BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



Vol. 6, pp. 353-374, PLS. 18-23 APRIL 12, 1895 



GLACIAL LAKES OF WESTERN NEW YORK 



BY 11. L. FAIRCITILD 



(Read before the Society December 28, 1894) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



General statement 354 



Topograi^hv of the " Finger lakes *" region 354 



Origin of the glacial lakes 354 



Evidences 355 



Terminology 356 



Enumeration of the lakes 356 



Predication of lakes not studied 356 



Tabulation of data 357 



Altitudes 357 



Description of the map 357 



The Dansville lake 358 



Canaseraga valley 358 



Divides 358 



Deltas and water-levels 359 



Lake history 359 



Terkinsville lake 359 



The main lake 360 



The Scottsburg lake 360 



Conesus valley 360 



Divide 361 



Deltas and water-levels 361 



Lake history 361 



Tlie Naples lake 361 



Canandaigua valley 361 



Drainage 362 



Divide and channel 362 



Deltas and water-levels 362 



I^ke history 363 



The Hammondsport lake *. . . 364 



Keuka valley 364 



Divide 364 



Deltius and water-levels 365 



Lake history 365 



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