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Judging from the contour of tlu' laiul, tlie level of the lake lias probably 

 never been more than 5 feet below its present level. 



TOI'OGKAPHY OF THK SHOKE. 



The shore of 20 miles is about equally divided between dry shores and marshy 

 shores. The slioros of Syracuse Lake and of the west end of the main lake were 

 not carefully surveyed, but accurate measurements and notes were taken of the 

 shore line of the east end of tiic main lake from a point on the north shore three- 

 eighths of a mile to the northwest of Wawasee, around the east end of the lake to 

 a point directly south of the starting-point. These data were used in mapping a 

 ten-foot elevation line around this part of the lake. For this reason the shores of 

 the east end of the lake ai'e treated more in detail than the others. 



The dry shores are composed of sand and gravel. Some are less than 5 feet 

 high, but more often they are abrupt bluflTs from 10 to 30 feet high, or liills which 

 ascend rapidly to a lieight of 40 feet. The west, north and northeast shores of 

 8yracu.se Lake are bluflTs or liills. The east shore is marshy. The shore south of 

 Turkey Creek, tlic outlet, is also marshy, and these marshes extend along both 

 sides of the Channel between Syracuse Lake and the main lake. Pickwick Park 

 is located on a gravelly shore less than 10 feet above the level of the lake. Be- 

 tween Pickwick Park and Eppert's is the Gordoniere Marsh extending north- 

 west to the Channel. Pickwick Park and the land to the west of it is sur- 

 rounded by tlie main lake, the Channel and tlie (Jordoniere Marsh and is known 

 as British Island. The shore between Eppert's and Jones' is mainly marsh. From 

 .Jones' one-quarter of a mile east the shore is a bluflT from 10 feet to 15 feet high. 

 From this point almost to Wawasee the land near the shore is at present a dry 

 marsh. The blutl' at Wawasee is 15 feet high and extends along the shore 1,700 

 feet. This bluflT extends back from shore 500 feet where it joins the marsh which 

 stretches along the shore to Ogden Island, and also to the east to Johnson's Bay. 

 (.)gden Island, which is surrounded liy the lake only on the southwest side and on 

 all other sides by marshes, extends a half mile to the noithwest of Ogden Point 

 and is from 300 feet to 1,000 feet wide. Its gre:iter part is from 3 feet to 6 feet 

 above the level of the lake, .\bout one-half of that pai-t of the island which 

 touches the lake is a bluff from 10 feet to 18 feet high. The area higher than 10 

 feet is 1,100 feet long and friun 175 feet to 400 feet wide. The marsh around 

 .Johnson's Bay is known as the Johnson Marsh. It skirts the .southeast and east 

 sides of (Jgden Island, surrounds a piece of timbered land 700 feet in diameter- 



