You pull me into the past with your story about finding these treasures at the creek on the family farm. Great photographs, Margaret! How the course of the creek around the oxbow curve changed reminded me of what is happening now along the Bad River in northern Wisconsin. The meander through which Enbridge built a pipeline 70 some years ago is threatened as the river has narrowed the gap between the curves to the point where the pipeline is suspended in air. The courts call its status imminent rupture. The agency of the creek or the river cannot be ignored. Your exploration of Bull Run Creek here is compelling. Did you see the CBC story this week about the Haudenosaunee and the eclipse? Turns out the "Iroquois Confederacy" came together at the time of an eclipse according to oral tradition and the astronomers, historians, and archeologists confirm the date to 1188AD. Looking forward to the next installment.
Sorry to be slow responding, Jill! I had heard about the pipeline problems in WI, but had no idea that there was a specific connection with a stream meander! Meanders are where the channel is most actively eating away on the steep bank on the outside of the curve.
I’ve also read about the eclipse-founding of the “Confederacy”, although I’m not certain where. I’m pretty sure that the Lakota winter-counts from western SD include records of eclipse events.
The meander on the Bad River has less than 20 feet left to it and only a matter of when it cuts through and that pipeline bursts and the damage to Lake Superior will be apocalyptic.
You pull me into the past with your story about finding these treasures at the creek on the family farm. Great photographs, Margaret! How the course of the creek around the oxbow curve changed reminded me of what is happening now along the Bad River in northern Wisconsin. The meander through which Enbridge built a pipeline 70 some years ago is threatened as the river has narrowed the gap between the curves to the point where the pipeline is suspended in air. The courts call its status imminent rupture. The agency of the creek or the river cannot be ignored. Your exploration of Bull Run Creek here is compelling. Did you see the CBC story this week about the Haudenosaunee and the eclipse? Turns out the "Iroquois Confederacy" came together at the time of an eclipse according to oral tradition and the astronomers, historians, and archeologists confirm the date to 1188AD. Looking forward to the next installment.
Sorry to be slow responding, Jill! I had heard about the pipeline problems in WI, but had no idea that there was a specific connection with a stream meander! Meanders are where the channel is most actively eating away on the steep bank on the outside of the curve.
I’ve also read about the eclipse-founding of the “Confederacy”, although I’m not certain where. I’m pretty sure that the Lakota winter-counts from western SD include records of eclipse events.
Thanks for your comment.
The meander on the Bad River has less than 20 feet left to it and only a matter of when it cuts through and that pipeline bursts and the damage to Lake Superior will be apocalyptic.