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beyond it to a point five miles northeast of Port Henry, is the sub- 

 merged Pouhney-Mettawee Valley. (See Fig. 20.) 



Submerged PouUney-Mettawee Valley. — This valley can be read 

 from the Lake Survey charts. It occurs beneath the waters of south- 

 ern Champlain from Whitehall to five miles northeast of Port Henry. 

 The depth of vi^ater covering this valley varies from 12 to 55 feet 



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Fig. 21. — Photograph of southern Lake Champlain, looking north near Dresden 

 Station. Smaller view looks northwestward from Benson Landing across Lake Cham- 

 plain toward Putnam Station. Beneath the waters of the lake in both views is the 

 submerged Poultney-Mettawee Valley. 



[Smaller photograph by W. S. Mc Gee.] 



upstream from the delta. The outer edge of the latter is covered by 

 water from 50 to 78 feet deep, depending on the interpretation of the 

 edge. The depths of the valley are greatest at the narrowest parts, 

 and the greatest depths are nearly as great at the south end of the val- 

 ley as near the north end. South Bay seems to be a drowned valley 

 partly filled, which was tributary to the main Poultney- Mettawee. 



The width of the valley varies from one-tenth to one-half of a mile. 

 Its sides are often steep, and the Lake Survey charts indicate plain 

 areas between the cliffs which rise above the water of Lake Cham- 

 plain and the tops of submerged bluffs. (See Figs. 20 and 21.) 



