Early Lake Erie
Early Lake Erie was a prehistoric proglacial lake that existed at the end of the last ice age approximately 13,000 years ago. The early Erie fed waters to Glacial Lake Iroquois.
| Early Lake Erie | |
|---|---|
Glacial Lakes Chippewa, Stanley, Early Erie and Early Ontario. Low-level lake stages during the end of the Wisconsin Glacial era in North America. Based on Larsen map, 1987. | |
Early Lake Erie | |
| Location | North America |
| Group | Great Lakes |
| Coordinates | 42.6°N 79.7°W |
| Lake type | former lake |
| Etymology | Lake Erie from the Erie Indians |
| Primary inflows | Detroit River |
| Primary outflows | Niagara River Welland Canal |
| Basin countries | Canada United States |
| First flooded | 13,000 years before present |
| Max. length | 241 mi (388 km) |
| Max. width | 57 mi (92 km) |
| Residence time | 300 years in existence |
| Surface elevation | 476 ft (145 m) |
| References | Lewis CFM, Cameron GDM, Anderson TW, Heil CW Jr, Gareau PL. 2012. Lake levels in the Erie Basin of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 47:493-511. |
The ancient lake was similar in size to the current lake during glacial retreat, but for some period the eastern half of the lake was covered with ice.
Early-period Lake Erie was made up of smaller lakes (Lakes Warren, Wayne, Maumee and Lundy) with lower depths. Much of the ancient lake bed is now northern Ohio.
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