NINEMILE - Western Montana's history has literally been shaped by nature since Glacial Lake Missoula's floodwaters created the valleys we know today.

Missoula's Natural History Center held a field trip to see how soil shows us not only the past but the future, too.

"I've driven by this thousands of times and just stopping here today for a minute was absolutely fascinating," rock enthusiast John Smith said.

Watch to learn more about Glacial Lake Missoula: Field trip shows impacts of Glacial Lake Missoula in today's Ninemile soil

The field day took participants like Smith back in time to Ninemile over 12,000 years ago.

"We're at the bottom of Lake Missoula," geologist and president of the Missoula chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute Jim Shelden stated.

Glacial Lake Missoula cove

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