Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Local Winnipeg free july Cedar Lake Amber a treasure trove q expedition uncovers 75millionyearoldfly by Manfred Jager site Nee reporter an expedition to Cedar Lake near East Erville to search for insect fossils Iti the Amber turned up at least one tiny Fly that Likely fed on Dinosaur blood 75 million years two University of Manitoba entomology professors took a group of 12 and five of their on an expedition to find ancient insects earlier this the Canada Day weekend expedition was led by professors Rob Roughley and Terry Cedar Lake is in the South Indian Lake area of Northern Manitoba near Basterville was formed in 1964 when Cedar Lake expanded As the result of the construction of the grand rapids hydroelectric dam and Power we Learned about this treasure trove from a Story about Cedar Lake and its people in the free press last August and decided to go and take a look to see what weve got Roughley he said Cedar Lake Amber is Only slightly heavier than water As a is easily disturbed from the Lake Bottom and washed onto the when it it is usually mixed in with very soft pea like Plant that Means that when a Good wind gets the Plant stuff flies away and the Amber Roughley there Are times when you can see an awful lot of Amber on that particular Amber is dried tree sap that has solidified into Roc hard consistency and is no longer As it dripped from prehistoric the sub stance frequently hit seeds or insects on the ground instantly sealing the first Fly so far identified is known As a Roughley said it is a relative to today Black no seems Are very much with us today and Are almost certainly taking blood from people in this province As we Roughley he said at the time of the the nose Eum flies would have attacked anal regions and gonads of the thick skinned Roughley and their Amber party contacted the leaders of the Chemawa win first Phil free press insect embedded in Amber is visible in photo taken through Lens of nation at Basterville to help them get to the Amber Beach on Chemawa win Island at Cedar Lake and show them where Amber could be we made sure they knew we were after this stuff to learn something about the past and about the general Roughley we emphasized we were not coming up there to get material to make commercial jewelry from it even though some individuals May use a piece of Amber we found to Wear around their neck when All the analyses Are the Amber found is very Small in rough Ley most pieces Are pea sized or a few Are As Large As the tip of a persons Roughley said a scientist Friend of who is interested in ancient seed will be contacted if further samplings reveal any grains that might be if you can manage to extract some of the Gene material from such it could prove quite Galloway said the Cedar Lake Amber is about As dissimilar from the Amber treasures of the Baltic sea coast As it can it comes in the form of Little pebbles instead of the chunks at one time found on the when it looks far Darker than its scandinavian the Manitoba scientists who travelled to the Cedar Lake Beach near grand rapids found such an abundance of Amber pebbles that they could have scooped up thousands of but Galloway says they we just wanted a relatively few pieces for scientific and the first nations people up there knew Phil press Roughley left and Tanja Mackay hold Amber nuggets collected at Cedar Gate West Coin one of Canadas largest Coin dealers and official Canadian mint distributors to buy and sell All Popw All current mint products available at mint Issue Price 1711 489911 2 Canadas Malor Coin Market maker i doctors making House Catis Sion Amsso pm phone 7864444 not for Ulm threatening emergencies services covered by Misc t when the Ordinary just wont do see Antiques moderns 266 Edmonton 9432734 ill St Boniface general Hospital the University of Manitoba Section of neurology Boniface general Hospital clinical research on migraine volunteers needed to 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