Crawford Lake is a remarkable body of water. At over 10,000 years old, the lake has unique properties that allow it to preserve a fascinating record of natural and human induced environmental change in its sediment. Conservation, science, and Indigenous knowledge have come together to tell a compelling story of the land and our impact upon it over the past 1000 years. From the discovery of corn pollen that led to reconstruction of a 15th century longhouse village to the designation of the lake as the host of the Golden Spike for the proposed Anthropocene Epoch, this presentation by Francine M.G. McCarthy, Professor of Earth Sciences at Brock University, will explore all the secrets of Crawford Lake!