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Stages of great lake development.
'Lake Algonquin' was a
proglacial lake that existed in east-central
North America at the time of the last
ice age. Parts of the former lake are now
Lake Huron,
Georgian Bay and inland portions of northern
Michigan.
The lake varied in size, but it was at the biggest size at the post-glacial period and gradually shrunk to the current
Lake Huron and
Georgian Bay. At about 7,000 years ago, the lake was replaced by
Lake Chippewa as the glaciers retreated and 3,000 years later by the current
Lake Michigan.
See also
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List of prehistoric lakes
External links
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Map at Michigan State University, Dept. of Geography