Page "New Brighton, Minnesota" Paragraph 8

New Brighton is part of East-Central Minnesota's glacial plain sandpile, which was flattened by glaciers during the most recent glacial advance.

During the last glacial period, massive ice sheets at least thick ravaged the landscape of the town and sculpted its current terrain which can be easily seen in Long Lake Regional Park within the city.

The Wisconsin glaciation left 12, 000 years ago.

These glaciers covered all of Minnesota except the far southeast, an area characterized by steep hills and streams that cut into the bedrock.

Since the New Brighton landscape is still recovering from the weight of the glaciers and going through post-glacial rebound and the turmoil this created, the landscape is poorly drained created the numerous lakes and rivers found in the city.

Long Lake itself is the remnants of the glaciers, as it was a chunk of ice that was left behind, melted, and created the lake in the hole it occupied.

Thus, by drinking the water of Long Lake, you are drinking water straight from the glaciers.

This is only one of a handful of lakes in Minnesota that this can be done.