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tinent lowered all the waters of the lake region until their levels
depended* upon the rims of the lake basins from which the waters overflowed. The upper lakes were the first to sink far within
Fig. 14.—Map of the Early Lakes. Broken shading represents extension of the early lake epoch; solid shading, a lower stage of Iroquois Gulf before the birth of Lake Ontario; modern lakes, by dotted lines.
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