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la SUNKENLAKE AND IT'S OUTLET.
50ue of tbe Natural wonders of the
Thunder Bay Region.
4 From A recent report on the Thunder
5Bay region, by Prof. n. II. Winchell, the
following interesting paragraphs are
3taken:
Sunken Lake, in Section 80, Township
333, North Range East, is remarkable
5example of the effect of subter'
3ranean erosion. i have before de
5scribed the lake in full. Suffice it to say
that the North Branch'of Thunder Bay
4 river disappears entirely in time OF low
Ewater, beneath a ledge of Hamilton
rhinestone. But in time of high water,
Ithe mouth of the subterranean channel
= Twill not admit the raised volume OF
3water, and after filling the basin of lit
= tie lake, which is near mile in length,
HI passes overland through the channel
Represented as its bed on the maps. Du,
1 Ring half the year, however, this channel
is one day south of the lake.
During a recent trip up the Lake
Huron shore, north of Thunder Bay, 1t
was one of my objects to examine the
Reported outlet of this river into Lake
Huron. On the south side, and near
dthe head of the deep, crooked bayou,
3tribntary to Little Thunder Bay on the
Nnorth is a remarkably deep hole in the
$otherwise shallow bed of the bay. The
<entrance of this long arm of Little lhun-
Nder Bay is disguised by long, low
4island which hangs ACROSS 1t. Any one
Hin coasting would be apt TO miss it, as j
Adid at first, unless he followed carefully
Fthe same indentures of the coast. Hav-
ling entered the bayou, directed my
Imam to follow the right bank, or north
Aside. and to return on the south shore
4Haying entered the bay, We began to
8coast outward along the south shore. We
Mad left the head Of the bayou perhaps
MISC rods, when there was a sudden mi
screase in the depth of the water. The
4yeeds which had covered the bottom
lentirely disappeared within a space nd
Hmore than the length of the boat, and
Sthe water was as black as at any place.
q n the open lake The motion the boat
Mad attained carried US over the chasmI
&and my pocket thermometer told us the
of the water WIS 67' fah1
4renheit. As that was the same as the
8temperature of the shoal water OF the
sbayou, obseryed few Minutes before, u
2was disappointed, for had expected to|
Sdetect the presence Of river water, If ID
1were the outlet of Sunken Lake, by the
difference of temperature between the
flake water and that of the water rising
3from the opening. Pushing the boat
@astern. we followed the rim of the
Sbasin rouR.. toward the right, and found
Z the descent very aDrspt " some places.
3.rhe shoal water was filled Win weads
(which are common in island lakes and
Ssloy and flowing streams, AID they were
<seen to eSger the brink and follow down
steep side as fer as the eye could
4distinguish When the boat reached the
side of the opening the weeds we're
aseen 10 rapidly diminish, and they soon
5entiTely disappeared. The brink here
1was very steep, ALMOST perpendicular
Sand consisted Of sand, With considerable
Numbers Of fractured shells. Our boat
stopped upon the brink at this place, and
Nupon proceeding to make another obser1
3yation on the temperature of the water
<what was our surprise to find that we
were slowly drifting away from the OPEN
ling. Ii was further observed that we
@were ip motion against the breeze which
ives passing qp lhe bayou; lres aail)
4surpEised to IND that the temperature Of
was 95' F. This observation
<Ras made perhaps ten feet TO the east of
II tho opening, and as We were driftipg, all
Moving the boat 10 continue in molioni
the temperature at thirty feet from theI
4opening was still Csc +. The depth oil
THE water at the place Of these last OBJ
3servatiOns was not more than eighteenl
No. sgsgtY inches, and the bottom wasI
'.,5ne Of clean SAND silh frequent shelisI
2common to the lake beach near theI
mouth Of rivers, but no weeds. Return
ling TO the oPsHlng and following the linll
sof shoal water in the same direction, wei
Hound that the weeds coon became as
tabundant as on the other side % ineii
4current. The current ceased soon afted
I've passed the most eastward OF lakewardI
sslds,
4 Tho opening Is six or eight rods across.
land nearly circular, and is nearest the
4south side Of the bayou, about twelve
Hrods from the shore as one passes overl
f the brink and loses sight Of the weeds as
@they descend so thickly down the subaa
Iueons brink, feeling Of terror comesl
lover the beholder, as it he was about I'd
3be preciptated into an awful chasin
81 Fishermen report that lead has beenI
!. lowered 300 feet into this openine with
.out bottom. suppose this temperature
7of the water over this opening IS higher
than that Of the current Just east. bel
|oause Of the influx Of the heated bayou
|water, and that the real river water n
h found just over the sandy part Of the
Brink, aud little further east. Il was
mot until ] left the place that remem-
bered that the temperature Of the Thur
Ter Bay river at Aipena, at two difieren,
Observations, was s. deg. 7. In winter
this Is always free from ice, and ducks
Ifreqnent the place have no doubt but
1this i the real outlet Of the north branch
3of Thunder Bay river which disappear.
{ the bed Of Sunken lake.
General John C. Brown, Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Tennessee
in his speech at Chattanooga, the other
day, said that If the Democrats had
adopted the ten commandments as q
platform the Radicals would have OBJ
'iected to il, as the eighth command
ment says. Thou shall not steal I
General Brown might have added The
ninth agains: bearing false witness, and
the tenth against coveting ones neigh
|bor's goods as equally Objectionable toI
the Radicals.