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rapidly at the top where it merges into the general trend of the 

 main shore and attains a width 01 about six miles. This re- 

 semblance to the letter is more than superficial, and a closer 

 examination carries out the likeness farther than is apparent 

 from its outline shape alone. The general aspect is that of 

 two long, low sand-bars meeting" at the apex where they are 

 amalgamated for a little over two miles of their length, and 

 from thence stretching out in divergent parabolic lines to the 

 main shore. The triangle so inclosed from the point of 

 juncture back to the mainland is swamp of varying degrees 

 of wetness, some places being quite firm and wadable, but 

 others are quaking bogs that render such a proceeding a 

 ticklish undertaking. In several places the marsh deepens 

 into ponds, some being of considerable size. 



The marsh itself is largely composed of the following 

 plants : Cat-tail, Typha latifolia; Narrow-leaved Cat-tail, 

 Typlia angustifolia; Wild Rice, Zisania aquatica; Reed Grass, 

 Phragmites communis; and Lake Bullrush, Scirpus lacustris. 

 Of the ponds, those known as the Lake Pond and the Cove 

 Pond are the principal and largest. These are of no great 

 depth and their bottoms are composed of successive genera- 

 tions of aquatic plants and are soft and treacherous. The 

 Lake Pond contains great masses of Wild Celery, Val- 

 lisncria spiralis, which, with the Wild Rice that grows plenti- 

 fully and to great size about its shores, offers great inducements 

 to the wild fowl that visit the locality in large numbers during 

 the migrations. German Carp that are said to be common are 

 not nearly as numerous here as at the St. Clair Flats nor have 

 they done the damage that they have at the latter place where 

 the punters claim they have almost entirely exterminated the 

 native Wild Celery. 



Across the base of the 'Point and cutting off a considerable 

 portion of the marsh, a wide ditch has been dug from shore 

 to shore and the material excavated heaped up on the outer 

 side to form a dyke. On the eastern shore a pumping station 

 has been erected and the water is raised from the inner side 

 and thrown out into the lake, thus reclaiming several hundreds 

 of acres of rich swamp land to agricultural use. The debris 



