't think anyone has ever looked for any "ice age" type ruins or settlements here as it was generally considered uninhabitable due the extent of glaciation that covered Washington State during the last Ice Age. I had been hearing of ice age settlements being discovered underwater and thought I would look along the Washington coast for any sites. I never expected to see what I am seeing under Willapa Bay. I would like some explanations other than the ones I propose to explain what I am seeing. Who would ever have guessed that Willapa Bay, Washington would be the site of an American Paleo-Atlantis...and have so much of humanities history submerged below its waters!
Above: Photo 3: Strange terraced platform and surrounding fields. Notice what appears to be a submerged bridge or steps to shore in top left corner.
Above: Photo 3: Same platform as above but closer shot. Too many features appear to be caused by the actions of man.
Above: Photograph with site locations numbered in the bay.
The Haida Gwaii Paleo-Indians
Why do I offer information on a Canadian archaeologists report on the findings of surveys performed around Queen Charlotte Island? Because archaeologists are now claiming that much of the lighter blue areas along the Pacific Northwest coast you see on Google Earth were once above sea level. Of course that was in the last ice age but you can clearly see the outline of ancient ice age river valleys cut into the Hecate Straight between the mainland and the island. If this area along the coast was once above sea level then what does that mean for the Washington coast?
Above is a Google Earth image of the coast off of Willapa Bay, Washington. The picture clearly shows a river delta mushrooming...as all river deltas do...off of the Washington coast. I marked the terminal ends of a couple of river channels still evident in the geography. Obviously the Gray's Harbor and Willapa Bay areas of the Washington coast were river deltas in the last ice age...now inundated by sea level rise. The bays themselves are too wide and broad to be just delta systems and I think that they were fresh water lakes fed by mountain snow and out flowing to a much lower Pacific Ocean. You can't see it in this still photo captured from Google Earth but you can actually determine where the ascending "beach" or coastline migrated from the deep ocean floor towards the modern coast by actually using the Google Earth application.
Above you see a Google Earth image of the coast off of Westport, Wa. Once again you see the same mushrooming delta landforms deposited from some ancient paleo river system. Obviously this bay was once above sea level and fresh water. An ideal spot for humans to find plentiful food, game, and water.
To date I am unaware of any serious archaeological study of the ice age peoples who lived and flourished along the Washington coast.
To date I am unaware of any serious archaeological study of the ice age peoples who lived and flourished along the Washington coast.
Above is a Google Earth photo of the Columbia River outflow to the Pacific Ocean. There is clearly a river delta land form feature created by outflow deposits of the river. They look exactly like the delta land form deposits we see just north of here at Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. Obviously at some point in time all three outflows were river delta systems when the sea level was much lower. From what I am seeing in Willapa Bay...there were large ice age settlements along the Washington coast during the last glacial epoch.
Columbia River
The Columbia River is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific from North America, and the second largest by volume in North America behind the Mississippi. In rare years, the river's flow may actually exceed that of the Mississippi. The mean total flow is 4700 m3/s. It is the largest hydroelectric power producing river in North America. From its start to the Pacific Ocean it flows 1,232 miles, and drains 258,000 square miles.
Columbia Lake forms the Columbia in the Canadian Rockies of southern British Columbia. The river then flows through Windermere Lake and Invermere, then northwest to Golden and into Kinbasket Lake. The river then turns the "Big Bend" south through Revelstoke Lake and the Arrow Lakes to the BC–Washington border.
The river then flows through the east-central portion of Washington State. The last 300 miles (480 km) of the Columbia form the Washington-Oregon boundary. The river goes into the Pacific Ocean at Ilwaco, Washington and Astoria, Oregon forming the
Near the town of Hood River, Oregon, the river goes through the Cascade Mountains at the entrance to the Columbia River Gorge. The west side of the gorge is marked by Crown Point. Constant winds of 15 to 35 mph (25 to 55 km/h) blow through this wide straight gorge. It was here in Hood River County, Oregon that windsurfing was originated.
The Columbia River is the largest river in the world that has no delta.
Why? Because it is a submerged delta system! The delta is clearly visible on Google Earth and was once above sea level and is now submerged. Case closed!
Columbia River
The Columbia River is a river situated in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific from North America, and the second largest by volume in North America behind the Mississippi. In rare years, the river's flow may actually exceed that of the Mississippi. The mean total flow is 4700 m3/s. It is the largest hydroelectric power producing river in North America. From its start to the Pacific Ocean it flows 1,232 miles, and drains 258,000 square miles.
Columbia Lake forms the Columbia in the Canadian Rockies of southern British Columbia. The river then flows through Windermere Lake and Invermere, then northwest to Golden and into Kinbasket Lake. The river then turns the "Big Bend" south through Revelstoke Lake and the Arrow Lakes to the BC–Washington border.
The river then flows through the east-central portion of Washington State. The last 300 miles (480 km) of the Columbia form the Washington-Oregon boundary. The river goes into the Pacific Ocean at Ilwaco, Washington and Astoria, Oregon forming the
Near the town of Hood River, Oregon, the river goes through the Cascade Mountains at the entrance to the Columbia River Gorge. The west side of the gorge is marked by Crown Point. Constant winds of 15 to 35 mph (25 to 55 km/h) blow through this wide straight gorge. It was here in Hood River County, Oregon that windsurfing was originated.
