The Productivity of Fish Food in Oneida Lake 2y 



TOPOGRAPHY AND HYDROGRAPHY OF LOWER 

 SOUTH BAY 



General Discussion (see map, figure i) 



The outline of the shore of Oneida Lake is quite irregular 

 in many places, forming bays or coves of greater or less extent. 

 The majority of these are of small size but there are four 

 indentations of good size. If a map of the lake be examined 

 it will be noted that two of these bays are at the wide east end 

 and two at the narrow west end. South Bay lies at the extreme 

 southeast corner, is about one by two miles in extent and 

 covers an area of approximately 850 acres. Lakeport Bay is 

 on the south shore, near the east end, and is about two-thirds 

 as large as South Bay. Big Bay lies at the extreme northwest 

 corner of the lake and extends into the land in the form of a 

 wide sack. It has an area of 867 acres, and is one of the 

 larger bays of the lake. Finally, there is Lower South Bay at 

 the southwest corner of the lake, which is approximately one 

 and five-eighths miles long and a mile wade, and has an area of 

 about 881 acres. This is the only bay of the lake which is 

 strikingly enclosed and for this reason it is of interest from an 

 ecological as well as a physiographic standpoint. The other 

 three bays are all open bodies of water receiving the full force 

 of the winds and waves at certain times. Big Bay is protected 

 partially by the higher ground at the north end and east side 

 but is widely open at the lakeward end. 



Lower South Bay is somewhat quadrate in form and is 

 almost twice as long as wide. On the north the waters of the 

 bay are protected by the long and narrow piece of land known 

 as Long Point, which extends eastward into the lake for the 

 distance of nearly seven-eighths of a mile. Beyond this i)oint, 

 however, there are shallows and bars extending in an eastward 

 direction for about three-fourths of a mile, so that the bay 

 may be said to be protected on the north by a barrier, more or 

 less effective, for the distance of a mile and a half. The open- 

 ing of the bay on the east side, where the deeper water lies, 

 is only half a mile wide. Frenchman and Dunham Islands also 



