THE BIRDS OF GREEN LAKE COUNTY, WISCONSIN 
By John N. Lowe 
Green Lake County is in the east central portion of the state. 
It is in the L T pper Fox River drainage basin. The Fox River 
is the main stream in the county, cutting diagonally across the 
county from the southwest to the northeast. Into it flows the 
White River; this stream enters in the northwestern portion of 
the county, and unites with the Fox near the White River locks. 
The White River is a cold, swiftly flowing stream, and is the 
largest of the secondary streams. The Grand River, with its 
tributaries, drains the southern portion of the county, joining 
the Fox River at the western end of Lake Puckaway. A canal 
from Mecan River enters it at Princeton; and four miles north 
of Princeton is Black Creek. 
Green Lake, the deepest of the surveyed lakes of Wisconsin* 
is located in the central part of the county, its outlet being the 
Puckyan River, which flows northward and empties into the 
Fox River. This lake has an area of 11 J square miles and is 
237 feet deep. 
West of Green Lake is Lake Puckaway which is an expansion 
of the sluggishly flowing Fox River. It is 8.10 miles long, and 
1.80 miles wide, making an area of 8.49 square miles, with a 
depth varying from 6 to 10 feet. The shores of this lake are 
swampy. 
South of Green Lake is Little Green Lake, with an area of 0.73 
square miles (1.20 miles long and 0.90 miles wide). It is 26 
feet deep. Spring Lake has an area of 0.17 square miles and is 
0.65 miles long and 0.35 miles wide. Its maximum depth is 42 
feet. Northeast of Spring Lake are Twin Lakes, the larger of 
which is 13 feet, the smaller 10 feet in depth. Both have muddy 
and reedy banks. The outlet of these lakes flows into Green 
Lake. 
* C. Juday, “Inland Lakes of Wisconsin.” Wis. Geol and Nat. Hist. Survey Bull., no. 27. 
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