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Lake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan, one of North America's five Great Lakes. Formed about 13,000 years ago and fed by retreating glaciers, it drained southwest through the Chicago Outlet River.
  • Location: North America
  • Group: Great Lakes
  • Lake type: former lake
  • Primary inflows: Laurentide Ice Sheet
  • Primary outflows: Chicago River
  • Basin countries: United States
  • First flooded: 18,000 years before present
Data from: en.wikipedia.org