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History Off Script - Lake Agassiz: The Lost Great Lake
Episode 2187
Published 2 months ago
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Today the Great Lakes are a dominant feature in North America, but roughly 13,000 years ago they would have looked like ponds next to Lake Agassiz. During its existence, this massive body of water dominated the glacial landscape of northern North America, but it wasn't to last. The lake's time was finite, and its fall would shape the world.