SAGINAW LOBE. 



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from the moraine of the Huron-Erie lobe in southern Noble County cat High Lake, in the western 

 part of T. 33 N., R. 9 E., and bears west-northwest across the north part of T. 33 N., R 8 E., 

 entering Kosciusko County near Boydstown Lake, in the northeast part of T. 33 N., R. 7 E. 

 Thence it bears northwestward across T. 34 N., Rs. 7 and 6 E., to Milford Junction, its inner 

 border passing about a mile southwest of Turkey Lake, the largest lake in Indiana. In this 

 distance of 20 miles or more from High Lake to Milford Junction it maintains a width of about 

 2 miles. North from Milford Junction, between Turkey Creek and Elkhart River, it is very 

 strong, and west of Turkey Creek it is apparently continued by a gently undulating tract, 

 which extends to the divide between Turkey and Little Bango creeks and which is in striking 

 contrast with a very flat tract west of it. It continues northward with somewhat stronger 

 expression along the west side of Elkhart River valley past Goshen to Yellow Creek, about 

 5 miles southeast of Elkhart. This brings it to the edge of the gravel plain of St. Joseph River, 

 beyond which it has not been recognized. 



TOPOGRAPHY. 



Throughout much of its course this moraine rises only slightly above the outer border 

 districts, a relief of 50 feet being rare. It has low swells with gentle slopes, a common height 

 being 20 feet, though more fall below than exceed that height. Some knolls north of Boyds- 

 town Lake are 30 to 40 feet high and have steep slopes. "Waybright hill," a conspicuous 

 irregular-shaped mass of drift about 2 \ miles south of New Paris, is by far the most prominent 

 feature of the moraine; it reaches an altitude (barometric) of 1,025 feet, or about 215 feet above 

 New Paris station, and is spread over the south half of sec. 22 and much of sec. 27, T 35 N., 

 R. 6 E. The remainder of the moraine in Elkhart County, except perhaps a few knolls 3 to 4 

 miles southwest of Goshen, is below the 900-foot contour, and the part in Kosciusko County 

 reaches 900 feet only at the extreme eastern edge of the county. The portion in Noble County 

 rises a little above 900 feet, with a few points near High Lake that approach 1,000 feet. 



The portion of this moraine in Noble and Kosciusko counties has numerous lakes along its 

 course and on its borders, but that in Elkhart County has only one lake of sufficient size to be 

 represented on the county map. This forms the head of Yellow Creek and is located in sec. 

 34, T. 36 N., R. 5 E. The principal lakes are as follows: 1 



Lakes along or near Neiv Paris -moraine. 



Turkey 



Dewart 



Milford 



Tippecanoe . . 

 Boydstown. . 

 Barbee Lakes 



Ridinger 



Little Eagle.. 

 High 



4, 5, 8-11, 14-17, 22-26 



25 



30 



21-22 



1,11,12 



6-9, 16-18 



10-15 



20,21,26-29 



1 



36 



24-26,35 



13 



18 



7, 8, 17, IS 



6 121 



43 



19-42 



a Square miles. 



& The deepest like depth reported i 



c A group of six small lakes. 



d Lake lowered by ditching and deoth reduced to 22 feet. 

 « Area and depth estimated by Prof. C. R. Dryer. 



High Lake, as noted by Dryer in a special paper, 2 is nearly surrounded by sharp ridges of 

 esker type distributed over an area of about 2 square miles. The most prominent ridge follows 



x The areas and depths are from Blatchley, W. S., and Ashley, G. H., Twenty-fifth Arm. Kept. Dept. Geology and Nat. Res. Indiana, 1900, pp. 

 31-32, in which maps are presented showing the contours of the beds of several lakes. 

 2 Jour. Geology, vol. 9, 1901, pp. 123-129, with sketch contour maps. 



