The Minnesota lake you won't find on any map – MPR News
Minnesota claims to be the Land of 10,000 Lakes. But there’s one lake you won’t find on any map: Lake Agassiz. This gigantic glacial lake, which covered parts of Canada, North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, drained away thousands of years ago.
Jim Cotter, geology professor at the University of Minnesota Morris, is back with us on Minnesota Now to give us the next chapter in his geologist’s tour of Minnesota history.
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