Lake Agassiz’s vast basin stretched from the Rocky Mountains in the west to the Appalachians in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. Though it has long since drained away ...

Geologists later named this Lake Agassiz (AH-ga-see), for the Swiss geologist ... It then proceeded to cut deeply into that material, forming the basin still visible south of downtown.

So Agassiz enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to come to Brazil, in order to do research on fish from the Amazon River basin to prove the ‘fallacy’ of Darwin’s theories. “Travelling through the ...

From the Inner Basin Trailhead, the trail leads to Fremont Saddle, which separates Agassiz Peak and Fremont Peak. From here, head north along the steep switchbacks to Agassiz Peak for a great ...