Contents 



INTRODUCTION 13 



SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS 15 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IS 



SPECIAL LOCALITIES OFTEN REFERRED TO IN VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF TH'- REPORT. 19 



PHYSICAL FEATURES 22 



LOCATION 22 



ELEVATION ABOVE SEA-LEVEL .- 22 



SIZE, FORM, ETC 23 



CHARACTER OF SURROUNDING COUNTRY 23 



Soil .... 24 



TRIBUTARY STREAMS 27 



Culver Creek 27 



Aubeenaubee Creek : 27 



Norris Inlet 28 



Overmyer's Brook 28 



Flowing wells . - .28-35 



SHORE AND BEACH 35 



The ice-beach 39 



HYDROGRAPHY 40 



DEPTH 40 



TOPOGRAPHY OF LAKE BOTTOM 42 



The Deep Hole 42 



The Sugarloaf 42 



The Weedpatch 42 



The Kettlehole 43 



THE LAKE BOTTOM 45 



Soils 45 



Sand 45 



Gravel 45 



Boulders 46 



Marl 46 



THE LAKE LEVEL 49 



Stage of water 49 



Volume of outflow 53 



THE OUTLET 54 



LOST LAKE 55 



OUTLET CREEK 56 



METEOROLOGY 57 



INTRODUCTION 57 



SKY 58 



AIR 60 



Pressure 60 



Temperatures 62-135 



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