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Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



TABLE SHOWING STAGE OF WATER IN INCHES ABOVE EXTREME LOW WATER MARK IN 

 LAKE MAXINKUCKEE Continued. 



As shown by the above table, the water was continuously and 

 quite uniformly low during the fall of 1913. There were no rains 

 sufficient to produce any effect on the lake. The slight variation 

 of an inch in September and October was doubtless due to winds. 

 A southwest wind continuing for any length of time would blow 

 the water back from the Outlet, thus slightly lowering the water 

 at the gauge, while a northeast wind would blow the water into 

 Outlet Bay and slightly increase the depth at the Outlet. 



It will be observed that our observations were not taken at 

 regular intervals. They were usually taken whenever we were 

 at the lake and occasion seemed to require ; records were also made 

 from time to time by Mr. Chadwick, especially at times of sudden 

 change and of unusually high or low water. It is believed that 



