Photo by Daniel Kerr.Photo courtesy of the Geological Survey of Canada, Canadian Government.

Kettle Lakes in Glaciofluvial Outwash Complex

The depressions, some containing lakes, were created by the melting of blocks of glacier ice. They became buried by glacial gravel deposited on the floor of a meltwater stream that once flowed in a channel bordered by ice lying over the lower ground on either side. Remnants of the original flat top of the deposit are visible in the middle distance.