Mammoth from Babine Lake, British Columbia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Harington, C. R., Tipper, H. W., Mott, R. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e74-025; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e74-025

Remains of a partially articulate mammoth skeleton were exposed during stripping operations at a mining site on Babine Lake, central British Columbia. The bones lay in silty pond deposits in a bedrock depression, and were overlain by a thin layer of gravel and a thick layer of glacial till. Although...