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===North America=== The majority of drumlins observed in North America were formed during the [[Wisconsin glaciation]]. The largest drumlin fields in the world formed beneath the [[Laurentide Ice Sheet]] and are found in [[Canada]] β Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, northern Saskatchewan, northern Manitoba, northern Ontario and northern Quebec.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shaw |first1=John |last2=Sharpe |first2=Davis |last3=Harris |first3=Jeff |title=A flowline map of glaciated Canada based on remote sensing data |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |date=January 2010 |volume=47 |issue=1 |pages=89β101 |doi=10.1139/E09-068 }}</ref> Drumlins occur in every Canadian province and territory. Clusters of thousands of drumlins are found in:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gray |first1=Charlotte |title=The Museum Called Canada: 25 Rooms of Wonder |date=2004 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-679-31220-8 }}{{pn|date=January 2023}}</ref> * [[Southern Ontario]] (along eastern end of [[Oak Ridges Moraine]] near [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], as well as areas to the west near [[Dundas, Ontario|Dundas]] and [[Guelph, Ontario|Guelph]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tcc.customer.sentex.ca/GT/OD.html |title=Ontario Drumlins |website=The Creation Concept |access-date=2015-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131745/http://tcc.customer.sentex.ca/GT/OD.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>) * Central-[[Eastern Ontario]] ([[Douro-Dummer, Ontario|Douro-Dummer]]) *Ontario β most of [[Northumberland County, Ontario|Northumberland County]] (between [[Rice Lake (Ontario)|Rice Lake]] and [[Trenton, Ontario|Trenton]], including [[Trent Hills]]) * The Thelon Plan of the [[Northwest Territories]] * [[Alberta]] β drumlins are located on the Morley Flats in the [[Stoney Indian Reserves Nos. 142, 143, and 144|Stony Indian Reserve]] west of Calgary, as well as south of the [[Ghost Reservoir]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=D.G|title=Landforms of Alberta interpreted from airphotos and satellite imagery|publisher=Alberta Remote Sensing Center, Alberta Environment|year=1987|isbn=0-919975-10-0|location=Edmonton, Alberta|pages=41β43}}</ref> *Saskatchewan β {{convert|80|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of the east end of [[Lake Athabasca]]<ref name=":1" /> *Southwest of [[Amundsen Gulf]] in [[Nunavut]] * [[West Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia]]. In the [[United States]], drumlins are common in: * Central New York (between the south shore of [[Lake Ontario]] and [[Cayuga Lake]])<ref name=Kerr2007>{{cite journal |last1=Kerr |first1=Michael |last2=Eyles |first2=Nick |title=Origin of drumlins on the floor of Lake Ontario and in upper New York State |journal=Sedimentary Geology |date=January 2007 |volume=193 |issue=1β4 |pages=7β20 |doi=10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.11.025 |bibcode=2007SedG..193....7K }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=William A. |title=Drumlins carved by rapid water-rich surges |journal=Northeastern Geology |volume=7 |date=1985 |pages=161β166 |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~springport/genealogy/geology/drumlin.html }}</ref> * The lower [[Connecticut River|Connecticut River valley]] * [[Long Island]]<ref name="Fuller">{{cite journal |last1=Fuller |first1=M. L. |title=The geology of Long Island, New York |journal=USGS Report |date=1914 |page=1 |doi=10.3133/pp82 |bibcode=1914usgs.rept....1F }}</ref><ref name="SandersMerguerian">{{cite conference |last1=Sanders |first1=John E. |last2=Merguerian |first2=Charles |title=The glacial geology of New York City and vicinity |pages=93β200 |editor1-first=A. I. |editor1-last=Benimoff |conference=The Geology of Staten Island, New York, Field guide and proceedings, The Geological Association of New Jersey, XI Annual Meeting |url=https://www.dukelabs.com/Publications/PubsPdf/JESCM1994b_GANJ_GlacialNYC.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203225252/http://dukelabs.com/Publications/PubsPdf/JESCM1994b_GANJ_GlacialNYC.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Manhattan]]<ref name="SandersMerguerian"/> * Eastern [[Massachusetts]] * Eastern [[Connecticut]] in Windham and New London Counties * The [[Monadnock Region]] of [[New Hampshire]] * [[Michigan]] (central and southern [[Lower Peninsula]])<ref>{{cite journal|title=Glacial landsystems and dynamics of the Saginaw Lobe of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Michigan, USA|doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.021|volume=260|pages=21β31|journal=Quaternary International|bibcode=2012QuInt.260...21K|year = 2012|last1 = Kehew|first1 = Alan E.|last2 = Esch|first2 = John M.|last3 = Kozlowski|first3 = Andrew L.|last4 = Ewald|first4 = Stephanie K.}}</ref> * [[Minnesota]]<ref>[http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212Ld/index.html Toimi Uplands Subsection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021064235/http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/ecs/212Ld/index.html |date=2016-10-21 }} of the Northern Superior Uplands, ''Ecological Classification System''. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2016.</ref><ref name="Clark Hughes Greenwood et al 2009"/> * The [[Puget Sound]] region of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state<ref name=Goldstein1994>{{cite journal |last1=Goldstein |first1=Barry |title=Drumlins of the Puget Lowland, Washington State, USA |journal=Sedimentary Geology |date=June 1994 |volume=91 |issue=1β4 |pages=299β311 |doi=10.1016/0037-0738(94)90136-8 |bibcode=1994SedG...91..299G }}</ref> * [[Wisconsin]].
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