217 



assistance of Mr. Chauncey Jiiday, Mr. Thomas Large and others in taking the 

 soundings of the lake; of Mr. .Juday, in making a survey of the shore and for 

 copies of the accompanying map with which he has furnished me and from which 

 the rei)ort on the topography of the bottom is largely drawn ; of Mr. J. P. Dolan 

 for records of daily observations of lake phenomena and for the history of the 

 lake in years past; of the officials of tiie Baltimore & Ohio Railroad who fur- 

 nished data with reference to elevations and whose generosity has made it possible 

 for me to make frequent visits to the lake during the winter. 



GENER.\L FEATURES OF THE LAKE. ■ 



Turkey Lake is made up of two parts, connected by a channel. The channel 

 is three-i|uarters of a mile in length and from one hundred feet to a half mile in 

 width. Its depth varies from one to five feet. The part of the Lake north of the 

 channel is known as Syracuse Lake. It includes an area of three-quarters of a 

 square mile, which is approximately one-eighth of the area of the entire Lake. 

 The larger part of the Lake, to the south and east of the channel, may be known 

 as the main lake. 



The general direction of the lake is from southeast to northwest. Its greatest 

 length is five and a half miles, and its greatest width at a right angle to its length 

 is one and a half miles. The entire shore line is between twenty and twenty-one 

 miles in length, and the area of the lake is a little more than five and a half 

 square miles. Xo very prominent irregularities occur around Syracuse Lake, 

 while in the maia lake a number of evident indentations are to be found. The 

 east end of the main lake is made up of three bays. Johnson's Bay, extending to 

 the north, is one mile long and three-eighths of a mile wide. Ogden Point lies to 

 the west of the entrance of this bay and Cedar Point to the oa.st. The east end of 

 the main lake is Crow's Bay, with Cedar Point on its north and Morrison's Island 

 on its south. Jarrett's Bay extends to the southeast, with Morrison's Island to 

 the east of its entrance and Clark's Point to the west. In the west end of the 

 main lake is Conkling Bay, circular in form and with the surrounding maish a 

 half mile in diameter. It lies south of Conkling Hill. These are the most })rom- 

 inent indentations. Between the channel and Ogden Point, which are two and a 

 (piarter miles apart, the shore line curves gently northward three-quarters of a 

 mile, forming Sunset Bay. Between Clark's Point and Black Stump Point, one 

 and three-quarters miles to the northwest, the shore line bends southward one- 

 third of a mile. 



