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Stream interesting, torrential; flowing 

 through a rugged country. 550-1200 ft. ; 

 hilly. 



Feeblest, on N. & W. R. R.; 8 mi. 

 south; Jefferson Township, Adams 

 County, Ohio. F. W. Dean. 



Map: Peebles quadrangle. 



II. Interior Low Plateau 



*Serpent Mound Park. (C3.) 70 acres 

 on the east bank of Brush Creek near the 

 edge of the picturesque hill country of 

 southeastern Ohio. Cliffs of White 

 Dolomite (Niagara) with characteristic 

 rock vegetation; hillsides bordering 

 Brush Creek are wooded (deciduous 

 forest); that part of the park occupied 

 by the Serpent, the smaller mounds, and 

 other relics of the prehistoric people, 

 cleared and park-like. The principal 

 feature is the Serpent effigy, a huge 

 mound in the form of a serpent, 1348 ft. 

 long, with an average width of 20 ft., 

 and height of 4 to 5 ft. 680-780 ft.; 

 rolling to precipitous. 



Peebles! (N. & W. R. R.), 7 mi. N.W. 

 (a). 



Hillsborot (B. & O. R, R.), 16 mi. 

 S.E. (a). Drive from Hillsboro "of 

 surpassing beauty." 



Owned by The Ohio State Archaeologi- 

 cal Society, as trustee of the State. 



References: 



Cole, W. H. Map and Guide to the 

 Great Serpent Mound, Adams 

 County, Ohio. (Gives historical 

 summary; description of park and 

 of routes to the park.) Ohio State 

 Archaeological Society. 



Randall, E. O. The Serpent Mound, 

 Adams County. Published by The 

 Ohio State Archaeological Society. 



Howe, Henry. Historical Collections 

 of Ohio, I, 233-234 (1896). 



Map: Bainbridge quadrangle. 



III. Lake Section of the Central Lowland 

 Province 



A. Lake Shore Areas 



Mentor Marsh. (B3.) This marsh ex- 

 tends about 6 mi. along the Lake Erie 



shore west of Fairport Harbor, Lake 

 County. The marsh was formerly the 

 river bed of Grand River which now 

 empties into the Lake at Fairport. It is 

 bordered by forests of chestnut, elm, 

 oak, basswood, and maple. The marsh 

 flora includes cat-tails, marsh grasses, 

 marsh mallows, and pond lilies. The 

 fauna of the marsh includes muskrat, 

 mink, otter, fox squirrel, raccoon, and 

 numerous water birds, especially in the 

 migrating seasons.. 580 ft. 



Cleveland!, 20 mi. east Willoughby 

 via New York Central or C. P. & E. 

 Electric; 7 mi. northeast on paved road 

 to Mentor Park where marsh begins. 

 F. N. Shankland. 



Map: Mentor quadrangle. 



Oak Point. (B4.) Area on Lake Erie 

 at mouth of Beaver Creek. Contains 

 drowned stream swampy flats, three 

 clay hills with swampy and marshy con- 

 ditions between them, the hills covered 

 with trees, mostly oak; one pond of con- 

 siderable dimensions formed at time 

 trolley line was put through. Lake en- 

 croaching upon shore and swamp rather 

 more rapidly than elsewhere along the 

 shore of this region. Presents many 

 problems for the ecologist. 580 ft.; 

 level to rolling. 



Lorain|, 5 mi. west, Lake Shore Elec- 

 tric, Oakpoint, Lorain County. Lynds 

 Jones. 



Map: Vermilion, Oberlin quadrangles 



Bay Point. (B3.) A narrow penin- 

 sula in Lake Erie, witn sand dunes, 

 ponds, ridges, low prairie, filled pond 

 forest in the process of succession, sandy 

 shore as well as rocky shore. Next to 

 Cedar Point, the best illustration of 

 dunes, ridges and ponds in process of 

 formation within 60 mi. 580 ft. 



SanduskyJ, N.W. across bay. Ottawa 

 County. Lynds Jones. 



Cedar Point. (B3.) A tract of about 

 70 acres between Beimiller's Cove and 

 Lake Erie includes the best sand dune 

 section on the Point. Typical sand dune 

 and swamp vegetation. 



Cedar Point!, Erie County. J. H. 

 Schaffner. 



Map: Sandusky quadrangle. 



Inscription Rock. A large block of 

 limestone broken off by the glacier from 

 the rock near by. Probably the best 

 example of Indian picture writing in 

 America. 



