Proglacial Lakes of Minnesota - Glacial Lake Upham

Glacial Lake Upham

Glacial Lake Upham was formed in the wake of the retreat of the St. Louis Sublobe of the Des Moines Lobe. It drained through a series of successively lower outlets to Glacial Lake Duluth, culminating in the Saint Louis River. Its former lake bed is now a broad boggy area comprising much of the watershed of the latter stream.

Read more about this topic:  Proglacial Lakes Of Minnesota

Famous quotes containing the word lake:

    Turn back,
    back
    to the lake of Delos;
    lest all the song notes
    pause and break
    across a blood-stained throat....
    Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)