2. Conneaut Lake

TOWNSHIP: Sadsbury
QUADRANGLES: Conneaut Lake and Harmonsburg
LOCATION: Immediately north of the Borough of Conneaut Lake and U. S. Route 322.

REMARKS: Pennsylvania's largest lake; 938 acres.

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3. Conneaut Lake Kame

TOWNSHIP: Sadsbury
QUADRANGLE: Conneaut Lake
LOCATION: One mile east of Conneaut Lake.

REMARKS: One of the largest kames in the state; this glacial deposit marks the location of a depression filled with sand and gravel in or at the margin of stagnant ice as the glacier melted. At present a portion of the kame is being quarried for gravel.

REFERENCES: Shepps, V. C. [1962], Pennsylvania and the Ice Age, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 4th ser., Educational Series 6, 33 p.

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4. Conneaut Marsh / 5. Rock Creek Ravine

TOWNSHIPS: Union and Greenwood
QUADRANGLES: Geneva
LOCATION: Adjacent to the Conneaut Outlet, the southern outlet to Conneaut Lake; about 4.5 miles south of Meadville; within State Game Lands No. 213.

REMARKS: One of the largest marshes in Pennsylvania, contained in an ancient stream channel that was filled with glacial till during the last glaciation in Pennsylvania. The American bald eagle nests in the marsh and the rare bog turtle has been reported. 5. Rock Creek Ravine, at Custards in Greenwood Township, contains a series of scenic waterfalls.

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6. Dead-Ice Terminal Moraine

TOWNSHIP: Wayne
QUADRANGLE: Sugar Lake
LOCATION: Southeastern corner of the county, immediately northwest of the Crawford-Venango County line; the moraine parallels the county line in a northeaster-southwest direction.

REMARKS: The most outstanding topographic example of a terminal moraine in western Pennsylvania. This moraine marks a "dead" or stagnant position of the ice front during the Great Ice Age in Pennsylvania. The topography on the moraine is particularly hummocky due to the presence of unsorted rock materials that were pushed or carried there by the glacier.

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