Lake Minong Glacial Lake Minong Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 522: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Michigan" does not exist. Location| North America Group| Great Lakes Coordinates| [ ⚑ ] : 47°42′N 87°30′W / 47.7°N 87.5°W / 47.7; -87.5 Etymology| Historic Name of Isle Royale rivers, streams, precipitation">Primary inflows| From Lake Agassiz through the Nipigon River rivers, streams, evaporation">Primary outflows| Grand River valley in Michigan Basin countries| Canada United States First flooded| 10,000 years before present Residence time| 1,500 years in existence Surface elevation| 450 ft (137 m) References| Glacial and Postglacial Geologic History of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan; N. King Huber; The Geology of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan; Geological Survey Professional Paper 754-A; United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1973. Lake Minong was a proglacial lake that formed in the Lake Superior basin during the Wisconsin glaciation around 10,000 B.P. This was the last glacial advance that entered Michigan and covered only part of the upper peninsula. Lake Minong occurred in the eastern corner of the Lake Superior basin while Lake Duluth was in the western end. The lakes became separated when the glacier reached the upper peninsula. Lake Minong expanded to the north as the ice retreated after 9,800 B.P. When the ice retreated from the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Duluth merged into Lake Minong.[1] ## Contents * 1 Chronology * 2 See also * 3 References * 4 External links ## Chronology * 11,400 B.P. Lake Minong covered only Whitefish Bay with the Laurentian glacial mass lying across the central Lake Superior basin.[2] Lake Duluth existed in the lowlands of St. Louis Bay and Spirit Lake on the St. Louis River. * 10,600 B.P. The glacial ice had receded northward, opening a link between the eastern and western basins of Lake Superior.[2] * 9,500 B.P. Lake Minong expands to cover the entire lake basin as the glacial front moves northward from the basin. At this time, Lake Minong is an intermediary basin with waters from Lake Agassiz flowing in through the Nipigon River valley and further east through the Aquasabong valley.[2] * 8,500 B.P. Lake Superior forms as the Lake Agassiz basin joins with the Lake Ojibway, shifting its drainage into the headwaters of the Ottawa River. The Lake Superior basin becomes the headwaters of the Great Lakes system.[2] ## See also * List of prehistoric lakes Glacial Lakes in the Lake Superior basin: * Lake Keeweenaw * Glacial Lake St. Louis * Lake Duluth * Lake Minong * Lake Houghton * Nipissing Great Lakes ## References 1. ↑ "Post-Valders Lake Stages in the Lake Superior Basin", in Glacial and Postglacial Geologic History of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan by N. King Huber, USGS Geological Survey Professional Paper 754-A 2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A late Lake Minong transgression in the Lake Superior basin as documented by sediments from Fenton Lake, Ontario; Andy Breckenridge, Thomas V. Lowell, Timothy G. Fisher, & Shiyong Yu; Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 ## External links * "Post-Valders Lake Stages in the Lake Superior Basin", in Glacial and Postglacial Geologic History of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan by N. King Huber, USGS Geological Survey Professional Paper 754-A * v * t * e Pleistocene proglacial lakes and related seas Africa| * Lake Makgadikgadi Asia| * West Siberian Glacial Lake * Lake Tengger Europe| * Ancylus Lake * Baltic Ice Lake * Lake Harrison * Lake Komi * Lake Lapworth * Lake Pickering * Littorina Sea * Mastogloia Sea * Yoldia Sea North America| | Nelson River drainage| * Proglacial lakes of Minnesota * Lake Agassiz * Lake Bassano * Lake Souris | James Bay drainage| * Lake Ojibway * Tyrrell Sea Great Lakes| * Lake Admiralty * Lake Algonquin (Multiple basins) * Lake Arkona * Lake Chicago * Lake Chippewa * Lake Duluth * Early Lake Erie * Lake Frontenac * Lake Houghton (glacial) * Glacial Lake Iroquois * Lake Lundy * Lake Dana * Lake Maumee * Lake Minong * Nipissing Great Lakes (Multiple basins) * Early Lake Ontario * Lake Saginaw * Lake Stanley * Lake Tonawanda * Lake Warren * Lake Wayne * Lake Whittlesey * Champlain Sea Columbia River system| * Lake Allison * Lake Bonneville * Glacial Lake Columbia * Lake Lahontan * Lake Lewis * Lake Missoula Puget Sound system| * Glacial Lake Russell * Glacial Lake Hood * Lake Nisqually * Lake Puyallup * Glacial Lake Sammamish * Lake Skokomish Upper Missouri River| * Lake Cut Bank * Lake Chouteau * Lake Great Falls * Lake Circle * Lake Jordan (Montana) * Lake Musselshell * Lake Glendive * Lake McKenzie Upper Mississippi drainage| * Lake Kankakee * Kankakee Outwash Plain * Lake Wisconsin Ohio drainage| * Lake Monongahela * Lake Tight * Teays River Hudson valley| * Lake Albany * Lake Passaic New England| * Lake Cape Cod * Lake Connecticut * Lake Hitchcock * Lake Merrimack * Lake Nantucket Sound * Lake Stowe California| * Lake Cahuilla * Lake Corcoran * Lake Harper * Lake Manix * Lake Manly * Lake Mojave * Lake Panamint * Lake Russell * Lake Tecopa * Lake Thompson New Mexico| * Lake Palomas Alaska| * Lake Atna South America| * Lake Ballivián * Cabana * Lake Escara * Inca Huasi * Mataro * Lake Minchin * Ouki * Sajsi * Salinas * Lake Tauca * Great Tehuelche Paleolake Summary| * List of prehistoric lakes 0.00 (0 votes) Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake Minong. 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