6.-A REPORT UPON EXPLORATIONS MADE IN EEL RIVER BASIN IN THE 
NORTHEASTERN PART OF INDIANA IN THE SUMMER OF 1892. 
By PHILIP H. KIRSCH, 
Commissioner' of Fisheries for the State of Indiana. 
The investig'atioiis upon which this report is based were made in the summer of 
1892 under the direction of Hon. Marshall McDonald, IT. S. Commissioner of Fish and 
Fisheries. A description of each stream and lake examined is given, Avith a list of 
the fishes found in these waters and such notes upon them as seemed to be of special 
interest. In the prosecution of the work the writer had the assistance of Messrs. 0. 
Myers, Fred Webster, and George Earap, of Columbia Citv, Ind., and of Mr. Charles 
Beeson, a student of Indiana University, 
the writer is under special obligations to 
Commission. 
The following is a classified list of the 
The Eel Elver System. 
1. Eel River. 
2. Hull Lake, Allen Co. 
3. Mud Creek, Whitley Co. 
4. Blue River, Whitley Co. 
.A. Blue Lake, Whitley Co. 
6. Thorn Creek, Whitley Co. 
7. Round Lake, Whitley Co. 
8. Cedar Lake, AVhitley Co. 
9. Shriner Labe, Whitley Co. 
10. Blue Babe Creek, Whitley Co. 
11. Meredith Creek, Whitley Co. 
12. Stoney Creek, Whitley Co. 
13. Spring Creek, Whitley Co. 
For aid received in carrying out the inquiry 
Prof. B. W. Evermann, of the U. S. Fish 
waters examined: 
The Eel Elver System — Continued. 
14. AVilson Lake, Whitley Co. 
15. Sugar Creek, AVhitley Co. 
16. AVhistler Creek, AVhitley Co. 
17. Squirrel Creek, AVahash Co. 
18. Paw-paw Creek, Miami Co. 
19. Flowers Creek, Miami Co. 
20. AVeasaw Creek, Miami Co. 
21. Twelve-mile Creek, Cass Co. 
The Tippecanoe Elver System. 
1. Loon Lake, AVhitley and Noble counties. 
2. Big Lake, Noble Co. 
3. Crooked Lake, AVhitley and Noble counties. 
EEL RIVER SYSTEM. 
Eel Eiver with its tributaries drains a scope of country in northeastern Indiana 
lying between the basin of the Wabash Eiver on the southeast and that of the 
Tijipecanoe Eiver on the north Avest, and extending from the St. Joseph Eiver basin, 
near Fort Wayne, to Logansport. This river basin has an average width of about 
18 miles and a length of 72 miles. The surface of the region through which it flows 
is generally roll iug and everywhere covered with glacial drift exeept in a limited area 
near Logansport where bed rock is exposed. 
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