Table 14.1 Raised beaches at
Little Current, Lake Huron,
Ontario
Raised beach
Elevation (m)
Approx. age (ka yr)
Algoma
189
2.9
Nipissing
198
5.3
Korah
210
Sheguiandah
233
Payette
246
Cedar Point
259
Penetang
271
Kagawong
277
10.2
Algonquin upper
296
11.2
Source Sly and Lewis (1972)
Fig. 14.4 An uplifted tombolo surrounded by beach ridges from the Nipissing lake stage on the Point Isabella Headland on the eastern shore of
the Keweenaw Peninsula (Lake Superior)
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