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Tippecanoe Lake. — Tiypecauoe litis uu area at present of 1.71 square 

 miles. If the level were raised five feet the area would l)e increased to 2.98 

 square miles. Its maximum depth is 121 feet, which is probably the great- 

 est depth in any Indiana lake. The lake is bordered along most of its 

 shoreline hy moraines that rise rather abruptly to considerable height. The 

 rest of the shore is hordereil by marshes. Raising the level five feet woiiltl 

 sul)mei'ge most of the marsh laud and a very narrow strip along the 

 steeper shores. One ijuilding would be affected, bnt .HJCdO would easily re- 

 place it. The l)athing beaches would lie narrowed, bnt the action of the 

 waves would soon broaden them. 'I'hese are the items of loss. 



I>y overllowing the marshes the shore line would Ite )»rought to other 

 g<iod building sites. This would increase its value from that of ordinary 

 farm laud to that of water-front iiuilding site. The value of the former 

 is about .$!(»<» jier acre, while that of the latter is at ]u-eseut Iietweeu .$."(0(1 

 and $1,000 per acre. 



The great depth of Tijiiieeauoe Lake ;iud the steep slope of much of its 

 bottom make the area available for fish breeding ;!ud feeding very liuuted. 

 The fish production could jirolialily l)e douliled by utilizing the marsh land 

 for feeding grounds ;ind the wider wave-cut terraces as lireeding ground. 



The basin that discbarges through the outlet of Tippecanoe Lake has 

 an area of 13G square miles. One iucli iMiii-off fi-om this basin would pro- 

 duce 10 sec. feet for one .vear. Twelve or fifteen inches run-off could be 

 expected which would ]>roduce. respei-tively. Vl\) and 1."iO sec. feet for one 

 .vear. The tive-foot fall that woidd be produced by the daui conld be in- 

 creased tw{) oi- three feet by building a i-ace a quarter of a mile in length. 

 For niaji see Large CUO). 



l-'aule Lake. — Eagle Lake iias an area of .ST sciuare miles. The swamp 

 land that suiTounds it co\('rs about oiie-lialf s(|uare mile. .V part or this 

 swanq> land has been tilled by Winona .Vssembly and now forms vei-y valu- 

 able real estate. This \\-ould make it ratlier imiu-aiticable to I'aise the lake 

 more than two feet aiiov(> its jireseiit level, r.ut little of the remaining low 

 land is u.sed. About twenty acres are mowed for mai'sh hay and a similar 

 am<miit is used for pasture, of which it produces ;i very inferior grade. 



The outlet has been dredged so that the land below the lake could be 

 drained. A dam has been built across this ditcli, making a difference in 

 level of six feet. B.v raising the dam two feet a fall of eight feet would be 

 secured. The catchment b.-isin discharging through the outlet (jf this lake 

 contains foi-ty square miles. 



