Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 35 



Lake into which it gradually widens. The banks are low and the 

 adjacent ground is of soft black muck over which one cannot pass, 

 except in the driest season, without danger of miring. At the 

 lower end the marsh along its edges is continually under water. 

 The bed of the stream at the bridges is artificially 16 feet wide 

 and the water about 18 inches deep in dry weather. There is 

 usually a fairly strong current at the bridges, but below them it 

 is barely perceptible. 



Shore and Beach: The shores of Lake Maxinkuckee are in 

 most places several feet above the lake level; there is very little 

 marsh ground anywhere. The beach is usually of compact sand 

 or fine gravel; with the exception of a few rods at Norris Inlet 

 and a few yards in 3 or 4 other places, it would be possible to 

 drive a team and wagon entirely around the lake in shallow water 

 without any danger of miring. 



Beginning at the Outlet and proceeding southward the shore 

 and beach may be described in detail as follows: 



From the Outlet to the middle of the north side of Long Point 

 the shore is low and continuous with Green's marsh. During 

 extreme high water the public highway is sometimes flooded. 

 Recently the western - portion of this section has been materially 

 modified by filling in and is now firmer ground than it was orig- 

 inally. The beach is of fine yellow sand, usually quite firm and 

 free of vegetation. 



Long Point rises abruptly to a maximum height of 35 feet 

 above the lake. The distal end of this point has recently been 

 cut down considerably but still remains several feet above the 

 lake. The crest of Long Point from near the extreme end to the 

 Arlington station is 20 to 35 feet above the water line. The shore 

 is abrupt and bluff -like. 



The beach along the east side of Long Point and southward 

 to Arlington is of clean yellow sand with a considerable propor- 

 tion of pebbles and fine gravel just below the water line. 



Toward the south the gravel becomes rather more evident. 

 From Arlington to the Gravelpit there is a narrow low strip ex- 

 tending back to the railroad west of which the shore rises abruptly 

 to an extreme height of 40 feet, the highest point being at the 

 Gravelpit. Opposite the Kettlehole and just south of the Gravel- 

 pit the high ground again approaches very close to the water's edge, 

 so that we have a quite narrow beach, and the bare beach patches 

 are not sandy, but both shore and bottom are covered by very 

 coarse gravel, the component pebbles of the gravel being about 

 the size of a goose's or hen's egg. There are also quite large rocks 



