Glenwood Shoreline

Glenwood Shoreline

The Glenwood Shoreline is an ancient shoreline of the precursor to Lake Michigan, Lake Chicago. It is named after the town of Glenwood, Illinois. The shoreline was formed when the lake was higher during the last Ice Age when ice blocked the Straits of Mackinac and after the straits were freed the lake receded and left behind a sand ridge at about 640' where the shore resided. This ridge can be seen clearly in Glenwood, Illinois, Dyer, Indiana, and Schererville, Indiana, all south of Chicago.

See also

*Calumet Shoreline

*Tinley Moraine

*Valparaiso Moraine

*Kankakee Outwash Plain

References

Kenneth J. Schoon, Calumet Beginnings, 2003


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