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help to protect the bay from severe northeast winds. A small 

 hay, known as Short Point Bay, lies at the extreme northwest 

 end of Lower South P.ay. This body of water is about a third 

 of a mile long and a (|uarter of a mile wide and covers an area 

 of approximately 53 acres. It is protected on the north by 

 Long I^^int and on the south by Short Point, and has muddy 

 shores while Lower South Bay, being less protected by land 

 areas, has sandy or rocky shores. The irregular headlands and 

 l)oints are being cut away and the eroded material is being 

 carried into the bays and building up the shores. 



The land bordering Lower South Bay is of tw^o general 

 types, low-swampy and high-terrace. The former condition 

 ])revails from the end of Conway Point westward bordering 

 the whole of Short I'oint Bay, the entire west side of Lower 

 South Bay, and the south side for the distance of a third of a 

 mile eastward from the west shore. Long Point is from a foot 

 to three feet above the level of the water, but in many places 

 bordering Short Point Bay and Lower South Bay the land is 

 so low that the east winds at times submerge large areas. 

 There is, however, a piece of land west of vShort Point, here 

 designated Conway Point, which rises upwards of eight feet 

 above lake level. The whole region for a mile and a half west 

 of Lower South Bay is a vast swamp. 



On the south shore of Lower South Bay, about a third of a 

 mile from the west side, the land rises to form a marked 

 terrace ten and twenty feet above the lake (380 and 390 feet 

 above sea level) and this continues around the south and east 

 sides of the bay and around Norcross Point and borders the 

 south short of Oneida Lake. This seems to be a true lake 

 terrace indicating a former and higher level of the lake. Tt 

 may be seen on both the north and south shores of C^neida 

 Lake, though in places it is at a considerable distance from the 

 shore, the intervening space, usually swampy, indicating the 

 position of a submerged, shallow, plain-like area bordering the 

 shore of the ancient, larger lake. The post-glacial history of 

 this region explains the presence of this terrace, wdiich was 

 formed during or just after the Rome outlet stage of Glacial 

 Lake L'ocjuois. 



