722 GLACIAL FORMATIONS OF ERIE AND OHIO BASINS. 



The writer has not attempted to trace the beach beyond the Imlay 

 ontlet. That region is under investigation (season of 1900) by Taylor. 



The portion of the second beach which appears on the border of the 

 Defiance moraine in northern Fulton County, Ohio, and southern Lenawee 

 County, Mich., remains to be described. The first clear indications of 

 the beach were noted in the vicinity of Wauseon in a cut bank about a 

 mile south of the town. From this point the beach was traced southwest- 

 ward along the inner face of the Defiance moraine to within a mile of the 

 south line of Fulton County, where it was found to cross over the moraine 

 and turn northward along its outer or west face. The point where it 

 crosses the crest is about 2 miles south of Pettisville. From this point 

 southward, as already noted, the moraine has a very smooth surface, while 

 to the north, in the part surrounded by the second Mauniee beach, it is 

 undulatory. 



From the point where the beach crosses the moraine south of Pettis- 

 ville northward to Tedrow, a distance of 8 miles, there are frequent 

 developments of gravel ridges which have been opened extensively to 

 obtain material for the roads. One of the gravel pits is a 'half mile east of 

 Pettisville, another a mile northeast, and still others 2 to 3 miles farther 

 north. From Tedrow northward into Michigan the beach is very indistinct, 

 owing probably to the fact that there was only a narrow bay back of the 

 Defiance moraine. 



On the east side of the moraine the beach is developed at frequent 

 intervals as a gravelly ridge from Wauseon northward into Michigan, its 

 course being east of north as far as Winemeg and then nearly due north 

 across the State line past Lyons, Ohio. It is poorly developed for 2 or 3 

 miles in the vicinity of Black Creek, but finds its continuation, as above 

 noted, in the ridge that passes through the southern part of Fairfield, Mich. 

 This beach has been extensively opened for gravel about 3 miles northeast 

 of Wauseon, on the farm of Frank Blair, and also about a half mile south- 

 west of Winemeg. From Winemeg northward into Michigan the beach is 

 ■composed of a, very sandy gravel unsuitable for road use. 



Summing up the feattires of the portion of the Maumee shore between 

 the Fort Wayne and Imlay outlets, it may be stated that the strength of 

 the upper beach is on the wliole decidedly greater where it lies outside the 

 Defiance moraine (from near Fayette, Ohio, to the Fort Wayne outlet) than 



