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Saskatchewan's History

By haileyrf
  • Earth is Formed
    4600 BCE

    Earth is Formed

  • Period: 4600 BCE to 2500 BCE

    Archean Eon

  • Saskatchewan is part of a large ancient continent
    2500 BCE

    Saskatchewan is part of a large ancient continent

  • Period: 2500 BCE to 544 BCE

    Proterozoic Eon

  • Large Ocean Created
    2100 BCE

    Large Ocean Created

    Break up of the ancient continent creates a large ocean.
  • Volcanoes in Saskatchewan
    1900 BCE

    Volcanoes in Saskatchewan

  • 1850 BCE

    Wathaman Batholith

    Wathaman Batholith formed, which is an intrusion of magma under the surface of the Earth.
  • Earth Now is Oxygenic
    1800 BCE

    Earth Now is Oxygenic

    Orogeny (mountain building) Trans-Hudson Orogen
    Earth changes from an anoxygenic environment to an oxygenic environment
    Martin Sandstone is deposited with Stromatolites (mounds created by blue green algae)
  • 1700 BCE

    Erosion of the Mountains

  • Uranium Deposited
    1300 BCE

    Uranium Deposited

  • 544 BCE

    Sauk Sea

    SK covered by the epicontinental Sauk Sea also
    hard shelled invertebrates including Trilobites are found at this time.
  • Period: 544 BCE to 489 BCE

    Phanerozoic Eon: Paleozoic Era: Cambrian Period

  • Period: 489 BCE to 433 BCE

    Ordovician Period

  • Meteorite Hits Saskatchewan
    478 BCE

    Meteorite Hits Saskatchewan

    Meteorite hits, leaving behind the Carswell Meteorite Crater.
  • 470 BCE

    Tyndall Stone Deposited as Massive Limestone

  • Period: 433 BCE to 418 BCE

    Silurian Period

  • Period: 418 BCE to 360 BCE

    Devonian Period

  • 390 BCE

    Winnipegosis Reefs are Deposited

    Winnipegosis Reefs are deposited, later to become a trap for oil deposits
  • Potash is Deposited
    385 BCE

    Potash is Deposited

    Potash is deposited in the shallow sea that covers Saskatchewan.
  • Period: 360 BCE to 300 BCE

    Carboniferous Period

  • First Amphibians
    355 BCE

    First Amphibians

  • Period: 300 BCE to 253 BCE

    Permian Period

  • Period: 253 BCE to 200 BCE

    Mesozoic Era: Triassic Period

  • Mass Extinction in the Oceans
    248 BCE

    Mass Extinction in the Oceans

    Mass extinction in the oceans, 90% of the species disappear.
  • First Dinosaurs
    245 BCE

    First Dinosaurs

  • 220 BCE

    First Mammals

  • 213 BCE

    SK is Covered by a Shallow Sea Again

  • Period: 200 BCE to 144 BCE

    Jurassic Period

  • Period: 144 BCE to 65 BCE

    Cretaceous Period

  • Diamonds are Brought to the Surface
    100 BCE

    Diamonds are Brought to the Surface

    Diamonds are brought to the surface of SK in volcanic pipes.
  • 75 BCE

    Shallow Sea Begins Retreating

  • Badlands Form
    70 BCE

    Badlands Form

    Swamps, rivers and lakes form the badlands. Lignite (brown coal) is formed from the plants deposited in swamps.
  • Triceratops Roam SK
    66 BCE

    Triceratops Roam SK

  • 65 BCE

    Extinction of the Dinosaurs

  • Period: 65 BCE to 55 BCE

    Cenozoic Era: Tertiary Period: Paleocene Epoch

  • Period: 55 BCE to 34 BCE

    Eocene Epoch

  • Climate Changes
    50 BCE

    Climate Changes

    Climate changes, Saskatchewan plateau develops.
  • Period: 34 BCE to 23 BCE

    Oligocene Epoch

  • Period: 23 BCE to 5

    Miocene Epoch

  • Period: 5 BCE to 2 BCE

    Pliocene Epoch

  • Ice Age Begins
    2 BCE

    Ice Age Begins

    Ice age begins, covering SK except for the Cypress Hills area.
    Diamonds are covered by glacial till.