750 GLACIAL FORMATIONS OF ERIE AND OHIO BASINS. 



many points on the west border of the bay southeastward from the end 

 of this ridge, but evidences of strong wave action were not discovered, and 

 but few places were found that even suggested a shore. It is possible 

 that this part of the bay was occupied by rushes or other vegetation which 

 protected the shore from wave action. The bay probably extended up the 

 Auglaize River Valley to within 3 or 4 miles of Fort Jennings and up the 

 Ottawa River beyond Kalida. There are low, sandy ridges setting in about 

 2 miles southeast of Kalida and passing eastward into northwestern Pleasant 

 Township, which are thought to have been formed along or near the shore 

 of this bay. The bay probably extended up Blanchard River 2 or 3 miles 

 beyond Ottawa, but its depth was scarcely 10 feet at the site of that city. 

 North and also northwest of the city there are low, sandy ridges which 

 were probably formed by the bay. A definite beach sets in about 4 miles 

 north of Ottawa near Brickner post-office and leads northward along or 

 near the Napoleon wagon road to the Nickel Plate Railroad. It is there 

 near the border of the Defiance moraine, and the Maumee beach lies but a 

 short distance northeast of it. It is much weaker than the Maumee beach, 

 being a ridge onlj-- 1^ to 3 feet in height and a few yards in width. 



The course of this beach was not definitely located for 3 or 4 miles 

 northwest from where it crosses the Nickel Plate Railroad. A faint sand 

 ridge was found on the crest of the Defiance moraine in the north part of section 

 17 and south part of section 8, Liberty Township, which probably belongs 

 to this beach. In the northwest part of Liberty Township a definite beach 

 was found which leads from the north part of section 7 northwestward into 

 section 1, Palmer Township. It is 3 to 6 feet high and is composed mainly of 

 gravel. Its form is much like that of the shore of Lake Whittlesey to the 

 north, but it faces southwest and was evidently formed from that direction. 

 From this point northwestward to Pleasant Bend, short gravelly ridges 

 appear at frequent intervals and there is said to have been a well-defined 

 gravel ridge in the village, passing near the Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas 

 City Railroad station, but it has been removed for road ballast. Gravel 

 has also been obtained from this ridge on the fai-m of John Burkhardt, 2 

 miles southeast of Pleasant Bend. 



Near the line of Henry and Defiance counties, 2 miles northwest of 

 Pleasant Bend, a strong beach sets in which leads northwestward past 

 Ayersville to the Maumee Vallej'-, 3 miles east of Defiance. The shore of 



