234 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



THICKNESS OF ICE ON LAKE MAXINKUCKEE AT VARIOUS DATES Continued 



Date 



1,99 

 Mar. 25 



Dec. 



Jan. 



Feb. 



6 

 11 

 15 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 1900 



1 



2 



3 



4 

 10 

 12 

 16 

 17 

 21 

 22 

 24 

 30 

 31 



1 



2 



3 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 



1 



Mar. 



19 

 22 



April 1 



3 



5 



6 



Nov. 14 



16 

 18 

 27 

 30 



Dec. 10 

 10 

 12 



13 



14 

 17 

 17 

 19 



20 

 21 



22 



Thickness in 

 inches 



1.25 



2 



3 



4.5 



5.5 



6 



7 

 8 

 9 

 9.25 



7 



6 



6 



5.8 



4.5 



Remarks 



Ice left lake, it having become honeycombed, piling up in various places 10 



feet high on Long Point, but doing no damage. 

 Little Maxinkuckee frozen over. 

 Ice went off of Litt'? Maxinkuckee. 

 Little Maxinkuckee frozen over again. 

 On Little Maxinkuckee near shore. 



Deep water still open. 



4 inches on Lake Maxinkuckee and 8 inches on Little Maxinkuckee. 



Very rotten. 



Ice rotten. 



Ice open in deep water. 



Ice open in deep water. 



Ice breaking up. 



6 

 8 

 9 

 11 

 11 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 8 



8.5 

 12 

 16 



Ice open near the Split Rock. 

 Ice moving north. 



Ice moves southeast and piles up high on shore. 

 Ice all gone except where piled up on south shore. 

 Ice all gone. 



Coldest day of season, so far, 16. Ice 1.5 in shallow water; Little Maxin- 

 kuckee frozen 4 to 7 feet from shore. 



Little Maxinkuckee frozen over; frozen out on Maxinkuckee 4 feet from shore. 

 Ice went off Little Maxinkuckee. 

 Little Maxinkuckee again frozen over. 

 Thin ice started around shore. 



Little Maxinkuckee frozen entirely over, 1 inch thick. 

 Ice extending out 200 feet from shore on Maxinkuckee. 

 2 13-16 Most of the ice broken up. Ice on Little Maxinkuckee strong enough to bear 



one. 



3 On Little Maxinkuckee. 



Outlet nearly frozen over. 

 A broad fringe of ice around shore. 



About '/g inch of water on top of ice on Little Maxinkuckee. 

 Lake frozen over except a large area in center and extending toward south 



end. Outlet Bay all frozen over. 

 Open area still present. 

 Lake frozen nearly all over. 

 Water covering ice, and open area increasing. 



