Journo goes kayaking underground
A Journal writer went kayaking underground in the caverns discovered only in 2017 under St‑Léonard.
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Tux 11:34 on 2021-08-08 Permalink
I had no idea about this but I felt sure it would have been discovered by one of our local urban explorers. Nope! Local caver. That is really cool. Makes me miss the storm drains and steam tunnels of my youth.
Kate 11:45 on 2021-08-08 Permalink
The odd aspect was that a part of the St-Léonard caves had been known about for years but it took till 2017 for someone to discover and explore this further cave system that’s connected to it.
I seem to recall it was asked at the time whether there was any evidence indigenous people had known or made use of the caves, and the answer was no.
Blork 12:23 on 2021-08-08 Permalink
Those caves are mighty impressive, and seem to be very stable and safe to explore. That is, until the day I go there, at which point 20,000 years of stability will be broken by a major shift and a cave-in followed by an earthquake, a hurricane, a flash-flood, and possibly a nuclear explosion. So for the good of you all, I will stay away from those caves.