BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



Vol. 10, pp. 27-68, PLS- 3-9 FEBRUARY 20, 1899 



GLACIAL WATERS IN THE FINGER LAKES REGION OF 



NEW YORK 



BY H. L. FAIRCHILD 



{Read before the Society August 23, 1898) 

 CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction . 28 



General description 29 



Enumeration of the local lakes 32 



Tonawanda valley 32 



Oatka valley 33 



Genesee valley 34 



Canaseraga valley 35 



Conesus valley 35 



Hemlock valley 35 



Canadice valley , 36 



Honeoye valley 36 



Bristol (Mud Creek) valley 37 



Canandaigua valley 37 



Flint Creek valley 38 



Keuka valley 40 



Seneca valley 41 



In general 41 



South end of Seneca valley 41 



West side of Seneca valley 42 



Lake Newberry extinction 43 



The " Geneva ' ' beach 44 



East side of Seneca valley 45 



Cayuga valley - 47 



Determination of water levels 47 



Ithaca Lake extinction 49 



Owasco valley 49 



Skaneateles valley 51 



Otisco valley 52 



Extinction of lake Warren : hyper-Iroquois waters 53 



Lake Dana • • 56 



Onondaga valley 57 



Cedarvale channel and delta. . 59 



Channels near Jamesville 60 



V— Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 10, 1898 (27) 



