About 11,500 years ago, the
sea rose high enough to flood a lowland area at the
southwestern end of Georges Cape. The Great South Channel
was formed, and Georges Cape became Georges Island. Its surface
had shrunken to 22,500 square km. Temperatures were now warm enough
to support many forms of life, including pine and spruce trees, and
later oaks and other plants. Mammals made their home
on Georges Island as well, including walruses, mammoths,
mastodons, giant moose, musk ox, giant sloth, tapir, and
man, who lived and hunted for giant prey on Georges Island
10,000 years ago. Today, fishing boats sometimes haul in
remains from this distant era.
