22 Lake Maxinkuckee, Physical and Biological Survey 



Scovell cottage: — On the east side of Long Point. 



Shady Point: — In front of the Arlington station and adjacent 

 to the Arhngton hotel grounds. This was formerly known as the 

 Duenweg cottage and was occupied by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 party in 1899-1901. (See plate 34.) 



Tamarack sivamp: — About two miles west of the Assembly 

 grounds. 



Thoroughfare: — The Outlet or stream connecting the two lakes. 



Va Jen's cottage: — On northeast side of lake, 



Walley's woods: — Just west of the railroad and bordering Out- 

 let Creek, about a mile southwest of the lake. 



Walter Knapp cottage: — East side of Long Point just north of 

 the Scovell cottage. 



Win field's cottage: — On the west side of the lake north of the 

 Outlet. 



PHYSICAL FEATURES 



Location: — Lake Maxinkuckee is situated in about 41° 12' north 

 latitude, and 86° 24' west longitude, in northern Indiana, on the 

 Terre Haute and Logansport Railroad (Vandalia Line). It is 34 

 miles south of South Bend, Indiana, 94 miles southeast of Chicago, 

 32 miles north of Logansport, 121 miles north of Indianapolis and 

 149 miles north of Terre Haute. It is easily reached by the Penn- 

 sylvania Line fromi any of the places above mentioned. It lies 

 wholly in Union Township in the southwest corner of Marshall 

 County ; the distance westward to the Starke County line being 

 2.25 miles, and to the Fulton County line on the south, but 1 mile. 



The Vandalia Railroad runs north and south along the west 

 shore of the lake. Near the north end of the west side of the lake 

 is the town of Culver, with a population of about 1,500, which is 

 the principal railroad station for Lake Maxinkuckee. One mile 

 south from Culver is a flag station called Arlington. On the east 

 side of the lake, and about a half mile back from it, is the little 

 village of Maxinkuckee with a population of about 100. Near the 

 middle of the north shore are the buildings and grounds of the 

 Culver Military Academy, a flourishing institution. 



Elevation above sea-level: — The surface of the lake at the aver- 

 age stage of water, is 734.5 feet above sea-level of the Gulf of 

 Mexico at Biloxi, Miss., 150 feet above Lake Michigan, and 130 

 feet below the summit of the divide between Lake Michigan and 

 the Wabash drainage. It is 15 feet above Tippecanoe River 4 

 miles south, into which it drains, and 75 feet above English Lake 

 20 miles west. The lake itself, therefore, is situated on a south 

 and west slope. 



