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Seneca. Owasco, Skaneateles, Otisco, Cross and Onondaga lakes 

 and the outlets of the same, after which the river turns and flows 

 in a generally easterly direction to its junction with Oneida river 

 at Three Rivers Point. The headwaters of Seneca river on the 

 streams entering Canandaigua lake are at an elevation of 1600 

 feet ; on the streams entering Keuka lake they are at an elevation 

 of 1400 feet; on the streams entering Seneca lake, at an elevation 

 of 1000 feet ; on the streams entering Cayuga lake, at an eleva- 

 tion of 1400 feet, and so on. 1 Generally we may say, therefore, 

 that the headwaters of Seneca river are at an elevation of from 

 1200 to 1600 feet above tidewater. 



Oneida river. Oneida river rises in the central part of the State. 

 One branch — Fish creek — rises in the highlands of the Lowville 

 water center and flows in a generally southerly direction to its 

 mouth in Oneida lake, while other branches rise in the highlands 

 to the south. The streams flowing from a northerly direction 

 are the west branch of Fish creek, with its main tributary, Mad 

 river; east branch of Fish creek, with its tributaries. Furnace 

 creek. Florence creek and Fall brook; Fish creek enters the 

 extreme east end of Oneida lake; Wood creek is tributary to 

 Fish creek a short distance above its mouth. The streams enter- 

 ing Oneida lake from a southerly direction are Chittenango creek, 

 to which are tributary Butternut and Limestone creeks, all of 

 which have considerable power upon them ; Oneida creek, which 

 flows into Oneida lake from the extreme southeast corner, and 

 Canaseraga creek. Onondaga creek flows from the south into 

 Onondaga lake, through the city of Syracuse. The headwaters of 

 Oneida river are at an elevation of from 1400 feet to 1G00 feet, 

 the headwaters of the west branch of Fish creek, entering Oneida 

 lake from the north, being about 1G00 feet above tideAvater and 

 tlie headwaters of the east branch of Fish creek being about 1800 

 feet, while the headwaters of streams entering Oneida lake from 

 the south are at an elevation of from 1200 to 1400 feet above tide. 



l These figures are general, as taken from the topographical map; in some 

 eases they are somewhat exrecded, while in others they are "less. 



