BEACHES OF LAKE MAUMEE. 731 



lake, <)ne being on the line of Sandusky and P^rie County about 3 miles 

 north of Bellevue, another 1 to 2 miles south of Castalia, and a third about 

 5 miles northeast of Bellevue immediately west and south of Sevenmile 

 House. The beaches are well developed on the east, north, and west sides 

 of these islands, but are I'ather obscure on the south side. The accompany- 

 ing map, PI. XXII, shows the character of the topography of the region 

 between Bellevue and Sandusky, the Belmore and Forest beaches, as well 

 as the Maumee, being complicated because of the uneven surface which 

 that region presents. 



The shores were irregular along the south border of Lake Maumee for 

 about 3 miles each side of Bellevue, where the surface is rather uneven 

 because of low rock hills and ridges. A smoother tract sets in 3 miles east 

 of Bellevue, and the beach extends southeastward past Hunts Corners to 

 Pontiac, in northern Peru Township. There are sand dmies as well as 

 gravel deposits in this broken tract near Bellevue. Some of these are 15 or 

 20 feet in height, and they may extend in places slightly beyond the limits 

 of the lake. 



Near Pontiac the shore turns eastward and crosses both branches of 

 Hiu-on River about a mile south of the north line of Peru Township. The 

 course is then northeastward tln-ough the northwest part of Bronson Town- 

 ship into Norwalk Township. The beach passes through the extreme south- 

 eastern part of the city of Norwalk and a mile east of East Norwalk. It 

 leaves Huron County at the northeast corner of Norwalk Township and 

 continues northeastward through Berlinville to Berlin Heights. Thence its 

 course is slightly north of east past Axtel into Lorain County, about parallel 

 with the shore of Lake Erie and distant from it scarcely 4 miles. It crosses 

 Vermilion River about 2 miles below Birmingham and continues eastward 

 across southern Brownhelm and Amherst townships to the west part of 

 Elyria Township, passing about 2 miles south of North Amherst. This 

 part of the shore from Huron River northeastward is exceptionally strong. 

 It was not only exposed to the heavy waves raised by the west winds, but 

 carried a sufficient depth of water along the shore to prevent the waves 

 from breaking until they had reached the beach. There is frequently a cut 

 bank 10 to 15 feet or more in height, along or near the base of which a 

 gravelly beach appears. In the vicinity of the Huron River there is a 

 space of a half mile or more between the cut bank and the gravell}' beach, 



