BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 16, 2021
Chunzeng Wang, a University of Maine at Presque Isle geologist, has upended geological beliefs about previously geologically mapped regions of the area around the Fish River chain of lakes and Scopan Lake. All previous geological maps showed the Fish River chain of lakes to have formed from the sea. But the presence of both land and sea fossils changed those beliefs. “It was not a continuation of sedimentation in a pre-existing Silurian sea as thought by all other previous and current geologists,” he said. “With the discovery of this unique geologic feature, the Fish River chain of lakes that is already well known as a gem for its great recreational, landscape aesthetic, and cultural values, now becomes a unique geoheritage site with additional and significant value in earth science and education,” Wang said.