TLS: Connell – The Five Great Lakes of the Missoula Floods

The return of the traveling lecture series! Chapter President Lloyd Stoess will review both Glacial Lake Missoula and Glacial Lake Columbia. Although both of these lakes formed for the same reason their history is very different. When the waters in Glacial Lake Missoula were catastrophically released, they entered the Columbia River drainage system. On their way to the Pacific Ocean, the floodwaters were restricted at three different locations forming three temporary lakes. This presentation will give an overview of all of these five great lakes and is a pre-cursor to our fall bus tour that will be coming up on October 7th. Attend one or both, the choice is yours!

Lloyd grew up on a wheat farm eight miles from Palouse Falls but didn’t learn about the Ice Age Floods until he attended EWSC (now EWU) where he graduated in 1974 with a BA in Geography. After college, Lloyd returned to Washtucna to work with his father in their family agricultural equipment manufacturing business where Lloyd still works today.

Lloyd was introduced to the Ice Age Floods Institute (IAFI) in 2001 and became a charter member of the Cheney-Palouse Chapter and later helped found the Palouse Falls Chapter in 2015 where he currently serves as President. In addition to the IAFI, Lloyd stays busy with involvement in the local church, Lions Club, Adams County Economic Development Council, and the Washtucna Heritage Museum/Community Center/Food Bank.

A flyer is available for download. Can’t make this event?

See it in Ritzville on 9/6 at the Adams County Public Works Department @ 7p or in Colfax on 9/13 at the Whitman County Library @ 3:00p!