TABULAR STATEMENT 



OP THE LEADING PARTICULARS OP THE PRINCIPAL LAKES REPORTED ON. 



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DISTRICT. 



Superior, Canada and United States 



Michigan 



Huron, 



St. Clair, 

 Erie, 

 Ontario 

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J Michigan, Illinois, and 

 \ "Wisconsin. 



Canada and Michigan. 



Canada and Michigan. 



f Canada, Michigan, Ohio, 

 \ Pennsylv'a, New York. 



Canada and New 5Tork. 



GEOLOGICAL POSITION. 



£ I Forks with South Branch , 



Memphramagogh, 



Aylmer, 



St. Prancis, 



Laurentian, Huronian, 1 



and Lower Silurian. J 



Lower, Middle and Upper 1 



Silurian, and Devonian, j 



f Upper Silurian and De- 

 \ vonian. 



Upper Silurian. 

 Lower Silurian. 



State of New York, 

 Northern part. 



Megantic, . . 

 Temisconata, 



Eastern Townships. 



Eastern Townships 

 Lower Canada. 



Stated to he in the Pots- 

 dam sandstone and Lau- 

 rentian gneiss,with lime- 

 stones. 



Lower Silurian and Que- 

 bec group. 



Qy. Quebec group. 



/ Qy- Quebec group and 1 

 { Lower Silurian. J 



HEIGHT 



ABOYE 



SEA. 



601 



575 



570 



467 



AREA. 

 Sq. Miles. 



565 



10,030 



234 



7330 



1776 



309 



1762 



609 



1760 



53 



1691 



9 



1687 



1979 



1684 



166 



1684 



175 



1684 



403 



1487 



. . . 



756 



37 



795 



9 



890 



12 



31,420 



25,590 

 23,780 



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DIRECTION OE DRAINAGE. 



( Southwards into Lake 

 I Huron. 



( Eastward through Straits 

 ( of Mackinaw to L. Huron, 

 r Southwards by River and 

 •j Lake St. Clair and De- 

 [ troit River to Lake Erie. 



Intermediate. 



f Southeastwards via Niag- 

 \ ara River into L. Ontario, 

 f Northeastwards into Riv- 

 \ er St. Lawrence. 



1 



By Moose & Black Rivers 

 into Ontario at Sackett's 

 Harbor, and artificially 

 through the Erie Canal 

 to the Mohawk River 

 and Hudson. 



j By Magog River into St 

 \ Prancis, at Sherbrook. 



St. Prancis. 



j St. Francis River to St. 

 \ Lawrence at L. St. Peter, 

 f Via Chaudiere R, to St. Law- 

 i rence, near Quebec. (Not in 

 ( drainage area of St. Lawrence, 

 f Discharge bytheMadawas 

 \ kaintoSt. JohnatLit.Fall; 



AUTHORITY FOR 

 PARTICULARS. 



Logan, Bayfield, Shanly. 



U.S. Top. Engineers, Bay- 

 field, Houghton, Logan. 



U. S. Topog. Engineers, 

 Bayfield, Logan, Shanly, 

 Tully, Houghton. 



Bayfield, U. S. Top. Engi- 

 neers, Logan, Hall. 



Bayfield, Logan, Shanly, 

 Canadian Bd. Works. 



Surveyors and Engineers 

 of the New York State 

 Canals. 



Geological Survey. 



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