Kankakee Torrent
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The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred about 19,000 calibrated years ago[1] in the Midwestern United States. It resulted from a breach of moraines forming a large glacial lake fed by the melting of the Late Wisconsin Laurentide Ice Sheet. The point of origin of the flood was Lake Chicago.[1] The landscape south of Chicago still shows the effects of the torrent, particularly at Kankakee River State Park[2] and on the Illinois River at Starved Rock State Park.[3]