Everything about Glacial Lake Wisconsin totally explained
Glacial Lake Wisconsin was a prehistoric
proglacial lake that existed from approximately 19,000 to 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last
ice age, in the central part of present-day
Wisconsin in the
United States.
Glacial Lake Wisconsin was formed by meltwater flowing from glaciers that covered the northern and eastern portions of Wisconsin. The lake was bounded by an ice sheet of the Green Bay Lobe on the east, and by higher topography on its other margins. At its maximum stage, the lake was approximately the same size as the
Great Salt Lake in
Utah, and up to 150 ft (45 m) deep.
The eventual sudden bursting of an ice dam left by the retreating glaciers caused a catastrophic
flood that formed the
Dells of the Wisconsin River in pre-existing
Cambrian sandstone on the south edge of the lake. The resulting flood lowered the level of the lake to approximately 50 ft (15 m).
Eventually, the
Wisconsin River flowed through its grand canyon to its mouth at the
Upper Mississippi River.
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