Mohawk River
Lake Iroquois was a proglacial lake located where Lake Ontario is now located.[1] The Mohawk River is a tributary to the Hudson River, in upstate New York.[1]
Its current headwaters are found east of Lake Ontario, but, Lake Iroquois was it's source approximately 10,000 years ago, as the Laurentide glacier retreated.[1]
The Appalachian mountains were a geographic impediment to European colonization of North America, as mountain passes, like the Cumberland Gap, were found at considerable elevation, with the exception to the pass carved out by the Mohawk Rver, when it drained Lake Iroquois.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charles Porreca; Jason P. Briner; Andrew Kozlowski (2017-12-05). "Laurentide ice sheet meltwater routing along the Iro-Mohawk River, eastern New York, USA" (PDF). University of Buffalo. Retrieved 2025-11-29.