Calumet Shoreline

Calumet Shoreline

The Calumet Shoreline is an ancient shoreline of Lake Michigan located in the Lake Michigan Basin. It can be clearly seen along Ridge Road south of Chicago. North of the Calumet Shoreline, there are the Tolleston shorelines and south of it are the Glenwood Shoreline, the Tinley Moraine, and the Valparaiso Moraine. The shoreline is named after the Calumet Region of Northern Indiana.

References

Kenneth J. Schoon, Calumet Beginnings, 2003

See also

*Glenwood Shoreline

*Tinley Moraine

*Valparaiso Moraine

*Kankakee Outwash Plain

*Ridge Road

*Calumet Region

*Geography of Indiana


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