Bowen Lake EarthCache
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Bowen Lake is one of many kettle lakes in northeastern Indiana that were formed between 13,000 and 14,000 years ago during the meltdown of the Saginaw and Erie Lobes of the continental glacier of the Wisconsinan age.
Kettle lakes were formed when blocks of ice calved from the snout of the retreating glacier and fell forward into huge deposits of sediment left by the glacier. Some of these blocks were covered by additional sediment as the glacier continued to melt. As the calved ice block melted, the cap of sediment slowly sank to fill the void, and a steep-sided kettle lake remained.
While some kettle lakes are isolated from each other, two or more lakes may be connected by streams that also formed during the glacial melt. Chain-O’-Lakes State Park in northeastern Indiana contains three isolated kettle lakes and eight lakes linked by glacier-formed streams. Bowen Lake is connected with Sand Lake to the southwest and Dock Lake on the southeast with such channels.
As of July 2017, the park entrance fee is $7 per car for Indiana vehicles. Out-of-state vehicles are charged $9. See www.in.gov/dnr for current prices.
Park at N 41.20.467 and W 085.22.706.
The cache coordinates will take you along trail #2 to a footbridge across the stream that connects Bowen and Sand Lakes. The trail is a one-mile loop of moderate difficulty and offers a nice view of the kettle lake and the channels connecting Bowen Lake with both Sand and Dock Lakes. Please stay on the trail.
To log this earthcache:
1. From the bridge you must measure the width of the stream connecting Bowen and Sand Lakes.
2. Email your answer to A Kid at Heart.
PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWER IN THE CACHE LOG. THANK YOU.
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