The Columbia River is the largest river in the world that has no delta.
Why? Because it is a submerged delta system! The delta is clearly visible on Google Earth and was once above sea level and is now submerged. Case closed!
Washington State...Paleo Superhighway to the Americas
The Japan Times, October 27, 1997
Scientifically Speaking
By Janet Asimov
Los Angeles Times
America's Ice Age Immigrants Took West Coast Route
When and how did people arrive in the New World? There are legends invented by descendants of those people, and there are stories written by descendants of immigrants from Europe.
Scientific theories, however, are backed by testable evidence, and new research is closing in on both the when and the how. The time of arrival was once stuck at about 11,500 years ago, the earliest date of the tools used by the hunter-gatherer Clovis people. Then various older sites were discovered. In Alaska, the Mesa site shows that hunters camped on a hill to watch for game and make weapons as early as 11,700 years ago. In the northern Yukon, the three Blue Fish caves contain animal bones and tools that may be at least 16,000 years old, although there's controversy about it. In northeastern Brazil, fractured rocks were dated to 50,000 years ago but now most scientists do not believe the rocks were altered by humans. On the other hand, different evidence from Brazil last year rocked the world of archaeology. At the Amazon's Monte Alegre, Anna Roosevelt of the University of Illinois and her colleagues found a cave campsite occupied as long ago as 11,200 years B.P. (Before the Present). This prompted many debates about how people could have zipped down to Brazil from Alaska so quickly, and why their culture was so different from that of the big game hunters farther north. The Amazonians foraged in forests, fished in rivers and painted in the caves. As the debates continued this year, the news broke that Thomas D. Dillehay of the University of Kentucky and his colleagues found a site where humans lived on the banks of Chinchihuapi Creek in Monte Verde, Chile. The Monte Verdeans made tentlike homes (one 20 meters long), grilled mastodon and paleo-llama meat at two communal hearths, gathered freshwater mollusks and plants, made excursions to the seacoast or traded for seaweed and pebbles and used medicinal herbs. One small person left a poignant footprint in clay.
Dillehay says the Monte Verdeans had "a much more complex social and economic organization than archaeologists have come to expect of early New World cultures." Not only that, but the site dates to as early as 12,800 years ago, and there may be even earlier remains! With the "when" being pushed back, making the "how" a bigger question. How did humans get into the Americas, especially South America, so early? Massive glaciation covered much of North America in the last ice age. The Laurentide ice sheet expanded to smother even my small island of Manhattan. Farther west, the Cordilleran ice sheet weighed so heavily on interior British Columbia and the Coast Range mountains that it caused a "significant tilt" in the shorelines beyond, according to Heiner Josenhans of the Canadian Geological Survey and his colleagues.
Those shorelines were broader, then, and free of glaciers. The Josenhans team analyzed seabed cores of the continental shelf of British Columbia. According to radiocarbon dating, the sea level sank as glaciation progressed 18,000 years ago. By 14,000 years ago, the sea level was down 153 meters. The resulting dry land was a route for human migration from Siberia. According to Scott A. Elias of the University of Colorado, the prehistoric land bridge between Siberia and Alaska was "a huge region covering more than 1.5 million sq. km (about twice the size of Texas)." Scientists call the land bridge and surrounding unglaciated area "Beringia." Core analysis by Elias and his colleagues shows that much of Beringia was shrub tundra much like that now found on Alaska's North Slope. Herds did not stay there but probably migrated through it "on their way to grassy upland plains." Some humans may have stayed in Beringia until the waters rose again by 9,500 years ago. (Josenhans points out that "Haida Indian oral history abounds in legends of rapidly rising seas.") Many immigrants from Siberia, however, probably kept moving on.
The ice free corridor between the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets had sparse vegetation and scanty game for people to use on a trip south. According to Dillehay, the people "may have skirted the Pacific coast on foot or by boat." The coastal route would explain the early settlements in South America and their fishing-gathering cultures. If the Chilean settlement is 13,000 years or older, it's possible that people had very good reasons for rushing southward. Not only was North America gripped by glaciers, but other catastrophes occurred. Until 13,000 years ago, glacier ice dams periodically broke, releasing catastrophic floods from ancient lakes Missoula, Bonneville and Agassiz. Into modern times, volcanic eruptions covered vast areas of the northwest with suffocating ash. The coastal route must have been more inviting. It's ridiculous to argue that humans could not have traveled quickly from Alaska to Chile. It doesn't take a very long time for people to walk across the United States. Some of my ancestors did a couple of thousand kilometers of it, pushing handcarts. Evidence shows that the first people in the Americas were able to travel quickly for far distances, and, Anna Roosevelt says, "to adapt to a broad range of habitats."
Survival is promoted by making productive use of whatever environment you inhabit at the moment, plus the courage to venture onward.
Survival is promoted by making productive use of whatever environment you inhabit at the moment, plus the courage to venture onward.