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The end of the glaciers of the Pre-Illinoian Stage in North America was about 12,000 years ago.

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The North American Ice sheets melted roughly 10,000 to 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, leading to the formation of many of the landforms and bodies of water we see today in North America.

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