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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Quebec 
  to 
  740 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  catchment, 
  not 
  

   including 
  water 
  surface, 
  is 
  7960 
  square 
  miles, 
  or 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  

   the 
  catchment 
  basin, 
  including 
  water 
  surface, 
  is 
  8360 
  square 
  miles. 
  

   Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  is 
  considered 
  as 
  beginning 
  at 
  Whitehall 
  and 
  ter- 
  

   minating 
  at 
  St 
  Johns, 
  on 
  the 
  Richelieu. 
  Its 
  length 
  is 
  125 
  miles 
  

   and 
  its 
  breadth 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  portion 
  is 
  about 
  13 
  miles. 
  The 
  

   standard 
  low-water 
  elevation 
  is 
  given 
  at 
  95.03 
  feet, 
  and 
  the 
  

   standard 
  high 
  water 
  at 
  103.78 
  feet, 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  The 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  are 
  Big 
  Chazy, 
  Little 
  

   Chazy, 
  Saranac, 
  Salmon 
  river 
  east, 
  Little 
  Ausable, 
  Big 
  Ausable, 
  

   and 
  Bouquet 
  rivers 
  and 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Lake 
  George. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  

   a 
  few 
  small 
  streams 
  of 
  no 
  special 
  importance. 
  

  

  Big 
  Chazy 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  

   Clinton 
  county, 
  and 
  flows 
  in 
  an 
  easterly 
  direction 
  into 
  Lake 
  

   Ohamplain, 
  at 
  King 
  bay, 
  five 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Rouse 
  

   Point. 
  The 
  main 
  branch 
  issues 
  from 
  Ohazy 
  lake, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   elevation 
  is 
  1500 
  feet 
  above 
  tidewater. 
  The 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  

   north 
  branch 
  probably 
  are 
  at 
  a 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  elevation 
  than 
  

   this. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  is 
  300 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Little 
  Chazy 
  river. 
  This 
  river 
  enters 
  Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  two 
  

   miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  Big 
  Chazy. 
  

  

  Saranac 
  river. 
  The 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  are, 
  

   as 
  a 
  rule, 
  not 
  of 
  great 
  length, 
  but 
  rising, 
  as 
  they 
  nearly 
  all 
  do, 
  in 
  

   or 
  near 
  the 
  high 
  mountains 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  plateau, 
  they 
  have 
  

   a 
  rapid 
  descent 
  with 
  an 
  abundant 
  fall. 
  Saranac 
  river 
  has 
  its 
  

   head 
  chiefly 
  in 
  Upper 
  Saranac 
  lake, 
  1 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1577 
  feet 
  

   above 
  tide 
  and 
  flows 
  northeasterly, 
  entering 
  Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  at 
  

   the 
  village 
  of 
  Plattsburg. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Bien's 
  atlas, 
  is 
  55 
  miles 
  from 
  its 
  mouth 
  to 
  Lower 
  Saranac 
  lake. 
  

   The 
  elevation 
  of 
  Lake 
  Ohamplain 
  above 
  tidewater 
  is 
  101 
  feet, 
  

   while 
  that 
  of 
  Lower 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  is 
  1539 
  feet; 
  hence, 
  the 
  fall 
  in 
  

   55 
  miles 
  of 
  river 
  course 
  is 
  1438 
  feet. 
  Middle 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  lies 
  

   at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1542 
  feet 
  and 
  Upper 
  Saranac, 
  as 
  already 
  given, 
  

   at 
  1577 
  feet. 
  

  

  l 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  lakes 
  and 
  ponds 
  tributary 
  to 
  Upper 
  Saranac 
  lake 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  here 
  specially 
  considered. 
  

  

  