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Minnesota
0.4 mi
Distance
696 ft
Gain
16 min
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Mount Rose - Once an Island!
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<h2>Mount Rose – Once an Island!</h2> <p>About 12,000 years ago, melting glaciers formed temporary lakes. The biggest, Glacial Lake Duluth, submerged most of the Grand Portage. Its shoreline was 738 feet (225 m) above today’s Lake Superior.</p> <p>The shoreline of Glacial Lake Beaver Bay was where you are standing, 243 feet (74 m) above Lake Superior.Mount Rose was an island and Mount Josephine was surrounded by water on three sides! If a lake lasted long enough for waves to work against the shoreline, there is evidence left behind – beaches and bluffs, sometimes high above the present lakeshore.</p> <p>The gentle slope before the Great Hall is the beach of Lake Sault, which had a shoreline 8 feet (2.4 m) above Lake Superior.</p>
Mount Rose Trail Junction
~0 min drive
<p>This bench is at the junction of the two trails. One begins at the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/mount-rose-trailhead-depot.htm">Mount Rose Depot Trailhead</a>. The other begins at the <a href="https://www.nps.gov/places/mount-rose-trailhead-parking-lot.htm">Mount Ros…
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<p>From the summit of Mount Rose, see the Historic Depot and Grand Portage Bay. On a clear day, Isle Royale is visible on the horizon. A low wall protects people from the edge of a steep dropoff. This is the best place to photograph the Historic Depot from above.</p>
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