Lake Minong
Glacial Lake Minong
Lake Minong
Location	North America
Group	Great Lakes
Coordinates	47°42′N87°30′W / 47.7°N 87.5°W /47.7; -87.5
Lake type	former lake
Etymology	Historic Name ofIsle Royale
Primary inflows	FromLake Agassiz through theNipigon River
Primary outflows	Grand River valley inMichigan
Basin countries	Canada United States
First flooded	10,000 years before present
Residence time	1,500 years in existence
Surface elevation	450 ft (137 m)
References	Glacial and Postglacial Geologic History of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan; N. King Huber; The Geology of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan; Geological Survey Professional Paper 754-A; United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.; 1973.

Lake Minong was a proglacial lake that formed in theLake Superior basin during theWisconsin glaciation around 10,000B.P. This was the last glacial advance that entered Michigan and covered only part of the upper peninsula. Lake Minong occurred in the eastern corner of the Lake Superior basin whileLake Duluth was in the western end. The lakes became separated when the glacier reached the upper peninsula. Lake Minong expanded to the north as the ice retreated after 9,800 B.P. When the ice retreated from theKeweenaw Peninsula, Lake Duluth merged into Lake Minong.^[1]

• 11,400 B.P. Lake Minong covered only Whitefish Bay with the Laurentian glacial mass lying across the central Lake Superior basin.^[2] Lake Duluth existed in the lowlands of St. Louis Bay and Spirit Lake on theSt. Louis River.
• 10,600 B.P. The glacial ice had receded northward, opening a link between the eastern and western basins of Lake Superior.^[2]
• 9,500 B.P. Lake Minong expands to cover the entire lake basin as the glacial front moves northward from the basin. At this time, Lake Minong is an intermediary basin with waters fromLake Agassiz flowing in through theNipigon River valley and further east through the Aquasabong valley.^[2]
• 8,500 B.P. Lake Superior forms as the Lake Agassiz basin joins with theLake Ojibway, shifting its drainage into the headwaters of theOttawa River. The Lake Superior basin becomes the headwaters of the Great Lakes system.^[2]

• List of prehistoric lakes

Glacial Lakes in the Lake Superior basin:

• Lake Keeweenaw
• Glacial Lake St. Louis
• Lake Duluth
• Lake Minong
• Lake Houghton
• Nipissing Great Lakes

• "Post-Valders Lake Stages in the Lake Superior Basin", inGlacial and Postglacial Geologic History of Isle Royale National Park, Michigan by N. King Huber, USGS Geological Survey Professional Paper 754-A

• Former lakes of North America
• Geology of Wisconsin
• Geology of Minnesota
• Geology of Michigan
• Proglacial lakes
• Glacial lakes of the United States
• Glacial lakes of Canada

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