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Table Showing, by Counties, Apparatus and Species, the Yield of the Fisheries 



of Niagara River in 1899. 



apparatus and species 



Fishing machines : 

 Sturgeon, - 

 White bass, 

 Yellow perch, 



Total, 



Spears : 



Sturgeon, - 

 Caviar, - 



Total, - 



Grand total, 



NIAGARA 



670 



670 



^3,^7° 



$4° 



*7o 



$616 



I^a^e Erie. 



This lake is the fourth in size of the Great Lakes, the only smaller one being 

 Lake Ontario. It is about 240 miles long, with an average width of 40 miles, the 

 greatest width, 58 miles, being opposite Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. Its area is 9,000 

 square miles. It is by far the shallowest of all the lakes, the average depth being 

 80 feet, while the greatest depth is only 220 feet. The shallowest portion is at the 

 western end, while the deepest portion is at the eastern end between Erie, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and Dunkirk, New York, and around Long Point Island, Canada. The 

 American shore of the lake is about 414 miles in length, and is formed by the States 

 of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Ohio has the longest shore line, 

 247 miles, followed by New York with 75 miles, Pennsylvania with 47 miles, and 

 Michigan with 45 miles of shore. 



Two counties of New York abut upon the lake, Erie and Chautauqua. The 

 principal fishing towns in these are Buffalo, North Evans, Irving, Dunkirk, Van 

 Buren and Barcelona. 



^Represents 140 pounds of caviar; this weight has been included with that of the sturgeon. 



