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applegrove

(123,624 posts)
Sat Dec 2, 2017, 10:26 PM Dec 2017

This is a major discovery': Explorers find massive ice-age cavern beneath Montreal

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-underground-passage-1.4428833

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Explorers have just discovered a new underground passage, complete with stalactites and a lake, all buried beneath the city of Montreal — and they don't know where it ends yet.

Until a couple of months ago, no one had ever set foot inside.

CBC crews were among the first people who had the chance to explore the cathedral-like chamber, which was formed more than 15,000 years ago during the ice age.

Cavers Luc Le Blanc and his friend Daniel Caron couldn’t believe their eyes when they knocked through limestone and discovered this massive chamber beneath Montreal. (Submitted by Société québécoise de spéléologie)

The spectacular find is connected to Montreal's Saint-Léonard Cavern, which lies underneath Parc Pie XII, not far from Highway 40.

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This is a major discovery': Explorers find massive ice-age cavern beneath Montreal (Original Post) applegrove Dec 2017 OP
Wow shenmue Dec 2017 #1
Sacre bleu! Sneederbunk Dec 2017 #2
ohm myyyyyy!! AllaN01Bear Dec 2017 #3
I wonder if they will do tours in it some day. I could certainly go for a raft paddle. applegrove Dec 2017 #4
Can we move in? nt Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #5
You'd be like the christians in the catacombs. Actually the world is changing applegrove Dec 2017 #6
Darn. OK. nt Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #7
I'm sure there's a geologic explanation, but those walls look quite flat and evenly-spaced. NBachers Dec 2017 #8
Mammoth Cave is a lot like that ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2017 #9

applegrove

(123,624 posts)
6. You'd be like the christians in the catacombs. Actually the world is changing
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 12:07 AM
Dec 2017

rapidly and we need americans to lead the way as usual, so you are just going to have stay and fight an then share your wisdom.

NBachers

(18,197 posts)
8. I'm sure there's a geologic explanation, but those walls look quite flat and evenly-spaced.
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 02:48 AM
Dec 2017

It looks carved-out to me.

eppur_se_muova

(37,671 posts)
9. Mammoth Cave is a lot like that ...
Sun Dec 3, 2017, 09:25 AM
Dec 2017

stalactites and stalagmites in only a small portion of the cave, where groundwater percolates through from above. The rest of it looks like a long-abandoned subway tunnel. Huge, but not bery scenic.

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