Imagine standing on a rock in Canada that is more than four billion years old.
Not four million.
Not four hundred million.
Four billion years.
This rock was already here before the first dinosaurs existed. Before most continents had taken their present shape. And before complex life even existed on Earth.
And rocks like this lie beneath a huge part of Canada.
But the truly surprising part comes next:
This ancient rock is one of the reasons why Canada has so many lakes, forests, and mineral resources.



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